Greetings Loyal Airmen, as we mentioned in last week’s Flight Log, artist pal Zane DeGaine and the Air Chief were guests this past week at the Fort Collins Compass School, a private charter school in the city, as they held their third annual Comic Con. Needless to say we had a blast. Above, teacher and con organizer, Dawn DuPriest snapped a selfie of the three of us.
THE HOW TO MAKE A COMIC WORKSHOP
Aside from the usual activity of having tables with our comics on them to sell, Zane and I joined forces to put on an informal hour long workshop on How to Make a Comic Book. Dawn snapped this pix just as we got started. The Air Chief offered up a brief history of American Comics, then the two of us, with Zane handling art chores, proceeded to have our audience attempt to draw their own comic page based on a page script the Air Chief had written for the event. Both of us were really impressed with the talent of these students.
FIXING R2-D2 & A LOVELY ELF
The show really was a lot of fun and the Air Chief managed to snap a couple of pictures. One of the lovely young lady decked out as elf with elegantly sculpted ears. There was so much cosplay at this show. Then right across from us were a few techy gentlemen who had built their own working remote-control R2-D2 robot. At one point, they took off his head piece and did a little repair work, which the Air Chief snapped. All in all it was a fun day and hopefully let’s invite us back next year.
A NEW JUNGLE ADVENTURE FROM AIRSHIP 27
The Air Chief is excited to announce the release of our newest pulp title from Airship 27 Production. Writers Michael Panush and Charles Santino offer up fresh, exciting jungle adventure set against the mysterious backdrop of the Amazon Jungle. Here are strange characters, exotic animals and danger everywhere. It’s a pulse-pounding tale illustrated by artist Ron Hill with a dynamic cover by Ted Hammond. Now available from Amazon in paperback and soon on Kindle. As every Loyal Airmen, thanks for your support.
CHIVALRY INC. Book One pg 12
And here’s colorist Mickey Clausen latest completed page from Chivalry Inc. book one. We are blown away. He’s now past the half-way mark, as the issue is 22 pages. We’ll keep you posted. Wahoo!
So there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. Lots of projects moving forward smoothly. As of this weekend, the Air Chief has written nearly 25 pages of issue # 4 of our Crimson Nun series for Antarctic Press. This most likely be the biggest issue by the time we’ve wrapped it up. Then again, it is the finale of this opening sage of our new Crimson Nun. What happens next will be up to Ben Dunn. He’s got some big plans and the Air Chief has a few of his own stay tuned. Till next week, be well, be kind to one another and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re starting this week’s Flight Log with the good news that our Funding Campaign for BEYOND THE STARS reached its set goal of $750 this past Monday.
So with that done, our creative juices now turn to getting the sixth and final issue all wrapped up. But first we need to say…THANKS YOU LOYAL AIRMEN, from the Air Chief, Andrea Bormida and Mike Belcher. As ever, none of us can do any of this fun stuff without your continued support. We never ever take it for granted and remain sincerely grateful. You Loyal Airmen are the best!!!
FUN ON FCBD
Once again, the Air Chief and Val were guest at our local comic shop this past Saturday for Free Comic Book Day, an event we look forward to every year. And as always all our Fort Collins and Loveland fans show up eager to see what’s new on the Air Chief’s table. This year the big sellers were chapter one of the Brother Bones Origin Graphic novel and issue # 2 of The Crimson Nun.Of course we weren’t the only guests, as Fort Collins is the home to quite a few comic book creators. Among those there with us were fellow writers Aaron Powers (above left) and Todd Jones (above right) publisher of Wicked Awesome Tales. Always great to hang with these two amigos.The biggest surprise of all was the return of two dear friends, Jon & Darcy Bonjour. The Air Chief first met Jon when he was still a teenager and he and his sister Jamie were making their own comics. Over the years we became friends and Jon even illustrated a Blimp & Turtle back-up story for an issue of Mr. Jigsaw. Then a few years ago he met Darcy, they fell in love and married. Then they up and moved to Texas and we lost touch with them. Seeing them setting up next to us as con neighbor was a truly wonderful surprise. We then learned they have moved back to Fort Collins after several years of globe-trotting from Texas to Hong Kong, on to Thailand and the New Zealand where they spent a year living and working. And now they are home and we couldn’t be happier. Jon is creative as ever and the Air Chief looks forward to lots more coffee shop get togethers. Finally, we hope all you Loyal Airmen also had similar experiences at your own local comic shops.
