Greetings Loyal Airmen.  As we write this latest Flight Log, our first Thanksgiving in our new Colorado home is coming to a happy end. It's been a great holiday and we sincerely hope it was for all of you as well.  Our sciatica problem hasn't completely healed as yet and the past week has been arduous at times, but with Val's loving care, we are slowly getting back to normal. Hopefully by this time next week, the Air Chief will be lots more like himself health wise. Just keep those kind thoughts and prayers coming, they are working.

             
                                     Comic Writers Cary Kelley & Brant Fowler
Earlier in the year we posted the above photo taken at this year's Champion City Comic Con in Springfield, Ohio.  Brant, Cary, along with John Wilson and Chuck Kennedy have been hosting a weekly podcast about comics called ZONE 4.  In the past few weeks the Air Chief was invited on board as a sub when one of the four could not make a recording and truly enjoyed the experience.  This afternoon we were informed that because of a truly busy creative schedule, John has had to leave hosting the show.  Brant contacted us on behalf of himself, Chuck and Cary with an invitation to fill the empty hosting chair.  We were only too happy to accept this wonderful invitation and eager to do our first podcast as a regular.   ZONE 4 records every Sat. evening and then that episode is posted the following Friday night on the Comic Related website. Valerie always said we belonged in radio and podcasting is the internet version of radio.  We hope many of you Loyal Airmen will give a listen.  This is going to be so much fun.

Speaking of Comic Related fun things, check out the mock-up above.  One of the founding members of CR, Darren Mueller had this great idea of doing a trading card set featuring characters from those independent creators who belong to CR and frequent its forums all the time.  Rob Davis and the Air Chief thought this was a terrific idea and have contributed Mr.Jigsaw to the set.  The above image is ONLY a mock-up of what the back of a such a trading will look like.  The front would feature that cover of  Jiggy # 1, but without the yellow text blurb.  We've ordered 750 of these cards with the intent of passing them out to our fans at future conventions.  Darren thus far has recruited well over twenty creators for this first ever Comic Related Indy Trading Card Series.  As soon as the real cards are finished, we'll be sure to post the news right here.

           
                                The Air Chief's new fun center.
When we moved half-way across the country, from New Hampshire to Colorado, we hired a moving truck to carry all our belongs and they did a super job.  Sadly one item was damaged in the process and it was our big screen TV.  Whereas the outfit was insured, they instructed us on how to fill out a claim form and we're only to glad to reimburse us for the price of the broke set.  Earlier this week, while the Air Chief was still tied to his office chair, astride another cold pack, Valerie and our son, Alan, went TV shopping to get us a new unit.  Two hours later they came home with the above set-up.  Val had picked up the new big-screen TV and a new fangle sound strip from the insurance funds. Then Alan surprised her, and eventually the Air Chief, by adding a Blue-Ray player to the package as his early Christmas gift to us.  Needless to say the Air Chief was delighted and most grateful.  Alan got it all set up with the help his son, Alex, that very night.  The picture and sound quality are amazing and the Air Chief is once again able to enjoy watching movies.  Talk about a great Thanksgiving.  Thanks, Al, Nicole, Cora and Alex.  That was the coolest gift of all.

         
                                              Christmas is just around the corner.
And so with Thanksgiving here, Val and Alan set about putting up our decorations.  Everything looks so festive. We were playing Christmas music while enjoying our Thanksgiving dinner.  This is a truly wonderful time of year and as we enter into the holiday season, all of us here at Airship 27 want to wish all our Loyal Airmen and their families a truly special season.  Thanks for stopping by as always and we'll see you back here in seven days.

Ron – Over & Out.

