Wow, airmen, that post-Pulp Con log entry was really getting long.  Figured it was time to jump to another page and call this one Part Two.  Just a real wrap up if you will.  If you've yet to read Part One, go to the Flight Log page, where the archives are kept.  The true joy of attending this con was all the gracious, talented folks I met there.  Being able to finally meet Ron Hanna, my publisher and pal, for the first time was a joy. Then there were all the great pulp folks from Nick Carr to David Walker.   And oddly enough, when folks found out I was the same Ron Fortier who had written the old Green Hornet comic, lo and behold, I discovered I was actually shaking hands with true fans.  People said such nice things about my work on that series, I must have been blushing all the time.

                     
One of these people who came up to introduce himself to me was writer John Wooley.   A nicer man you are never going to meet.  John and I both started our comics writing careers back in the 70s and worked for a whole lot of small, independent outfits.   John wrote one of my all time favorite pulp-inspired series, THE TWILIGHT AVENGER.  It was illustrated by one of my old friends, Terry Tidwell. (See illo below).  John has been a huge devotee of the pulps.  The photo above is his playing our commercial announcer during the Shadow radio play.
Later that same night, John won the prestigious Lamont Award given every year to the person who has done oustanding work in support of pulp collecting.   It couldn't have gone to a more worthy fellow.
                               
THE TWILIGHT AVENTER…as written by John Wooley and drawn by Terry Tidwell.  What a great comic book this was.  They also did another called the MIRACLE SQUAD.   These guys knew how to do good comics.

And so, airmen, that wraps up my coverage of my first ever Pulp Con.  What can I add that all these pictures don't say a whole lot better.  This is a great show and kudos to all the hardworking folks who put it on every year.  I hope to go back, someday.

Right now its back to the work and projects at hand.  I hope all of you have at least gone over and checked out our newest pulp offering…LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER.   The stories are top-notch, and Rich Woodall's art is just amazing from cover to twelve gorgeous spot illustrations.  Below is the back cover, as laid out by our designer, Vincent Sneed.
                                         
Pulp wise, we are currently in production on the second Captain Hazzard novel, CITADEL OF FEAR and with fingers crossed it may be out in a few months.  Our regular cover painter, Tom Floyd, is busy these days doing all the interior illos for Moonstone's new SPIDER anthology.   Meanwhile I'm hard at work on Captain Hazzard number three, CURSE OF THE RED MAGGOT.  How's that for a pulpish title?  Ha.

Finally, it seems ironic that THE WORLD TRADE CENTER movie should be playing in theaters just as a new group of terrorists is caught in the middle of planning new terror attacks on Cross-Atlantic flights.   I am constantly amazed at the short-term-memory loss that infects our society today.   We seem to forgotten that only a few short years ago, we as a country, were attacked, without provocation and that nearly  3,000 innocent men and women (representing 87 nationalities) were murdered horribly by a group of fanatic radical Islamics.   We did not go into Afghanistan or Iraq for oil as the American Left accuses.   And wether there ever were Weapons of Mass Destructions in Iraq is not important.  What is important is that both these countries openly harbored and supported the people responsible for 9-11.   That was reason enough to go over there and take them on.  We are in a war.  One we did not start.  You can choose to bury your head in a hole and wish it to go away, but that will never happen. No, you have only one of two choices in any war.  Either withdraw from the enemy's turf, and then fight him on America soil (trust me that is the only alternative you have) or stay the course and fight him in HIS backyard.  Personally, I like my streets and neighborhoods free of combat.

I love my country.  I despise her enemies.  

That's it, loyal airmen, have a great week.  Ron, over and out.