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BARRY BASKERVILLE # 10

  • On 26 Jun | '2026
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you’ll recall, last week we mentioned that our tenth volume in the children’s book series, “Barry Baskerville and the Rare Coin” was within days of release. Well later that Friday it was up bright as a daisy on Amazon. Above the is the cover. As ever, story by creator Richard Kellogg with all art by Gary Kato and book design and layouts by Art Director Rob Davis. So yes, go to Amazon and check it out, along with the previous exciting nine books. These are perfect young children from 5 to 8. And as ever Loyal Airmen, thanks so much for your continued support.

DRAGON ON A STAMP

One of the greatest martial artist and film stars ever to wow an audience was the late Bruce Lee. Via his role as Kato on the short-lived and much lamented TV series, The Green Hornet, Lee introduced the world to Chinese fighting ala Kung Fu. Then he went on to make the classic feature, “Enter the Dragon,” before dying suddenly. Last Saturday the Air Chief received a really sweet and funny Father’s Day card from daughter Heather that featured Marvel’s wacky hero, Deadpool. We loved it. Then as we were starting to put away the envelope it arrived in we realized the character on the stamps was nothing by the legend himself, the one and only Bruce Lee. Wow. It’s an honor long over due. Thanks US Postal, you got it right this time. And to you, Heather dear.

THE AIRSHIP 27 PODCAST EPISODE # 105

The episode # 105 of the Airship 27 Podcast is now up at You Tube. Rob and the Air Chief talk about our recent releases and what new titles we have in the works. See link below. Enjoy.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8Iwr91I4QY)

MR. JIGSAW MANGA STYLE

Reminding all you Loyal Airmen, the Mr. Jigsaw story being produced by Ben Dunn at Antarctic Press, using the same script we wrote for issue # 19 of the Mr. Jigsaw issue from Redbud Studio is still happening. Above is one of the current pages turned in by the “unknown” artist. Hopefully Ben will provide us with a name eventually. Ben says we’ve ten pages left and then….we shall see. At one point the idea of coloring “both” versions and publishing back to back was discussed. Again, we’ll leave this Ben. Still it is just plain weird seeing these pages done manga-style. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen.

CRIMSON NUN # 3

Meanwhile artist Jesse Thomas turns in his latest colored page from The Crimson Nun #3 and we couldn’t be more excited. Scene depicts young Gabrielle Cauxvette with Pope Pius XI and a character (guy in the beret) who will become important to her future. Trust me, Loyal Airmen, you are going to love this issue.

BIG BOY IN SCRANTON

Back in the early 1940, the Union Pacific Railroad had a few dozen giant locomotives built. They were nicknamed Big Boys. Today there is only a handful of them remaining. One such in the past month has crossed the country in conjunction with America’s 250th Birthday Celebration and two weeks ago arrived in Scranton, PA. Naturally its stops along the way has drawn thousands of viewers and among those in Scranton was our son Scott, a devoted train-enthusiast. His grandfather was a conductor all his life on the Boston & Maine Railroad. Anyways, Scott drove the two hours from his Connecticut home to view this marvel of engineering and snapped a few photos ala the one above. He tells me, this Big Boy will continue on per the plan of its arriving in Philadelphia on July 4th. Now that should be a sight to behold. Thanks Scott, for sharing this amazing experiences with us.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. As you can see, rather a busy one at that. As always thanks for stopping by and checking out what’s new. Hope to see you back here next Friday. Until then God bless. Ron – Over & Out!

CHIVALRY’S NEW INKER

  • On 19 Jun | '2026
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we thought we’d kick off this week’s Flight Log with some exciting news. We have a new inker on our 3 issue CHIVARLY, INC. mini-series now in production for Silverline Comics. Inker Erick Dotson, joins pencil artist Javier Lugo with issue # 2. Above is one of his first pages for the issue. He’ll be joined by colorist Mickey Clausen and letterer Mike Belcher. At this writing issue # 1 is now having covers done up, having been completed drawn and colored. Stay tune, it’s getting real.