Greeting Loyal Airman. The Air Chief has been in rough shape this past week.  Somehow we pinched a nerve in our back side, the sciatica most likely from the pain we feel when standing.  This is not the first time we've had lower back pain and the only way to resolve it is to 1) baby it, 2) stay off our feet as much as possible, 3) sit on ice packs to reduce the inflamed area and 4) be patient as there is no rushing the healing.  Still since we made our condition known over on Facebook, many of you Loyal Airmen have been quick to offer up well wishes and prayers for our return to good health. We can't thank you enough.  Now one of the ways we've been pressing on is to occupy ourselves with lots of fun and positive things.

               
                                           Gabrielle Fortier and Friend At Local Museum
Members of the Fortier Clan, both old and young have been busy these past few weeks including Mom, who visited a local Dover, NH. museum.  She was taken by one particular exhibition featuring photos of the old woolen mills that sprang up all over New England in the late early 1930s.  As a young woman, Mom worked in several of these large, busy factories.  The photo above shows her reliving some of those memories for one of her friends from the Wentworth Home.

             
                                                          Logan,  Mickey, and Taryn
While at the same time, two of the youngest members of the family, Gabe's great-grandchildren, Logan and Taryn Fortier, were vacationing with their parents in Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  Our son Scott and his wife Katie, completely surprised them by not telling them about the trip until the morning they woke them up and told them the limousine was outside waiting to take them to the airport.  From all reports and these pictures, Logan and Taryn had a fantastic time, creating tons of new memories they'll remember forever.

                  
                            Ravenwood – Stepson of Mystery
And despite my physical set back this past week, with the help of my friends, creative projects have been forging ahead and we thought you'd enjoy some sneak-peeks.  On the pulp front, Airship 27 Productions is now putting the final touches on our 12 th book of the year, an anthology of brand new stories starring one of the more obscure classic pulp heroes from the 1930s, Ravenwood – Stepson of Mystery.  The above illustration is one of twelve that will appear in the book, as drawn by Charles Fetherolf.  The book will feature four brand new stories of this unique occult detective who solves bizarre, supernatural mysterious.  You won't want to miss it.

              
                       Mr. Jigsaw # 8 by Kato & Buniak
And finally, we are within a week or two of releasing our eight issue of the new Mr.Jigsaw Man of a Thousand Parts series produced by Redbud Studio.  The above unfinished cover piece was penciled by co-creator Gary Kato and inked by cartoonist Brian Buniak.  The Air Chief doesn't often get too excited about a book, but this one is something truly special.  All of us involved believe it is the finest Mr.Jigsaw story ever done, for so many reasons, and we cannot wait to get it out there. Stay tuned, it is on its way.

And there you have it for this week, Loyal Airmen.  Hopefully by the time you return for next week's Flight Log, the Air Chief will be feeling a whole lot better.  Oh, and lest week forget, next week is Thanksgiving.  We wish all of you and your loved ones the best holiday ever.  Know that when the Fortiers gather next week, part of our prayer will be thanking the Good Lord not only for our bountiful blessings, but for your continued loyalty and support.  Your are all part of our extended family, Loyal Airmen.  God bless you and Happy Thanksgiving.

Ron – Over & Out

                                
Greeting Loyal Airmen, well the Air Chief received lots of very cool and funny birthday cards last week for his 64th birthday.  None more hilarious than the one above given to us by Val, better known as Our Better Half.  The inside follow up read…WHO'S BEEN AROUND THE TRACK A FEW TIMES AND STILL HASN'T RUN OUT OF GAS.   Hahahaha, thank you dear.  We so appreciate the sentiment.

                  
                                            Smiling Rob Davis at Mid-Ohio Con
And while the Air Chief was happily celebrating his first birthday here in Colorado, our Airship 27 Partner and Art Director was ably representing the team in Columbus at this year's Mid-Ohio Con.  One of the oldest and most loved such gatherings, Rob reports he had a great time, met a lot of great fans and got to visit with old amigos he hadn't seen in years.  Thanks to all you Loyal Airmen who stopped by his table to say Hi.

