Greetings airmen. I’ve got lots of various odd tid-bits to share with you this week, so let’s get right to them, shall we.

First up, last week the Sci-Fi channel started the new Doctor Who series. It has been running in England, where it is produced, for a while now and the buzz among fans across the pond said this one was a winner. I totally agree, after watching and enjoying to the max, last week’s opening epidsodes. The 9th Doctor is played by Christopher Eccleston and he is damn near perfect in the role. He is an easy mix of action and human, with really acting chops beneath his intelligent face. I like this Doctor a whole lot. And he’s once again accompanied by a very independent and spunky young lady named Rose Tyler, brilliantly done by
Billie Piper. She’s never cute, but rather a capable, daring partner for our favorite Time Lord. If you’ve never-ever watched a Doctor Who adventure, take my word for it, this is the place to jump on board.

The wonder of the interntet amazes constantly. After posting last week about my new pulp anthology starring flying ace, Bill Barnes, I received a wonderful letter from Larry Marshall, up in Quebec. Larry is the edtior of
Flying Model Magazine and asked he could write a piece on our anthology for his column. I was floored. A few exchanges of e-mails later, I recruited Larry to write an article on the connection between those early flying pulp mags and model airplane enthusiasts of that era. It is really going to dress up our book. Thanks, Larry.

My good friend, Anthony, who religiously checks this site out every single week, made a comment to me the other day that I really should try marketing some kind of Airship 27 merchandise. Obviously it is his belief that all you loyal airmen would want to own something relating to the old Hangar 27? Well, Anthony,
and the rest of you, I would direct your attention to the coffee cup above. It’s been around for months. What you have to do is go to the Air Fare link in the upper left here, click on it. Then Click on the Mr.Jigsaw banner.
This will take you the Cafe Press site where this particular item can be purchased. So yes,
loyal airmen, you can start every day with a cup of joe in your own Hangar 27 cup. They make wonderful birthday gifts too.

Couple of internet updates for all of you.
My new Brother Grim comic (written with Chris Mills and artist John Polacek) post a new page every Tuesday over at (www.SupernaturalCrime.com) It’s good stuff.
Check it out. There’s an SC banner on my links page. And very soon, my regular bi-weekly Pulp Fiction column will also start appear over at
Blake Wilkie’s League of Talent site. I’ll include the url next week. Guess that really makes me syndicated now. Ha.

Saw V FOR VENDETTA, based on the Alan Moore graphic novel, last week and liked it very much.
Trivia question. Can any of you tell me the personal connection I have the the opening scene of that film?

Finally, I got an e-mail from a dedicated fan named Michael Browing this past week. Seems Mike is a true fan of my work on Now Comics GREEN HORNET series and he was hoping he could interview me for a proposed article he is going to do for Back Issue magazine. If you aren’t familiar with this mag, it is one of several relating to the comic book industry published by TwoMorrows Publishing. They are the same people who put out..Alter Ego, Draw and Write. All these excellent magazines are devoted to a specific aspect of the comic book industry and if you are a budding writer or artist who dreams of a career in this game, you should be reading all of them. Anywho, back to Mike and his request. In the end, he called me and we had a long, long phone-interview. Mike has since gone on to talk with artist Jeff Butler, my partner on the series, and Publisher Tony Caputo. He also has plans on talking with fellow writers Mike Baron and Chuck Dixon. All in all, it looks to be a major piece on the history of that entire series. Mike says, if all goes according to plan, it should be in Back Issues #19. Keep your eyes out, airmen. I’ll be sure to give you a heads up as well.

And there you have it, airmen. Another week, the first of Spring. A really wonderful time of the year. Hope you are all enjoying it to the max. Till next week, Ron, over and out.