THE BOY WHO WOULD BE SHERLOCK HOLMES

As most of you Loyal Airmen are well aware, for several years now, Airship 27 has been published the children’s books series, “Barry Baskerville Boy Detective,” as written by Richard Kellogg and illustrated by the terrific Gary Kato. The series follows the adventures of a young detective who idolizes his hero, Sherlock Holmes. Gary recently turned in the artwork for the 10th Barry Baskerville mystery and at present Art Director Rob Davis is assembling those pieces with the manuscript. With fingers crossed, the book could be up at Amazon by week’s end. If that happens, we’ll promote it at the end of this Flight Log. If not, then for sure next week. Stay tuned.

THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 # 3

At long last! Boston Bombers Vol 2 # 3 is available at Indy Planet.
(https://www.indyplanet.com/the-boston-bombers-v2-3) The Air Chief had to laugh, as artist Rob Davis calls this our romance issue. He’s now working on issue # 4 while yours truly tries to whip issue # 5 into shape. No rest for us comic creators.

AN EXPENSIVE DREAM

Recently Antarctic Press Managing Editor, Ben Dunn, has been playing with doing up AI models of his company’s popular characters. You can imagine the Air Chief’s surprise when he opened his email a few days ago and found the above image awaiting him. We almost fell out of our chair. This is such a sweet Crimson Nun action figure complete with her two custom made automatics. Oh yeah. Sadly, the reality of what it would cost to purchase such a piece from any of the companies out there today would be astronomical. At least way, way…way more than either Ben or the Air Chief have in our piggy banks. But hey, as we told Ben, we can always dream.

UPDATE – BLACK TERROR 2.0

and finally we wrap up this week’s entry with this great peek at the new Black Terror comic the Air Chief is working on with artist Dell Barras. Above are illos of the “old” version from the Golden Age and on the right is our new interpretation of the character. Our colorist on the new series, David Rios, previewed that stunning cover this past week on the Silverline Tuesday Night Podcast show, on which the Air Chief is a co-host. Needless to say he wowed our fellow host and viewers. David has only a few pages left to color to completion and the lettering is almost finished as well. Can’t wait to assemble the package and get it off to Antarctic Press. Keep those fingers crossed, Loyal Airmen.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen. Want to end with giving a loving shout-out to all the Dads out there for Father’s Day. Being a Dad has always been a blessing to yours truly. You are all heroes. Thank you. Ron – Over & Out!

THE STREETS OF GOLGOTHA

  • On 12 Jun | '2026

Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re going to kick off this week’s Flight Log with announcing a new Airship 27 Production book that is truly near and dear to yours truly. After producing well over 300 titles in the past 15 years, this one was special to both the Air Chief, and Art Director Rob Davis.

Writer/editor Jamie Ramos was a remarkable fellow who battle health issues most of his adult life. But he never once let those define him, remaining a kind, warm-hearted soul; devoted husband and father and true and loyal friend to all who know him in the New Pulp community. Before he passed away last year, Jamie was in the process of putting together a brand new anthology to be called “Streets of Golgotha,” that would include stories by the cream of the crop in regards to today’s pulp scribes; Teel James Glenn, Nancy Hansen, Lee Houston Jr., Wayne Carey, Bobby Nash and Jamie himself. Whereas his malady accelerated and one day we received a message that simply said, “Thanks for being my friend.” The Air Chief had heard both of his condition and the project he’d been working on. We reached out to one of those writers on the team and had him convey to Jamie that he could rest as we’d take on completing the project. A week later Jamie passed. And so for the past months, the Air Chief and Rob began assembling the stories, getting spot illustrations completed and assigning the amazing Adam Shaw to do our cover, oh, and we changed the title slightly. As of today, June 8th, 2026, “Jamie Ramos’ Streets of Golgotha,” is now available at Amazon in both paperback and on Kindle. Seeing it there this morning, the Air Chief said a little prayer, feeling that Jamie was looking down on all of us with this huge smile on his face and giving us a big old THUMBS UP!! God bless, my friend. We miss the heck out of you.