                              
While at Mid-Ohio, Rob sold quite a few of our Airship 27 Productions pulp titles.  Pictured above is our latest and 11th book release of the year;  MYSTERY MEN (& Women), a collection starring four brand new pulp heroes created in the mold of the classic avengers of the 1930s.  In this volume you'll meet Gridiron by David Book, Red Veil by Aaron Smith, the Bagman by B.C. Bell and Dusk by Barry Reese.  All delivered with a beautiful painted cover by the amazing Ingrid Hardy.  As ever you can order a copy of this new Airship 27 book by clicking on to the dirigible logo to the left of this column.  If you like truly unique and bizarre heroes, this is the book for you.  As always, thanks for your support.

              
                                   Cora, Storm Trooper, Alex, Bike Rider, Air Chief and R2D2
Finally we leave you with the above photo.  Last Sunday afternoon the Air Chief was busily at work in his office when we got received a call that a group of Star Wars players were out in front of a local mall helping to kick off the soon to start Holiday Season.  We immediately jumped in the car and joined our grand kids, Cora and Alex to get the fun picture you see here.  Never let it be said we'll ever pass up an opportunity to celebrate Star Wars.

So till next week, Loyal Airmen, May the Force be with you!
Ron – Over & Out

                
Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you can see by the arrival of this speedy air racer, Hangar 27 is getting all geared up for a party. Nov. 5th, Guy Fawkes Day in England, is the Air Chief's 64th birthday.  Its a fun time and this year also connected with a very special election.  (Not that we were at all unhappy with this week's Congress victory by the Republicans, of which the Air Chief is a member in good standing.)  More importantly, our granddaughter will be vying for the Presidency of her sophomore high school class.  Go Chelsea!  We are sending her all our good wishes for a landslide victory.  She has campaigned long and hard, and much nobler than most of the politicians who flooded our airwaves the past few months.  Thank heavens that's over. Now maybe they can actually get to the job of governing, though the Air Chief isn't going to hold is breath. When it comes to government, the older the Air Chief gets, the more he understands why Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Parliament. It probably seemed like a really good idea at the time.  Ha.

My favorite food in the whole world is crepes, those thin, sweet pancakes the French invented long ago.  My mother, displaying her own French Canadian heritage, would often whip up a batch for us when we were growing up and Valerie makes them the exact same way. So it has become a once a year treat for the Air Chief. Even as we pen this on the night before, we can almost taste those crepes, layered in butter with a thin coating of maple syrup.  Geez, it is probably a good thing both of us joined a gym this week.  Oh yes, now resident of the Rocky Mountain state, Valerie and the Air Chief have committed themselves to a healthy and fit life style.  The Air Chief has a twenty pound spare tire around his middle that has got to go.  Turning 64th, and feeling good, we only want to improve on that health by dropping the weight and really enjoying the coming years with as much vim and vigor as we can muster.  We are 64 years young and we aim to prove it.

          
                                     The New Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson
As most of you Loyal Airmen know, the Air Chief is a huge Sherlock Holmes fan and the two volumes of Sherlock Holmes stories we've published via our Airship 27 Productions pulp books have been our best sellers for the past year.  Which is why we were delighted to find on PBS Masterpiece Mystery the first three episodes of a new BBC televisions series called Sherlock which offers up the great detective and his loyal assistance living and working in a modern day London. At first it seemed impossible to think of Holmes using the internet, cell phones etc., but after viewing the first couple of shows, we've become big fans.  Aside from the extremely well written stories and the great production values, it is the duo starring in the roles that make it work for us.  Benedict Camberbatch and Martin Freeman are just great as Holmes & Watson.  If you've not seen this show yet, we urge you to find. It truly is worth your time.