MY FAVORITE COMIC SERIES
If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, Loyal Airmen, then you are by now well aware my favorite comic book series is “Mike Belcher’s The Man in the Mask.” So you have to know how delighted we were when the mail arrived a few days ago with both issues # 6 and # 7. Wahoo. Mike is a real old fashion comic creator and he does Man in the Mask mostly all by himself. That is writing, penciling, inking and lettering. Every now and then he does get help from his son, Aiden, on the coloring but can fill that job if required. The Air Chief has had the privilege of working with Mike on several small strips in the past and it was a real treat. In fact, Mike and the Air Chief have a big project due to be announced publicly. Hopefully before the end of this month. Meanwhile, as for these latest release we have Tommy Franklin taking on an arsonist in issue # 6 and then in #7 he investigates an underground, illegal fighting club. Trust me, you enjoy both of them. If you’re interested in picking them up, simply got to (IndyPlanet.com) as they carry every single issue. Or better yet, got the Man in the Mask Facebook page. Tell them the Air Chief sent you.
ANTARCTIC PRESS’ MR.JIGSAW & TOMORROW GIRL
Remember last year when we announced we’d written a Mr.Jigsaw story in which he teamed up with Antarctic Press’ Tomorrow Girl? And that we, yours truly and artist Gary Kato were going to do a version of the script and that Ben Dunn would produce one for Antarctic. Ours was completed rather quickly, being like all our Jiggy issues, in black and white. Meanwhile Ben created a really cool add for it for the back of “The Crimson Nun” # 1. (See above left.) So here’s the update, Ben relegated the script to a new artists wanting to work for Antarctic and he is slowly turning in pages. Above right is this person’s page number # 1. Whereas we don’t know his/her name, but the manga like styling, our best guest is the artist is from the East, most likely the Philippines, which over the past years has produced lots of fantastic graphic artists who’ve gone on to work in American comics. Note, once the Antarctic issue is finished being illustrated and lettered, it will be colored. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, we can’t wait to see the final completed issue. We’ll keep you all posted.
THE CRIMSON NUN # 3
Here are the pencils by artist Jesse Thomas for pg # 7 of “THE CRIMSON NUN” # 3. Really, Loyal Airmen, we are so blown away by Jesse’s art on this project and how he’s bringing our script to visual life. Meanwhile as he continues to turn in one stellar page after another, the Air Chief is hammering away at the script for issue # 4. Wish us luck.
COMPASS CHARTER SCHOOL CON FORT COLLINS9th May
Finally, tomorrow the Air Chief, along with fellow comic creators Zane DeGaine and Mike Baron will be guest at the Fort Collins Compass Charter School and their one day comic con put on by the teachers and students. Looks to be tons of fun. The Air Chief will be doing a morning workshop on “How to Make Comics” and Mike will do one in the afternoon. (https://compasscomiccon.com/) Going to be tons of fun.
And there you have it, Loyal Airmen. As you can see, May has kicked into a truly busy month here at Hangar 27. Lots of activity which we love. Thanks for stopping by and as usual, we hope to see you back here next Friday. Till then, God bless. Ron Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as we slide out of April and into May, there’s a whole lot happening at Hangar 27 so take off your hats, pull up a chair and let’s get to it.
CHIVALRY INC.
Last week we posted one of the finished colored pages as done by the super talented Mickey Clausen. Well Loyal Airmen, here’s another one. And as of this past Monday, Mickey had finished coloring half of issue # 1. We’re also told, penciller Javier Lugo is hard at work on issue # 3. You might say this one is really whipping along.
BEYOND THE STARS # 5
As promised last week, here is the third alternate cover to BEYOND THE STARS # 5 as delivered by my podcast pal, Jose Fuentes of Florida. He did a really bang up job with this great cover. And as of today, the Funding Campaign has only one day left.
