Greetings, airmen. Well New England has been in lost under gloomy gray skies all week, with rain on and off just making things rather depressing. Of course once the old sun returns, I fully expect my backyard to become an instant jungle. Which is really okay,
as I actually like mowing the grass. There’s a zen thing about it, being outdoors, breathing fresh air (okay we’ll not discuss pollen allergies) with the hum of the mower, locked into some deep, reflective mental state.

One of the truly bright spots of the past week was last Saturday’s annual Free Comic Book Day. I got to hang out at the Paperback Bazaar with JOHNNY RAYGUN’s own Rich Woodall and Matt Talbot. At the same time, I also had the real pleasure presening to the comic community two
really talented young artists for the ver first time. Both are graduates from the Comic School
Rich and I run out of the shop. Above is a shot of the three of us at our table. To my right is
Alex Eggleston with whom I am about to launch a brand new web cartoon strip called THE ADVENTURES OF ROBOT GUY. More on that as things develop. Seated on my left is Tom Bonello, the middle school art teacher who is my partner on
the comic book BULLDOZER. I’ve previewed pin-ups here in the past. Tom’s a gifted dude
and his pages awed the comic fans who stopped by. Don’t have a real head count, but I would guess we saw well over two hundred fans, both kids and adults. It was a fun day.

Towards the afternoon, when things were starting to slow down, lo and behold another one of our former students showed up to
say hi and visit for a while. Artis Adam DeGagne brought along his portfolio to show us all the great new stuff he’s working on. At the same time he presented me with this very cool illo of the TERMINATOR. I love those red eyes.

I had the opportunity to sign lots of Gargoyle comics from Digital Webbing and to
tell the fans all about the new FRANK NG-HIRED GUN title and the GOD OF VAMPIRES movie. In fact that’s what is painted all over the black t-shirt I’m wearing. Looks like filmmaker Rob Fitz and I are going to be doing several store signing in the New England area soon. All good news.

Finally, I’ve spent the last couple of days hard at work on a brand new book that is going to thrill pulp fans. Somehow manage to
get my hands on an old forgotten hero and much
like my CAPTAIN HAZZARD book, will be reintroducing him to the reading public in the very near future. Even tracked down the license holder and obtained their permission to do the book. Sorry to be so mysterious, but that’s half the fun. Book might even be out by the end of June, with fingers crossed. Keep reading these entries.

That’s it for another week, airmen. Take care, and remember, high gas prices needn’t be
totally negative. If you ever needed an excuse to walk more or take out your bike, now’s the time to do it. Get healthy and turn that negative into a positive.

Ron, over and out.