Finally, many, many years ago when our oldest Granddaughter, Kristi, was in kindergarten, she was asked to write about someone special to her.  Her teacher told the class it could be a relative or pet.  Well two days later all the kids in that class stood up to read their little stories about their cats or dogs.  All had chosen to write about their pets.  All but one of them.  Kristi stood up, opened her pages and told her class about her Pepere (grandfather). The Air Chief was present and it was one of the proudest, sweetest moments in his life.  Last week, Ms Kristi, now a freshmen at the University of New Hampshire, called to ask if she could interview us for  a paper for her Tourism Class.  She needed to talk with someone who had traveled to distant lands.  And as we'd been in South East Asia, Russia and Canada, we fit the bill.  A few days later she sent along her finished paper for our approval before turning it in to her teacher.  Of course she had done a marvelous job with the interview and it read extremely well.  Upon writing back to her to confirm this, it dawned us that after all these many years, Kristi was still writing about her Pepere.  Yeah, even at 64, life is still sweet.

Take care, Loyal Airmen, have a great week and see you back here in seven.
Ron – Over & Out.

                          
                                                 The Air Chief Gives Thumbs Up To HALLOWEEN
Greeting Loyal Airmen, as you can see by the photo above, the Air Chief is already to dispense lots of candy treats to whatever little ghosts, goblins or zombies come marching up the steps to our new Colorado Hangar.  Honestly, this is one of our favorite holidays ever, bringing back tons of memories of when we were kids back in New Hampshire, getting all dressed up and going out on what we called Beggar's Night.  This took place the evening before Halloween.  Here in Fort Collins, Trick or Treat happens on Halloween night itself.  Time to take out some horror DVDs and settle in for some good, scary fun.

      
                                         View From Our Back Yard
One of the joys of living here in Fort Collins, at the foothills of the magnificent Rocky Mountains is the majestic view we have whenever we look westward.  Early this afternoon Valerie and the Air Chief went out for a good, brisk hour long walk.  Passing by a local high school down the street from our house, Val brought along her camera to snap a few pictures of the scenery so that we could share it with you Loyal Airmen.  And keep in mind what you are seeing in this photo is only the westward start of the entire range…these peaks are only the start of the actual Rockies.  Totally awe inspiring.

Speaking of inspiring, our daughter Michelle, along with her best friend, Tammy, has started a blog called BEST FRIENDS IN FAITH.  It is devoted to Christian women and intended to provide them with friendship, support and encouragement.  All of us in the family are so proud of her and this new venture.  If you are curious, you can find it at (http://www.michelleandtammy.blogspot.com) .

Finally, we leave you this week with a sneak-peek at an exciting new project currently being assembled; AIRSHIP 27 PRESENTS – ALL STAR PULP COMICS.  This 56 pg black and white comic will feature seven 8 pg adventures starring classic pulp heroes such as the Purple Scar, the Rook and Domino Lady among others.  It will feature the return of veteran artists Jeff Butler (Badger & Green Hornet) and Steve Erwin (Superman, Checkmate & Terminator Deathstroke) back to comics for the first time in over a decade.  Rob Davis will produce this amazing joint between Airship 27 & Redbud Studio.  Above is his terrific logo for the proposed color cover.  Stay tuned, Loyal Airmen, we'll keep you posted as it develops. We hope to have it finished by the start of 2011 and have copies for sale at next year's Windy City Pulp & Paper con.

And there you have our Flight Log for this, the end of October and the start of November.  We wish all you Loyal Airmen a fun filled, safe HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Ron – Over & Out!
                               

