Greetings Loyal Airmen, this week we are going to take a small trip back in time.  The thing that constantly amazines the Air Chief is how vast the World Wide Web truly is and the amount of data that is every day being stored on it; telling the entire history of the human race up to this very moment.  That never became more apparent to us then this past week when we discovered a Facebook page called the Charlton Arrow devoted to that long ago small comic company that operated out of Derby Conn.  When we found the page, we mentioned to the people running it that it was at Charlton that the Air Chief, and his artist pal, Gary Kato, got their first break in the comics biz. We had submitted a sci-fi story called “Duel in the Stars” and Charlton went on to publish it in the third issue of their new try out title, CHARLTON BULLSEYE.

Well no sooner had we mentioned it to the good people managing that Facebook page then up pops the cover for that particular book.  We noted it was dated 1981, meaning we've been at this comics writing stuff professionally for thirty two years.  Amazing.  And as if that wasn't enough, the gentlemen who put up the page went to to scan and post the entire issue on his blog site.

And here's the first page to that story, all the artwork and lettering done by Gary.  The coloring was provided by Charlton.  Our assistant editor who worked with us on this debut was Bill Pearson.  Later he would ask us to do something else for them which we were only to happy to comply with.  And that was the first ever story starring our long running comedy super-hero, Mr. Jigsaw Man of a Thousand Parts.  Seeing that cover and page sure brought back tons of memories for the Air Chief.

Off course we've never stopped working in the field we love so much to this day and figured we'd end this particular Flight Log with a glimpse forward.  A few years ago the Air Chief created a new comic character named Satin Wei, a Chinese cat-burglar and wrote 48 pg story with her as the star.  At the time we had an artist on board who did up a lot of great art for the project.  Sadly, he had to bow out before we could get the comic done.  Now, years later, we've teamed with Canadian artist Olivier Raymond who has jumped on board to bring this comic, cleverly titled SATIN'S WAYS to graphic life.  Above is a whimsical sketch he did up wherein we see our girl coming home to her inner sanctum after a hard nights' work on the job.  Behind her are a few of the more recognizable prizes she's…ah….pick up in her career.  Ha.  Trust us, as Olivier begins turning in completed pages, we'll keep you all posted.

                       
                                                         Jacoby Elsbury Swings Away!!

Wow, after hitting a buzz saw in Anaheim with the battling Angels and losing three in a row, our beloved Red Sox heading up to Seattle to take on the Mariners and quickly got back to their winning ways.  The All Star Game (and break) happen next week, at which time many of the teams look to strengthen there positions for the second half of the season by hopefully making useful trades.  Personally, the Air Chief has never been completely satisfied with the Sox's starting pitching squad and is hoping management will look to picking up one more ace during the trading period.  This team is a hard fighting squad, but in the end it is pitching that wins ballgames and it remains the Sox weak link the chain.

Okay, that wraps up this week's Flight Log.  As ever thanks for stopping by and reading.  We'll see you back here in seven.
Ron – Over and Out!