BROTHER BONES BOOK # 1
And now for the big news of the past week, our copies of Book # 1 of the BROTHER BONES ORIGIN GRAPHIC NOVEL arrived!!! Wahoo, with alternate covers. The first, by the book’s artist, Joe Arnold, as seen above, and the second, by our amigo Rob Davis, who did the entire art for the fantastic 8 pg back up story in this volume. This comic is fifty black and white pages of pure pulp action and horror. It is the first time our character, Brother Bones the Undead Avenger’s origin story has ever been adapted to comics. All thanks to Joe suggesting we get it done. As of now, the Air Chief is happy to announce Chapter Two is almost completely finished and we hope the have the Kickstarter campaign sometime mid June, so stay tuned Loyal Airmen. Lots more good stuff heading your way. Also, THANKS to all you Loyal Airmen who made this first (of 3) chapters possible.
THE STORY OF EVERYTHING
Finally will wrap up this week by applauding an amazing documentary that tackles the greatest questions of all : Why are we here? Who created the universe? The galaxies? Where did the Big Bang come from? Is there an intelligence behind the world we exist in? “The Story of Everything” details the evidence of a truly benevolent creator as presented by some of the greatest scientific minds in the world today. Several even identified themselves as atheist before their search for the truth uncovered facts that simply could not be denied. Here’s the film’s on-line promo. “The Story of Everything is a cinematic exploration of the cosmos that reveals the hidden hand behind our universe. From the precise laws that govern the stars to the intricate patterns found in every living cell, the film traces evidence of intentional design throughout nature. Whether examining distant star-forming clouds or the spiral structure of DNA, we discover a consistent signature woven into the fabric of existence.” Can you say WOW, Loyal Airmen? Note this film is only available to the public Fandango and will only be in release for one short week.
And with that we’ll wrap things, thanking God our Lord, for another amazing week…and for every single one of you. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, well this week has certainly been a busy one for the Air Chief. Back on Monday afternoon, we, and Chief Engineer Rob Davis recorded our 104th episode of the Airship 27 Podcast, and here’s the link on You Tube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAYXb74UwM) Check it out if you’ve got time, we have lots of fun doing these.
CHIVALRY INC.
After long hiatus, production our 3 issue mini-series CHIVARLY INC. for Silverline Comics is back in full production, with Mickey Clausen adding his gorgeous to the pages illustrated by Javier Lugo. Who knows, this first issue just may see the light of day before the year is out. All fingers crossed.
CAMPAIGN STRETCH GOAL
So some updates on our Funding Campaign for BEYOND THE STARS # 5. At this writing we are close to 75% achieving our $750 goal. Feeling confident we are going to make it, Silverline Publisher Roland Mann suggested we offer up a Stretch Goal. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept, a Stretch Goal is a special added incentive added for those pledging if a even higher money amount is reached. So…if we reach $,1000 on this campaign, everyone who pledged, regardless of the amount, will receive a free digital copy of our first Captain Hazzard novel, “Python Men of the Lost City.” It was one of our very first pulp novels. Here’s the link again, (https://www.fundmycomic.com/campaign/985/bts5) Let’s make this happen, Loyal Airmen.While on the subject of the Funding Campaign, thought this would be a good place to show off alternate cover B. This one done by none other than Airship 27’s own Chief Engineer Rob Davis. Next week we’ll be sure to show alternate cover C.