Welcome Loyal Airmen, to our second Flight Log entry from our new Colorado Hangar homebase.  Living within sight of the majestic Rocky Mountains has been a real inspiration for the Air Chief. Every day Val and the Air Chief go out and walk, we see them rising in the background, their tips now clearly snow covered as Fall quickly rushes into Winter. Of course moving half-way across the country has created some issues that will take some getting use to, this living in the middle of things.  When the Air Chief use to wake up on the East Coast, he would start posting on various websites several hours before his mid-west colleagues and even longer for those folks living on the west coast.  Now, when we walk into our office, usually at 8 A.M. and log on, it is usually to a dozen e-mails send from folks back East.  And then we remember they are actually up two hours ahead us now.  So its us having to play catch and get cracking daily.  Same applies to catching our favorite TV shows, the few we watch. What we would usually catch at 10 PM back in New England now airs between 8 and 9 PM.  We missed quite a few episodes because we simply can't seem to find the right time slots out here.  Back home Jay Leno would come on at 11:35 PM.  Here he's signing off at 11 PM.  Believe me, it is weird.  Just some of the little quirks and as stated, we will eventually adjust to as time goes by. We are truly loving it here and happily, living in the age of the internet, we haven't missed one deadline in regards to our current writing and editing gigs.

An example of this is today's release of our latest title from Airship 27 Productions, just in time for the Halloween season, WEIRD HORROR TALES – The Feasting.  The second collection of macabre tales by award winning writer Michael Vance, with illustrations by Earl Geier and a stunning cover by Christophe Dessaigne.  If you enjoy really creepy stories, do not miss this great book.  As always you can order it at our on-line store (just click on the dirigible logo to the left of this column) or order it from Barnes & Noble on-line, Amazon and other major book distributors.

And above is one of the covers to the just released  GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES from Moonstone Books.  We told you about this anthology of new GH stories several months ago when we were asked to contribute a tale.  Ours is called The Eyes of the Madonna and it is our first new GH adventure since we worked on the old Now Comic series. This book has some great stories and we hope you'll pick up a copy and let us know what you think.  The Air Chief has also done an Avenger pulp story for Moonstone which will appear in their second anthology of that series.  We'll give you a heads up when it comes out, hopefully before year's end.

And there you have this week's Flight Log, Loyal Airmen.  As always, thanks for stopping by and your support of our humble efforts.  Next week is Halloween, one of our favorite times of the year.  See you back here then.
Ron – Over & Out!

Greetings Loyal Airmen, after a three week hiatus in which we crossed this amazing country by auto, we've arrived at the new Hangar 27 headquarters here in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Thanks to all your well wishes and prayers for a safe journey.  Son Scott wouldn't let me behind the wheel once and drove the entire distance.  So we've set up the new office and are quickly getting familiar with our beautiful surroundings.

         
Here's a great photo of the Air Chief and Valerie posing outside their new Colorado home.  A tip of the hat to son Alan, who found it for us and helped get it all ready for our arrival.  We certainly been blessed with the best kids in the world.  Oh, and Val borrowed Alan's cowboy hat for this pix.  The Air Chief is now on the hunt for THE right cowboy hat.  Stay tuned.

               
                                              Alan, the Air Chief and Scott
We particularly love this shot of the three of us smiling happily in front of the new house.  We could not have made this monumental move without the love and support of these two fine men.  My sons are the best in the world.  We are so proud of them.  We are posing in front of Alan's pick-up truck.

               
                                      Scott Ready For Trip Home
Scott saw this folding chair in the back of Alan's pick up truck and jumped in.  Looked at us and said, “Drive this thing to Conn.”  Hahahaha.  The two days the Air Chief spent on the road with him are two of the best days of my life and a special memory the both of us will share forever.  Of course we bought him a ticket home and he flew out of Denver after spending two days with us. The brothers truly enjoyed being together again.

         
And finally, here's a shot of the Air Chief getting squared away in his brand new office.  Son Alan brought over this wonderful desk for us to use and as you can see, the monitor is up and we're ready to get back to writing and editing our comics and pulp novels.  Life is truly good and God is wonderful.  So happy to be back here sharing these adventures with all you Loyal Airmen.  You guys are the tops.