MORE FROM CRIMSON NUN # 3

As the story of Gabrielle Cauxvette unfolds, she finds herself in the Vatican encountering members of the Pope’s own private army, the Swiss Guards. Turien and Jaques are two such recruits in training. Art as ever by the talented Jesse Thomas. The history of the Swiss Guards is fascinating and there will be an essay about them in the fourth and final issue. Meanwhile, we have to get issue # 3 finished and out!

PENCIL PAGE

And the story continues with new pencil pages like this one from Jesse. Here Gabrielle and the Pope have finished breakfast and he’s about to take her to the rose garden. We get excited every time Jesse finishes a new page. Oh, yeah.

YELLOW MOON

The joy of today’s independent market is that super talented creators no longer need the approval of big-shot editors to make and publish their comics. One such fantastic new offering is “Yellow Moon” a gripping western/horror graphic novel by writer Clayton Rozman of Colorado. The art and colors are by artist Bruno Letizia whose work reminds me of David Mazzucchelli of “Batman Year One” fame. They are joined by Ferran Delgato on colors and Chris Stevens edits the entire package. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, this is a winner right out of the gate. Go support this fantastic project. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/octoberpress/yellow-moon-a-western-horror-graphic-novel)

And there you have it for this week’s Flight Log, Loyal Airmen. Lots of good stuff out there, we hope you’ll check it out and of course join us back here next Friday. Till then be well and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!

FUN FANDOM THROUGH TIME

  • On 5 Jun | '2026
Greetings Loyal Airmen, over the years the Air Chief has been involved with one form of fandom or another and along way work with some really fun fellow comic fans. Upon first moving to Fort Collins, we hooked up with the ZONE 4 weekly podcast (voice only then) along with three other great comic guys. As our avatars on the show, we became the Air Chief, then Brant Fowler was the Swordsman, John Wilson the Superhero and Gordon Dymowski the Jedi Knight. We had so much fun and this show lasted several years. After it wrapped up, Rob and the Air Chief opted to start the Airship 27 Podcast.

AIRSHIP 27 PODCAST

Along the way to lift off, we also brought along Radio Rita. Note, in the beginning, Rob was still a novice at all this podcast stuff and Brant jump into the help us get rolling. So for maybe a half-year, Brant would record the shows for us until Rob was comfortable to take it on himself. And as of now, we are 105 episode into that series. Thanks Brant, we’re forever grateful.

THE SILVERLINE TUES NIGHT SHOW

And finally, last year, the Air Chief signed on to co-host the Silverline Podcast on Tuesday night joining the team of Tim TK (writer) Jose Fuentes (artist) David Rios (Colorists). It’s been a wild couple of months and we’re fitting in nicely with these talented creators as The Old Dude. Hahahaha.

THE CRIMSON NUN SKETCHES

Although very busy at his day job, Crimson Nun artist Jesse Thomas, managed to find some minutes to do up a few new sketches. Here he gives us Gabrielle Cauxvette as a young lady in the middle of her training to be a special agent of Pope Pius VI.
And here is His Holiness. Note, although Gaby and our story is fictional, Pius XI was real and in the final issue of our mini-series, we will be featuring a short essay on his life and times hope you Loyal Airmen will find interesting. He truly was a holy man for his turbulent times.

THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2 Update

Above is artist Rob Davis’ pg # 3 of THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2, Issue # 4. Now we’re aware all of you are still waiting for us to get Issue # 3 out. Unfortunately the good people at Ka-Blam Printing have yet to post it on their retail site (IndyPlanet.com) where you can get issues # 1 & # 2. Of that Rob and the Air Chief have absolutely no control. Trust me Loyal Airmen, the Air Chief checks that on-line site once a week and is just as, if not more, frustrated as you are. The second it post and we see it there, we’ll cut the link and plaster it all over the internet to include right here and of course our Facebook pages. Hang in there, it has come sometime. Meanwhile Rob continues his work on issue # 4 while the Air Chief is pounding away on the script to issue # 5. Ah, the foibles of independent comics. Ha.

