Greetings Loyal Airmen.  Well the 2009 version of the Windy City Pulp & Paper show has come and gone and Ye Old Air Chief is back in Hangar 27 with tons of great memories and a few photos.  We'll spread these out over a couple of weeks so as to overwhelm the Flight Log here.  Windy City is just so much fun and once again Airship 27 Productions was smack dab in the middle of it all.

          
                          Editor/Publisher/Writer Joe Gentile & his Moonstone Books & Comics

Among all the various vendors was our old pal, Joe Gentile with all his great Moonstone pulps. In the past few years, with titles like the Spider, the Avenger and just released Domino Lady, Moonstone has joined the ranks of companies publishing exciting new pulp adventures.  It was great to hook with Joe again and learn some of his plans for the future.  Some which will include Ye Old Air Chief I'm very happy to add.  Stay tuned.

             
                                 The Air Chief and Con Promoter Doug Ellis

No convention materializes out of thin air and that includes Windy City.  It has been the baby of promoter and pulp fan supreme, Doug Ellis.  Doug launched Windy City back in 2001 with Cat Jasper.  After Cat departed for other interest in 2004, he brought on John Gunnison of High Adventure magazine.  Together they've made Windy City the premier pulp show in the country today.  We tip our hats to Doug and John for putting on such a great show year after year.

            
                       Loyal Airman John Bodnar and the Air Chief

Perhaps the biggest reason for attending shows like this is to meet up with old friends, like our Airship 27 writers and artists, and meet new ones. Such was the case this past Saturday afternoon when one of our most Loyal Airmen, John Bodnar, walked up to our table to say hi.  I've exchanged many letters with John and it was a real pleasure for me to finally shake his hand and thank him for his continued support.  Of course we also loved that John was wearing his official Airship 27 baseball cap. That earned him a nice discount on the purchase he made from our offerings.  Those of you unaware of this offer, we'll gladly repeat it here.  Anyone coming to our table at any show wearing any Airship 27 gear gets 50% off any one item on the table.  How do you get this nifty swag as John did?  Simply click on to the dirigible logo to the left of this column. That will take you our on-line book store. Once there simply scroll down to the bottom of that page and you'll find an icon to the Airship 27 merchandise store.  We've got lots of cool items there, so check it out.  And so, thanks John.  You totally made our day and we hope to see you again next year.

          
                 Writer Van Allen Plexico

One of Pulp Factory gang and Airship 27 writers, Van Allen Plexico, was also on hand and for the third year in a row was our con neighbor to our left.  Van has become a really good friend and it was a joy to hang out with him again.  We are very close to releasing Van's first novel for Airship 27 Prod., which you'll see announced right here.

     
                   Writer Andrew Salmon, the Air Chief and Airship 27 Art Director Rob Davis

Before heading out last week, we posted a picture of the gorgeous Airship 27 banner Rob Davis had made up for our con appearances.  And here's a great shot of the three amigos seated before it.  Andrew Salmon is another Airship 27 writer who has done several projects for us, including his fantastic sci-fi thriller, THE LIGHT OF MEN.  Andrew was at our left sharing a table with Van Plexico.   Happily the new banner was a big hit and all during the weekend many attendees commented on how much they liked it and our dirigible logo.  Kudos to Rob for getting this made.  And that's our first Flight Log segment of the pulp con.  Next week we'll roll out a few more pictures of friends and acquaintances that made an appearance at the show.

Meanwhile we are thrilled to announce the release of our third issue of  MR.JIGSAW – Man of a Thousand Parts.  This book is the last reprint issue and contains the three stories that first appeared on the internet.  They have never been in print before.  You can snag a copy of this fun comic by going to our Air Fare page and click on the book's cover.  All stories by the Air Chief, with all art by Gary Kato and design work by Rob Davis.  Remember when comics use to be fun?  Pick up a copy of Mr.Jigsaw and recapture that very fun.

And that's it for this week, Loyal Airmen.  We've lots of great pulp books in the wing, plus other exciting news concerning our Mr.Jigsaw, so keep on coming back to Hangar 27.  Till next week, take care.
Ron – Over & Out!