Ron – Over & Out

Loyal Airmen, as you can see, Airship 27 has taken flight and is leaving our “old” Hangar 27 for the very last time today.  It is both a sad and happy time for the Air Chief and Valerie.  Lots of great memories  here, but then again we've packed them safely in our hearts and are bringing them with us to our new home.  Just wanted to tell you all that we are bringing along for the flight a beat up old Laptop that works when it feels like it. Ha. So there most likely will be no new Fligth Log updates for a few weeks.  We plan on arriving at our final destination by the middle of October, at which point the Air Chief will sign in and give you all the details of our trip west.

Stay well and safe until we return here.  Wish us well, we appreciate all your prayers as we start this grand new adventure chapter in our lives.  So that's it, Loyal Airmen.  Up ship.  Next stop – COLORADO!!!!

Ron – Over and out!

Greeting Loyal Airmen.  Been another long week of packing up the house for the big move.  One week from today Valerie and the Air Chief will be leaving here forever.  Been a great 27 years.  Seems like that number has always been lucky for the Air Chief.  Last week we posted some pictures of the fun we had at Champion City Con two weeks ago.  While there we hooked up with several comic book creators we wanted to direct your attention to and tell you about their latest projects.

         
                                        CARY KELLEY   AND  BRANT FOWLER
As you'll recall the convention was held at the Wittenburg University campus and my con neighbors were writers Cary Kelley and Brant Fowler.  Both these talented gentlemen have recently self-published their own unique comics and we picked up copies while there.  Upon taking them home and reading them, we were impressed by the quality of these titles and wanted to share them with our Loyal Airmen.

      
FALLEY JUSTICE is a powerful graphic novel written Cary and Steven Forbes and illustrated by Harold Edge.  It asks the question, what would happen if the world's mightiest hero were dying?  How would he act in his final days? It's a brilliant piece of writing and the art is up to the drama.  This is one of the best graphic novels the Air Chief has ever red.  Published through Cary's own Red Hand Studio, you can buy a copy at his website – (http://redhandstudio.com/store/) – Do yourselves a favor and pick up a copy.  And added note to this particular book, one of the supporting character is a super-powered young lady named Dynagirl.  Cary has since begun a brand new series starring her and we are in talks about doing a Dynagirl – Mr.Jigsaw team up.  Stay tuned.  We'll post more as this fun concept develops.

    
WANNABEZ is Brant Fowler's creation about a group of nice, normal people, who are convinced they have super powers, but they really do not.  It's done for laughs and is a whole lot of fun.  The book is illustrated by the talented Scott Simmons and colored by Lisa Moore.  We can't praise this book enough.  When people say there are no fun comics anymore, we point them to WANNABEZ.  Again self-published, you can grab a copy by going to (http://wannabez.com) where you'll find the first issue as pictured above.

Both these comics are truly worth your attention and pennies.  Help support some truly fresh voices in the comic game. For that we thank you. Finally the new TV season is back and with it some of our returning favorites such as The Big Bang Theory, Fringe and Castle.  Glad to see them back.  Also enjoyed the premier of the new Hawaii 5-0.  Looks to be some decent entertainment as Fall bids us ado and those long nights of winter roll in.
Take care and next week we will file our last Flight Log from New Hampshire. See then,
Ron – Over & Out.

           
                OFFICIAL LOGO OF THE CHAMPION CITY COMIC CON

Greetings Loyal Airmen. It is hard for me to believe an entire week has gone by since the Air Chief was sitting here writing about his having to hit the sack early for his morning trip to the airport and the beginning of his weekend in Springfield, Ohio for the second annual Champion City Comic Con.  And now it has all come and gone and left us  in a bit of a happy daze.  Loyal Airmen, the Air Chief is here to tell you that show was by far the best single con experience we have ever enjoyed, and believe me we've been to lots of cons in the past thirty years of our involvement with comics.  Our heartfelt thanks immediately go to Scott Riley who invited us to be a guest at the show with all expenses paid and to our good buddy, Chuck Moore, who picked up our travel cost as a gift from Comic Related, our home on the internet.  These two men and a guy named Bill Gladman are totally responsible for that amazing weekend.