And there you have this week’s Flight Log, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping by and we’ll hopefully see you back here next Friday. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen; as you can see by the cover above, we are wicked excited to announce the release of BEYOND THE STARS #5. This past Tuesday night, on the Silverline Comics Podcast, the Airchief and his co-host had a little launch party to kick of the crowd-funding campaign for the issue. You can probably still find that episode on You Tube. We post the link below. This issue features all out action as our heroic science-warriors battle all manner of alien beings to retrieve the three giant solar batteries that will power their weapon in hopes of defeating the galaxy devouring black cloud. As ever, super artist Andrea Bormida provides the art for 22 gorgeous comic pages with pal Mike Belcher adding the lettering and Angelo Vecciarelli the coloring. Note, when going to the funding page, you’ll find Silverline is offering three covers for you to choose from. This being Andrea’s Cover A. In the next two week’s entries, the Air Chief will show off the other two. Wow, still can’t believe we are one issue away from wrapping up this sci-fi sage started three years ago. And for the record, issue # 6 is almost finished. Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen, it’s going to be awesome!Part of the fun of the show was a game the Air Chief whipped up in which our co-host, while going through sketches of the characters from the series had to guess who actually created them, either Andrea or the Air Chief. It was a fun hour and we hope you’ll check it out. Podcast Game for BTS # 5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y_DojBZupM) As for the funding campaign, our goal is $750 and we’ve till May 5th. Here’s the link. (https://www.fundmycomic.com/campaign/985/bts5)Finally a reminder, if you’re at all interested in picking up issue # 5, but weren’t aware of the series before now and don’t have the first four, no worries. At the Funding site, you can still pick issues 1, 2, 3 & 4. So we’ve got you covered, Loyal Airmen.
NEW SINBAD VOL 9 IN DEVELOPMENT
It was beginning to look like our entire Flight Log this week would be focused on BEYOND THE STARS # 5, not that that is a bad thing. But you Loyal Airmen know, we do like to spice things up by giving you peeks into multiple projects not only happening with the Air Chief, but good old Airship 27 Production as well. So yesterday Art Director Rob Davis informed me that artist Gary Kato had turned in all 12 black and white illustrations for the latest SINBAD – The New Voyages # 9. This volume features two full length novellas. One by Richard C. White and the other by Fred Adams Jr. As we pen this entry, Rob is now busily assembling the PDF version to send to our proof reader. When ready, the cover will be done by Michael Youngblood who blew us all away with his cover for Vol 8. Fingers crossed these latest adventures of the Nubian Sailor Prince and his international crew of the Blue Nymph will be released sometime in early May.
And there you have it, Loyal Airmen, this week’s Flight Log. Before signing off, we have to let you know the funding campaign for BTS # 5 passed the half-way mark to its goal in just twenty-four hours. We’re amazed. Here’s hoping by next week’s Log, we can report goal reached. Thanks so very, very much for your continued support and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, and Happy Easter. In the Catholic Church, we celebrate Easter for 50 days, so there’s lots of wonderful blessings and graces still ahead of us, Loyal Airmen. And this week we’re thrilled to show of some artist Jesse Thomas’ new pages for “The Crimson Nun” # 3. Above his one of his pencil pages features our heroine and one Sister Clara, named for an old nun Valerie and the Air Chief knew when attending parochial grade school many, many years ago.
And here’s one in vibrant color where the action is heating up fast. Jesse is such a gifted artist and he has brought so much to this story, we are forever grateful. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen, we’ll keep you posted as progress continued. Meanwhile, the Air Chief himself has started writing issue # 4. Wish us luck.
HERE COMES BTS # 5!!!
Finally, after lots of hard and fine work, artist Andrea Bormida has completed issue # 5 of our 6 part sci-fi series BEYOND THE STARS and it has been fully colored. Then Mike Belcher lettered all of it and handed it all off to Silverline Comics publisher Roland Mann, who did a bang-up putting it altogether. Next Tues, April 14th, Roland will launch the funding campaign and you know we’ll have it all plastered across the internet that same night. Never mind having a launch party that night our Silverline Tues Night Podcast. So, to get all you Loyal Airmen wound up about this all, we thought we’d give you a sneak peek at one of the three covers that will be offered for your support. The one above will be Cover A as it Andrea’s own dramatic cover featuring one of our science warriors in combat with an animated stone statue. Shades of Ray Harryhausen! Trust me, Loyal Airmen, you won’t want to miss this all action issue.