And that’s it for this week, Loyal Airmen, as always, thanks for stopping by. We hope wherever you reside you are all enjoying this nice summer weather. Till next week, Ron – Over & Out!

WHEN ORIGINALITY STRIKES!!

  • On 29 May | '2026

Creating Loyal Airmen, hope all of you had an enjoyable Memorial Day holiday off of work. Time to visit relatives and remember all those brave men and women who fought and died for our country. Dear Lord in Heaven, let us never ever forge them. We owe them everything. Okay, so let’s see what’s been happening around old Hangar 27 and we kick off with a truly remarkable book.

THE EDGE OF BORDEN

Shortly after moving out here to Colorado years ago, Valerie and the Air Chief met a young comic creator named Jon Bonjou and his sister Jamie. All of us ended up tabling at Free Comic Book Day often, then Jon took one of our “How to Write Comics & Graphic Novels” classes we teaching at a local community college. He was extremely talented, both in writing and drawing and all of us became fast friend. Several years ago time sped up and Jon met the lovely Darcy and they were married. Shortly thereafter they packed their bags and took off for Texas. Needless to say all of us here missed them greatly. Then several weeks ago, after several years gone, Jon and Darcy returned and after having been to Hong Kong, Thailand and finally a year in New Zealand. All of us were thrilled to have them home again. So much so that the Air Chief suggested to Jon that we have coffee at a local coffee shop to really catch up. And we did. Now imagine our surprise when, after taking our seats at a table by a window, Jon plops this massive, 180 pg comic book on the table and says, “I brought you something.” This is a project he’d been working on for more than a year on his Patreon page and after having completed six full color chapters of the story decided to get printed up and are we ever glad he did. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, “Edge of Bordertown” is by far one of the most outrageous, insane original comics we’ve ever had the joy of reading. The basic plot is the world has gone CRAZY. Yup, all sanity has somehow disappeared and the survivors are forced to deal with living plant monsters, ghost highways, flying whales, giant dice that roll around the landscape destroying houses and a hero who happens to have an octopus head named Q’Rakkan!!!! Okay, so our initial reaction was, “Poor Jon has lost his mind.” Then we started reading, turning the pages…and lo and behold that crafty rascal sucked us in totally. Really. There is more imagination in one page of this book then hundreds of other comic titles combined. And don’t try to label it. It is weird, funny. touching, insightful and yeah, sometimes scary. Thing is it all works and it is SO unique, one quickly understand only Jon could have created it. It is his vision and we applauded it soundly. If you are interested, you can pick up a copy here. (https://www.jonbonart.com/shop) Tell them the Air Chief sent you.

SINBAD – The Voyages Vol 9

Don’t look now, Loyal Airmen, but Airship 27 Production has just released it’s new title, and it happens to be the 9th volume of our fun adventure series, “Sinbad – The New Voyages.” This volume features two full length novellas, one by Richard C. White and the other by Fred Adams Jr. Our buddy Gary Kato provides the wonderful nine black and white interior illustrations and Michael Youngblood turns in that great cover seen above. This is Michael’s second Sinbad cover for. We could be happier. As ever the book is now available up at Amazon in paperback and within a day or so it will be on Kindle. And again, thank you Loyal Airmen for your wonderful and continued support.

JIN & TONIK # 2 UPDATES

While chatting on FB Messenger last evening with fellow comic creator, Roland Mann, he posted the above image and asked if we recognized the characters and knew the artist responsible for it. Of course we immediately told him he had a wonderful, early sketch of Jin & Tonik, the two characters created by artist Cesar Feliciano, and now appearing in their own comic series as written by yours truly. Coincidentally that same day we received a note from colorist Matt Webb informing us that he was finished with several other obligations and was clearing his plate to get back to wrapping up the colors on “JIN & TONIK” issue # 2. Now that’s what we call great news. Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen, we’ll keep you posted.

And there you have this week’s Flight Log, Loyal Airmen. As ever thanks for dropping by. Here’s hoping all of us are in for some good, warm summer weather. Ron – Over & Out!