        
            Bill Gladman, Chris Metzer & the Air Chief
The actual Saturday convention is held on the beautiful grounds of the Wittenberg Community College.  And shortly after arriving in Springfield, my host, Bill Gladman and his daughter Raichel drove me through the campus. That afternoon the Air Chief participated in his first ever round of Disc Golf, a game Bill is quite fond of and very good at.  (We call it Frisbee Gold here in the east.)  Anyway, we had three teams of two, one a veteran player and the other a rookie.  The photo above shows the Air Chief taking pointers from his partner, artist Chris Metzer.  Chris is also a resident of Springfield and often competes with Bill.  Well after two hours of walking through this lovely campus and tossing that old plastic disc around, the game came down to the ninth and final hole.  Well, actually they are stanchions on which is a bowl and net. Chris and the Air Chief were a good thirty feet away from it after our first shot tied with Bill and his partner, Eric Radcliff.  The hole is a three shot and at that distance we all figured we'd par and end the game in a tie.  Until, that is, we took our second toss and the disc made a direct line right into the basket…and won us the game!!  The victory was very sweet indeed.

       
                      The Air Chief, Lisa Moore, Scott Riley, Raichel & Bill Gladman
After the game we drove across town to visit con promoter, Scott Riley at his great comic shop, Main Street Comics & Games.  Scott is a super fellow and we were thrilled meet him at long last.  Above is a shot of the Air Chief, comic colorist Lisa Moore, Scott and Raichel Gladman and her dad, Bill Gladman taken in the shop. Later that night Scott hosted a dinner at a local steak house and there were thirty-five of us in attendance. Many my friends from the Comic Related website where we have our forums.  All of us had a great time catching up and for many of us it was the very first time we ever met face to face.  We were naturally excited about the coming day and the convention.

          
                              Lisa Moore, Chuck Moore, Brant Fowler & the Air Chief
And then it was Saturday morning and we were all converging on the Wittenberg campus where the actual con was being held.  What an absolutely great venue for a comic show.  And as stated earlier, many of the creators on hand were all members of the Comic Related family as seen above.  Colorist supreme Lisa Moore, the founder and head honcho at Comic Related, Chuck Moore, comic writer & letterer Brant Fowler and of course the Air Chief. Note our spanking new Airship 27 shirt we had custom made by an airbrush artist just for the show. It really came out great.

         
                                        The Air Chief & Ms. Raichel Gladman
Later that day the Air Chief was the star of his own panel and Bill's daughter, Raichel, was the host. She is such a wonderful young lady and gave me a truly marvelous introduction.  She's a dear and we've become very, very fond of her.  Bill's a lucky Dad.

         
                                                   The Air Chief & Scott Simmons
Sorry to repeat ourselves, but we truly met so many great people at this show, not the least of which was artist Scott Simmons who did the beautiful cover to our latest Mr.Jigsaw issue # 7. Scott was on hand to say hi and pose with us and that super cover. The original black and white art for that cover was featured in a museum show on graphic art that Scott recently participated in.  Now just how cool is that?  Jiggy in a museum.

        
                  And the winner is…..Jiggy!
Speaking of our break-apart hero, he won an award!  Honest. One of the last events of the day was the presentation of the Champion City Con Awards and the winner of the Best Continuing Independent Series went to Mr.Jigsaw – Man of a Thousand Parts by yours truly and Gary Kato.  It was the icing on the cake for this truly amazing weekend.  The trophy is gorgeous and will soon have a place of honor in our new office when we soon relocate Hangar 27 in the foothills of Colorado.  It gets closer every day, Loyal Airmen.  Anyway that's our report on the Champion City Comic Con.  We truly hope to get back there again next year. We had so much fun, we certainly want to do it again.

Meanwhile we are back at the old NH Hangar 27 and once again tackling the Herculean task of packing up for the big move.  Only a few more weeks now.  Take care and see you here again next week.
Ron – Over & Out.