CHERISHED FAVORITES
During our recent vacation in Florida, Valerie and the Air Chief had the genuine fun of meeting folks with little babies. All of them were adorable. As grandparents of now full grown adults in their 30s and 20s, we miss the joy of being with such little ones. Enough so that on our return home, Val suggested we send each a copy of the Air Chief’s one and only children’s book, “Jamie & the Fished Eyed Goggles,” which we did ages ago with our Mr. Jigsaw artist, Gary Kato. (Cover above.) Okay, so we ordered a handful from Amazon and in the past two days packaged them up and mailed them off to these young parents in hopes that one day they will read them to their children. At one point in all this, the Air Chief took a few minutes to simply sit down and re-read one. It had been a long time since we done so. Often, when we writers look back on old works, we tend to find our mistakes and cringes a great deal. Happily that was not the case here, in that we feel the story still hold up remarkably well and how can you go wrong with Gary Kato art? So, we thought we’d repost it here for you Loyal Airmen, should any of you be young parents or happy old grandparents. The book is very much still available and we think you’d enjoy it. Thanks for listening to my pitch.
Okay, Loyal Airmen, that’s pretty much it for this week’s Flight Log. As ever thanks for dropping by, and please do mark your calendar for next Tues 14th May, and our Silverline Podcast where we are going to show off a whole lot of BEYOND THE STARS artwork. You won’t want to miss it. Till then, take care and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, obviously today is not Friday. So why is the Air Chief posting our weekly Flight Log a day early? Because tomorrow, is of course Good Friday and the start of Easter weekend. As a person of faith, we choose to spend tomorrow in contemplation and prayer; reflecting on the death of our savior Jesus Christ on a cross. for the salvation of our souls.
CONGRATS PULP FACTORY AWARDS WINNERS!
Meanwhile last weekend was the annual Windy City Pulp & Paper Show in Chicago and many of our New Pulp colleagues gathered for a rollicking fun time. Sadly, due to a conflicting schedule, Airship 27 was unable to attend and we sorely missed being there. Thanks to PF members Jonathan Sweet & Brian K. Morris, the Pulp Factory Awards ceremony went on without a hitch that Friday night and above is the list of all the winners. We want to congratulate all of them, including all the nominees this year. Over 500 members of the Facebook Pulp Factory voted, proving New Pulp is very much alive. well and growing. As for Windy City, count on seeing us next year for sure!
PROJECT HAIL MARY
Towards the end of last year, our grandson Alex gave me a sci-fi book he’d just finished reading. Said it was one of the best books he’d ever read. That’s saying a lot. For the longest time, Alex just wasn’t a reader. So naturally we were curious as to what kind of story had captivated him so much. As it turned that book was “Project – Hail Mary” by writer Andy Weir; the same fellow who wrote the highly popular “The Martian” later turned into a successful movie with Matt Damon. “Project – Hail Mary” is a really fast paced adventure wherein scientist from around the world discover our sun is dying out; some unknown cause is devouring it. Not only our sun, but also all the other suns in the galaxy; except one. Tau Ceti is not dimming at all and seems to be impervious to whatever is ravishing its sister stars. Solution, sent a team of astronauts to Tau Ceti to learn what is its secret. That’s the basic premise and along the way, we meet Ryland Grace, a high-school science teacher who eventually discovers the “thing” destroying our sun and the fact that it can be used as a super-propellant to get our astronauts to a sun light years away from Earth. Grace is played perfectly by Ryan Gosling in the movie; one he personally optioned four years ago when it was still in manuscript form before publication. There’s so much more to this story, including Grace’s encounter with an alien on a similar mission as his own to relate here. Let me just say we loved the book and earlier this week, with most of our family in tow, we saw the film adaptation together. All of us came out of the theater with huge smiles on our faces. “Project – Hail Mary” is one of those old style sci-fi books we discovered while in high school, when sci-fi was all about the hope and challenge of the future for all mankind. Instead of the stupid, dark & gloom dystopian bullshit that it serves up these days. That’s why this book and movie is such a breath of fresh air and audiences around the world are making it one of the biggest movie hits in decades. But don’t take our word for it, go out and see it for yourself. You can thank us later.
