Greetings Loyal Airmen, as you all know, last weekend, Valerie and the Air Chief once again we guests at Tim Moret’s Rocky Mountain Con in Denver. We aren’t exactly sure which year this was, maybe 7 or 8, but we’ve been at everyone and they are never a disappointment. We see so many old friends and always get to make new ones. It is a great show and we look forward to it every year.

AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN CON

Here we were after setting up Friday night. We should mention it snowed all day Friday and the ride down to Denver was a bit hairy. We went down with pals Olivia & Zane DeGaine and Zane is a really good driver.

In fact their table was directly across the aisle from ours. Zane and the Air Chief were both thrilled to have him debut the completed cover to our new western series, Hamlet’s End. He’s almost finished the art and our hope is to launch the Kickstarter campaign sometime in January after the holidays. Meanwhile Olivia and the Air Chief should have our series, The Wooden Blade # 3 completed as well.

We mentioned the fun of making new fans. One such was comics writer Iggy Michniacki who both wrote and lettered his own western comic, Billie. The art is by Zack Rezendes and the colors by Michaela Patton. It’s a terrific comic and per our own Hamlet’s End, it appears westerns may be making a come back. Not a bad thing indeed. If interested in picking up a copy go to (www.project-nerd.com)

Finally, on the last day of the con, this charming young lady arrived dressed up like a rather well known company icon. Considering the fact that Ronald McDonald arrived when the Air Chief was in grade school, you can easily imagine the grief we endured from our pals in the schoolyard. Of course time heals all wounds and we do laugh about it. Enough to have Valerie snap this pix of the Air Chief and his one time nemesis.

For all you curious Loyal Airmen, of all the books, both comics and prose, available on our table at out show, these above were the top sellers. The memoir title particularly was a pleasant, and humbling surprise. Again, Tim, thanks for much for truly wonderful weekend. Oh, and the sun was shining the day we wrapped it all up.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTION

We’re happy to announce the release of our latest pulp thriller, “Falco & Company” by writer Wayne Carey. This is a great spy thriller in the vein of the old Mission Impossible TV series. Art Director Rob Davis provided both the cover (above) and the black and white interior illustrations. As always, now available from Amazon in both paperback and on Kindle.

CAPTAIN JAIN MARLEE – Space Smuggler

Over the years, the Air Chief has written five comic stories starring the irascible Captain Jain Marlee, a mercenary space smuggler. Now thanks to our pal Rob Davis and his Redbud Studio, her stories have all been collected in this black and white one-shot comic. The artists involved by appearance are Brian Level, Luis Rivera, Richard Jun, Gary Kato & Ariel Aguire. The book is now available for purchase at Amazon. On, and Rob was gracious enough to do that really super-cool cover. We’ve come to love this character over the years and honestly, we doubt we’ve seen the last of her adventures yet.

JIN & TONIK # 2

Artist Cesar Feliciano’s is hard at work on our spy series JIN & TONIK book # 2. Here’s a panel featuring the character Eddie Nightsky, a Navajo shaman.

BEYOND THE STARS # 4

BEYOND THE STARS # 4 is completed save for wrapping up the various covers. Andrea Bormida’s are is fantastic along with Mike Belcher’s super lettering. Expect the Kickstarter to start soon. Stay tuned Loyal Airmen, we’ll certainly keep you posted.

Also, we should note that we actually finished writing the script for book # 4 of THE BOSTON BOMBERS Vol 2. Rob Davis is currently illustrating issue # 3. One more and that’s a wrap for that series. Next up on our writing schedule is the script for THE CRIMSON NUN # 3 and then the script for JIN & TONIK # 3. As you can see, the Air Chief has a full slate of writing chores well into 2025. We are super busy, but it’s way better than the alternative of having nothing to do.

Ron – Over & Out!