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Greeting loyal airmen.  Well I've just about got my legs back under me after a week home from the giant New York Comic Con, which I began to report on in last week's Log Entry.  I told you I had lots of pictures to share with you, so let's get to them. Then I'll leave the very cool announcement that came out of that show for last.

          
                   Ralph DiBernardo of Jetpack Comics selling comics!

I mentioned last week how my pal Jarrod Courtemanche was my roommate at the show and how Chuck Moore of Comic Related was most gracious to provide us with a table at his booths in Podcast Alley.  Well, none of this would have been of any help if I had not been able to get to and from New York and for that transportation, I owe my long-time friend, Ralph DiBernardo who owns and operates the coolest comic shop in all of New Hampshire, Jetpack Comics located in downtown Rochester, NH.  Ralph was only to happy to have me tag along with his gang from Jetpack comics and I rode to and from with Tom Bonello, a middle grade school art teacher who is one of Ralph's crew.  Thanks a million, Ralph and Tom.  You guys are terrific.

         
                  Jarrod Courtemanche  –  Lady Action –  Ye Old Air Chief.

The moderator of the Pulp Panel ye Old Air Chief sat on Friday afternoon was hosted by entrepeneur, Ed Catto, who handles the Captain Action license.  The following day he was touring the convention hall decked as Captain Action and accompanied by a lovely  young model attired as Lady Action.  Stopping by our table, Ed suggested we snap a photo with adventuress and we weren't about to argue. 

          
                           Jarrod Undergoing Electric Shock Massage

Of course all the folks who passed by our table weren't models or movie stars or even comic fans.  Early Sunday morning, after the doors had been opened to the public, an Asian woman walked by our table, stopped and approached Ed Chuck Sellner and asked him if he would like a free electric massage.   Ed looked at Jarrod and the Air Chief, and we simply shrugged our shoulders.  None of us had a clue what she was talking about. The woman then explained the process involved giving mild little shocks to stimilate the flow of blood through various body parts.  Well, Ed was a brave soul and agreed to the treatment.  She then proceeded to pull a plastic-metal contraption the size of a fat cigar out of her purse, stepped behind Ed and began clicking it against his back.  Instantly he gave a little jump as the miniscule shocks tingled through his body.  Jarrod and I were grinning from ear to ear.  When she was finished with Ed she turned to the two of us and I waved her off politely.  Whereas Jarrod decided to give it a go.  As she started working on him, I grabbed my camera and got off this shot.  Ye Old Air Chief just couldn't help by laugh.  The things you see at a comic con.  Go figure.  Oh, and just in passing, we do know that after the three of us returned home, both Jarrod and Ed came down with the flu but Ye Old Air Chief did not.   So words of caution when attending comic cons, avoid cattle prods, no matter how harmless they may appear.  Ha.

              
                          Artist Eric Maruscak  and his Watchmen floor mural.

One of the most anticipated new movies of this year is Warner Bros. adaptation of the famous graphic novel, THE WATCHMEN by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.  Almost directly behind our booths at the con, we found a truly talented young artist named Eric Maruscak hard at work on a giant mural of the central characters of that saga.  We chatted early Sunday morning as he was putting the final touches on this gorgeous piece.  The fellow is really a super talent.  Check him out on Google.  He's done amazing pieces and one day hopes to do something for the San Diego Comic Con.

                  
                                   Ye Old Air Chief & Moonstone Editor/Publisher Joe Gentile

And now for the big news regarding a character Ye Old Air Chief is most identified with his comics writing career, the Green Hornet.  My good friend, Joe Gentile of Moonstone Books, announced they had obtained the license to produce a series of Green Hornet prose anthology books.  (See the sign over our heads!) And God Bless Joe, I was one of the first people he invited to contribute to this awesome new series.  Ye Old Air Chief is thrilled to be writing another Hornet tale of adventure.  Stay tuned.  I'll give you details and this project begins to take shape.  The artist for volume one is another good pal, Ruben Procopio, who is a huge Hornet fan as well.  These books are going to be so much fun.

Finally, Loyal Airmen I just finished writing my first new Mr.Jigsaw comics script in ten years.  It's 24 pages long, making it the longest Jigsaw (other than the web adventures) ever written.  This new story is slated for issue # 4, and with fingers crossed, issue # 2 (continuing our reprints) will be out some time next week.  Jiggy just keeps rolling along.

Spring Training is officially underway in Ft.Myers, Fl, with the Red Sox eager to get this new season started and make another run for the World Series championship.  We'd like to thing their chances are really good this year. Can't wait for the season to start.

Till next week, Ron – Over & Out.

              

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