THE SILVERLINE TUES NIGHT PODCAST
Finally, we just wanted to take a minute to tell you Loyal Airmen about the podcast show the Air Chief has been co-host the past year hosted by the Silverline Comics outfit. It’s pretty much five comic creators getting together every Tues night to discuss a topic geared to help new would-be comic creators, writers and artists, by giving them things we’ve learned in our own careers. Left to right above is Tim TK, a young writer and the show’s moderator, Jose Fuentes, a Kubert school graduate artist/inker, Brent Larsen a published writer of both comics and screenplays, then in bottom row, yours truly, the old man of the group and lastly, professional comic colorist David Rios. The shows are live Tues night, but then post to You Tube the following Wed morning at this link. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdUHCi7YKLk) If you are at all interested in the how comics are made, please join us, either live on Tues night or check out the shows on You Tube. We’re hoping to build our audience and if you’ve any ideas for a topic you’d like us to cover in a future episode, let us know.
And there you have it for this early Flight Log entry, Loyal Airmen. All of us at the Airship 27 Hangar want to wish all of you a truly joyous and wonderful Happy Easter. May the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ bring peace and love leading you to His eternal heavenly home. God bless, Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen. Seems like it never fails. Every time the Air Chief takes a vacation, we end up coming home and getting sick. Such was the case after we got home from our Florida trip last week. With a day we had body aches, sore throat and headache. In other words a bad chest cold. Began treating with over the counter meds until we could get in and see our family doctor.Which is what happened this morning. We do NOT have anything serious, ala Covid etc. our lungs are clear, they took x-rays, and it is simply a bad chest cold. He recommended to stay on the meds we’re taking and exercise ourlungs with lots of deep breath, prescribed an inhaler for the persistent coughing…and to hang in there. All will pass. So thanks to all of you who learned of my cold on Facebook and began praying for me. Your prayers did the trick. We’re still not totally there yet, but this was a very encouraging visit. God bless.
CHIVALRY INC. PROGRESS
On the Good News Front, progress has once again begun on the production of my 3 issue mini-series. CHIVALRY INC. with the first issue being completely penciled and ink. Now the coloring is underway as you can see and the pages look beautiful. Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen.
BLACK TERROR 2.0
Sometimes life slows things down. Case in this project that was started many, many moons ago. Art by Dell Barras, colors by David Rios and colors by Oluwadamilola Michael Akinayo. Serious health issues etc. derailed it but the team pushes forward.
CALIFORNIA WOLVES – A Bigfoot P.I. Novel
Once again writer Michael Panush comes to Airship 27 with a brand new pulp series that stretches the imagination. “California Wolves” is an outdoor mystery featuring a Bigfoot Private Eye called Arlo Patches and we guarantee is like nothing you’ve ever read before, Loyal Airmen. It’s a wild, action packed and often hilarious story we love from start to finish. And all the art for this title, from black and white interior illustrations and that great above were provided by award winning artist James Lyle. The book is now up at Amazon and soon will be on Kindle. As ever, Loyal Airmen, thanks so much for your support.
UNDER A CROOKED STAR
Finally, after a strange twist of fate, we’ve got a second title release this week. After the Air Chief has done his promotion for “California Wolves,” Art Director Rob asked why we hadn’t done so for “Under a Crooked Star”? Apparently, while on vacation Rob finished and posted the book to Amazon. Either he mentioned it to yours truly and we simply forgot in the hustle of getting home and then sick, or he forgot as he was juggling everything at the time. Anyways, situation solved and here’s one of the most enjoyable science fiction tales you’ll ever want to read. Daniel Whiston writes old school, ala those old DAW & ACE paperbacks of the 60s, whereas artist Dave Thomson does an amazing job with both the interior illustration and that snazzy cover above. The Air Chief loved it and is happy to say there is a sequel in the works, till then check it out at Amazon, now reading in both paperback and on Kindle.
Phew, and that’s it for this busy week, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for stopping by. Be well, and stay free of those nasty cold and flu bugs. Ron – Over & Out!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, did you miss us? Val and the Air Chief are back from our wonderful two weeks vacation in Florida and our four day Bahamas cruise on The Radiance of Seas. The pix above was taken on our second day as we docked in Nassau. We had such a great time, but like such, it ended all to quickly and now we’re home and the Air Chief is hard at work once again. As indicated by the next item.