A World of Animals

  • On 22 May | '2026
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re going to kick off this week’s Flight Log with the the story of two really wonderful, fun and heartwarming movies. All too often, we, and many others, bemoan Hollywood’s seeming inability to make decent, positive movies that lift the human spirit. That reflect our better natures and leaving us all feeling better for having seen them. So what were the odds two such rarities would emerge within weeks of each other for the Air Chief’s pleasure. The first we found on Netflix called, “Remarkable Bright Creatures” based on the novel by Shelby Van Pelt and starring Sally Fields. It is the charming tale of a lonely widow who spends her evenings as a janitor at a local aquarium where she befriends a giant pacific octopus she names Marcellus. It’s available on Netflix right now. The second out at theaters from Amazon Pictures is “The Sheep Detectives” based the on the novel “Three Bags Full” by German mystery writer Leonie Swann and the delightful cast (both real and voice) is headed by Hugh Jackman. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, these movies tell the stories of real people looking to help one another, to share their life experiences, tragedies and in the end most importantly, their love. The world is a harsh place, but knowing there are some folks in Hollywood who can still recognize “good” stories gives us much hope indeed.

REIGN OF THE CRIMSON HOWL

For the second week in a row, Airship 27 Production is thrilled to announce the release of a brand new thriller title. “Reign of the Crimson Howl” is the second book in the Crimson Howl trilogy as offered by writers Paul Landri & Jason Clark and deals with dark super-heroes employed by a secret government organization. Our pal Sam Salas provides the black and white interior illustrations while Ted Hammond once again gives us another gorgeous color as seen above. The book is now available at Amazon in paperback and will soon be on Kindle. And no worries, the final book in the series has been edited and is awaiting production. We’ll keep you posted. As always, thanks for your continued support.

THE POWER OF COMICS

Recently the Air Chief has been posting more and more artwork from the now in-production comic book, “Chivalry, Inc.” issue # 1. Pencils are by Javier Lugo, inks by Jesse Hassan and colors by Mickey Clausen. Mickey has been ramping up his work and we are getting closer and closer to having the 22 pg issue completed and off to super letterer Mike Belcher. One day last week, in looking at one of the finished colored pages, my fell on the bottom panel and the Air Chief was instantly mesmerized. Everything about this one panel was simply perfect, from composition, to art. It all worked. A wounded woman hiding a gun under her hospital pillow. Wow. And here’s the thing Loyal Airmen, when the Air Chief wrote this script almost two years ago, this scene didn’t particularly stand out as anything important or dramatic. It was just the end of a scene…that’s all. Whereas Javier, Jesse and Mickey turned it into something jaw-dropping beautiful. Wow…again. And that, dear Loyal Airmen, is why the Air Chief loves comics!

AN AIRSHIP COFFEE???

So marked this under too funny for words. A few days ago, Valerie and the Air Chief were grocery shopping at a local store when going down the coffee aisle, we spotted this new product; AIRSHIP WHOLE BEAN COFFEE. Both of us were surprised and naturally curious. The Air Chief picked up a package and discovered it featured the flavors of caramel, vanilla and brown sugar. Way – way too sweet for our palettes. Both the Air Chief and Valerie prefer a more dark, robust brew. That and the price for the one bag was a bit too pricey as well. Would be curious of any of you Loyal Airmen have come across this new caffeine offering and if any of you have given it a try. If so, drop us a line. Meanwhile, we’ll admit we thought the logo and cover image were lots of fun.

And that’s our Flight Log for this week, Loyal Airmen. As always, thanks for stopping by and we hope you’ll check out our new Airship 27 titles. Till next week take care and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!

FUN AT SCHOOL CON

  • On 15 May | '2026
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!

FUNDING GOAL REACHED!

  • On 8 May | '2026

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 COLLINS 9th 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!

BROTHER BONES AT LAST!

  • On 1 May | '2026

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!

PODCAST # 104 & CHIVALRY INC.

  • On 24 Apr | '2026
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!