Greetings Loyal Airmen, well we are moving closer and closer to Christmas and we hope all of you are dealing wisely with the frantic activities the holiday season entails. The Air Chief has been very, very, very busy with all manner of projects from comics to pulp to launching a brand new internet radio program.

               
For the  past year, the Air Chief has been one of three co-host on a weekly podcast based at the Comic Related website and posted there ever Friday night.  It's called ZONE 4 and my co-hosts are Brant Folwer and Gordon Dymowski, better known as the Professor.  The show continues to be a fan favorite with comic and genre fans throughout the globe and a few months ago even inspired a ZONE 4 Comic strip adventure which post every Monday on the Comic Related website, chronicling the adventures of the Zone 4 crew.  We even have a Facebook page and invite you to “Like” us there.

                       
             Gordon Dymowski – The Professor
Recently a good friend, Tommy Hancock, made it known that he would be producing a block of Pop Culture Themed shows on the TMV Cafe, an internet radio station and that he was looking for programming.  We approached Tommy about doing an  hour long version of our regular weekly podcast and thus was born TRANSMISSIONS FROM ZONE 4 (see the logo above) and this past Tuesday our very first episode aired.  Unlike the original, free wheeling ZONE 4 where the three of us, including guests, simply get together and talk comics, movies, DVDs etc.etc., this in this hour show we've broken it up into segments where each of us do our own thing.  Mine is called the Library wherein the Air Chief talks books, reviews and short bios of famous writers throughout the ages.  This is followed by Brant's comics segment and finally the Professor wraps things up with a fifteen minute look at what's new in media.  We're having a blast thus far and hope many of you Loyal Airmen will give us a listen.  Simply Google TMV Cafe and listen in on Tuesday nights at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time.

Meanwhile, back at the regular ZONE 4, we've launched as yet another fun contest all of you are welcome to enter.  Simply complete the following sentence,  “I like listening to Zone 4 because…” and send it in to me here.  Make your statement, short, long, funny, whatever and maybe we'll read your entry live on our next ZONE 4 show.  Everyone who sends us a comment will be entered into our contest and on the last weekly show in Feb, the winner's name will be drawn and this is what he or she will win; the chance to appear as a character in the next issue of MR. JIGSAW – MAN OF A THOUSAND PARTS!!

           
                You Could Be In A Comic Book
Above is the cover to the last regular issue, number nine.  The Air Chief just begun work on issue number ten.  The winner of the new ZONE 4 contest will have his or her likeness drawn by artist Gary Kato and actually appear as themselves in one of the two stories that will be featured in this new issue.  So if you are a true comic fan, here's your chance to be immortalized as a real comic character. But you can't win if you don't enter, so get hopping.

           
                  Cover to Latest Rook Title
Finally, the Air Chief is thrilled to announce his latest pulp writing project.  One of the coolest new pulp heroes created in past few years is the Rook, by Atlanta based writer Barry Reese.  Thus far Reese has produced six volumes of Rook adventures, each a collection of short stories. Now Reese has invited other writers to join in the fun a write their own stories featuring this really great pulp hero.  The Air Chief was both excited and honored to participate in this project and is now busily at work on his story which has to be completed and turned in by the first of the new year.  It's called, THE MISS BEANTOWN AFFAIR and deals with the Rook's early crime fighting days in Boston.  We're having a blast writing it and will keep you posted as to when the actual collection will be published and available for sale.  Note the previous six Rook books are available at Amazon and other major distributors and we highly recommend them all.

And there you have it for another week, Loyal Airmen.  Busy, busy, busy.  Again, be safe out there and in the hustle and bustle of chasing after that special gift for a love one, remember, the true purpose of the season is to show that person just how much they are loved.  Some times a hug and kiss are far better than anything you can buy in a store.

Ron – Over & Out!