THE ADVENTURES OF RADIO RITA Vol 2
While the Air Chief was sailing on the high seas, Art Director Rob Davis was busy putting the final touches on our latest Airship 27 release. The Adventures of Radio Rita Vol 2, the anthology series where each writer does his or her version of the high flying Rita. Joined in this volume are pulp pros, Curtis Ferlund, Glen Held, Gene Moyers and Samantha Lienhart. Like volume one, Rob provided the interior illustrations and a few bonus pieces while artist Michael Youngblood gave us the stunning cover above. It is now available at Amazon in both paperback and on Kindle. As ever, Loyal Airmen, thanks so much for your support.
JIN & TONIK # 2
Finally, while continued to successfully battle his own cancer challenge, super colorist Matt Webb turns in page 30 of JIN & TONIK # 2. The love and energy Matt puts in his colors totally enhance every page he works and we are so fortunate to have him our team.
And there you have it for our return to Hangar 27 and being gone these past two weeks. We hope all of you are doing well, looking forward to Spring and Easter and all kinds of good things. For us, it is back to tackling all our many projects one by one. Wish us luck. Till next week, God bless, Ron – OVER & OUT!
Greetings Loyal Airmen, well we are starting off this week’s entry on a fun, positive note. Last week we cheered the release of our “The Crimson Nun # 2” from Antarctic Press. Well, this past weeks. lots of friends who helped support our “Brother Bones the Origin Graphic Novel # 1” we’re pleased to receive their copies in the mail. One including our dear friend Michael Housel who wrote up a really nice review for it (https://bizarrechats.blogspot.com/2026/02/ron-fortiers-brother-bones-origin-1.html) and another Bob Deis (above). Bob publishes the highly popular Men’s Adventure Magazine Quarterly spotlighting stories and articles from the old MAMs. Here’s what he had to say about Bones # 1. “Wow! This is one of your bloodiest, grittiest Brother Bones stories, Ron. I loved it — and the artwork by Joseph Arnold. Cheers!” Thanks for the kind words, Bob. So should any of you other Loyal Airmen supporters get yours, go ahead a take pix with it and send it along. We’d love to see it.
TUES NIGHT SILVERLINE PODCAST
A reminder, the Air Chief, for the past year now has been a regular co-host on the Silverline Comics Tues night Podcast featuring fellow comic creators, Jose Fuentes (upper left) Tim Thiesen (upper right) Brent Larson (bottom left) and of course the Air Chief (bottom right). The show is an hour long and streams live on You Tube, Facebook and X every week. We cover topics relating to comics. This past Tues we discussed Kickstarters and how to make them successful in what is really an over crowded field out there.
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Years ago Mr. Jigsaw was optioned by a TV producer for a possible Saturday morning cartoon series. Sadly, he couldn’t convince any of the then studios to pick it up. The Air Chief often wonders what might have been. Oh well, maybe someday. Hope springs eternal.
AMERICAN MAMMOTHS – BOOK # 1 – TENDERFOOT
Michael Panush is easily one of the most original writers we have in our Airship 27 roster of regular contributors. From series regarding Cavemen Detective, to Bigfoot Private Eyes and now he launches a brand new alternate world series titles “American Mammoth,” wherein large prehistoric creatures still roam America in the 1860s and “Tenderfoot,” the first in the series, features a Confederate Civil War veteran trying to make his way in the aftermath of the that conflict with his pet mammoth. Honestly Loyal Airmen, this is really nothing you’ve ever read before. Artist Ron Hill handles the interior illustrations and our own Chief Engineer, Rob David provided that great cover above. The book is now available at Amazon in paper back and soon on Kindle. As ever, thanks for your continued support.
FLORIDA HERE WE COME!
Don’t look now, Loyal Airmen, but the Air Chief and Valerie are packing up for a nice long, two and a half week vacation in sunny Florida. The first half of which will be spent with relatives and the last half on a Caribbean cruise not unlike the beauty above. Five days sailing to various tropical islands. Nothing but rest and relaxation, good food and entertainment. All of us need to unplug every so often. Anyway, we wish you all well, stay safe and those of you on your Lenten journey, know our prayers are always with you. Take care, God bless – Ron – Over & Out!
