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When a group of men and women throughout London begin exhibiting strange psychotic behavior, Dr. John Seward, from the Dracula affair, is brought into the case. Faced with a mystery beyond his realm of experiences, he turns to Sherlock Holmes' trusted companion, Dr. Watson, for help. Together these two men of science must uncover the riddle behind a white powder drug with the ability to drive people mad before the entire population is infected. Also includes a special bonus story, "The Electric Shark", starring Her Majesty's Secret Agent, Quincy Harker. Illustrations by Pedro Cruz, cover by Rob Davis and Shane Evans..Click on the image above to order from Airship 27's online bookstore.
LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER Vol Two. - Contains five high flying adventures starring the classic pulp aviations heroes of yesterday, The Three Mosquitos, the Griffon and pulpdom’s greatest flying star, the one and only Captain Midnight. Written by Bobby Nash, David Walker, Van Allen Plexico and Aaron Smith and edited by Ron Fortier. Interior illustrations by Rob Davis with an original cover by Shane Evans. Click on the image above to order from Airship 27's online bookstore.
features four new action-packed stories starring the greatest manhunter of them all: Dan Fowler of the F.B.I. Penned by Gregory Bastianelli, B.c. bell, aaron smith and andrew salmon, these four brand-new stories are packed with shootouts,car chases and fisticuffs enough to exite the most jaded reader. Here's pulp action the way you remember it- slam-bang all the way!
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Contains five new classic mysteries starring the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson. Writers Aaron Smith, Andrew Salmon, Van Allen Plexico and I.A. Watson put forth clever, twisted puzzles that only the Baker Street sleuth can unravel. Edited by Ron Fortier, interior illustrations and design by Rob Davis with a stunning cover by Mark Maddox. Once again, the game is afoot! Produced by Airship 27. (click on the image above to order from Airship 27's online store) • Available NOW! from:
Reprints the first three issues of Mr. Jigsaw. CBG Columnist Tony Isabella calls Mr. Jigsaw "Oneo fht egreatest comic-book characters you never heard of." This book is produced in association with WildWolv Entertainment and is available at Amazon.com These first Four issues are still available at IndyPlanet.com. (to order click on the image above) Maine's only living superhero returns in two brand new adventures. First up is CHARLIE'S BEST FRIEND, wherein Mr.Jigsaw finds himself dog-sitting a lovable but mischievous bulldog named Zeke who seems determined to ruin his private life. Then comes THE BULLY AND THE KNIGHT, and a little tale about chivalry and abuse as only writer Ron Fortier & artist Gary Kato can deliver, the Jiggy way. Designed and edited by Rob Davis. Mr.Jigsaw continues the fun filled exploits of this truly amazing hero. Tony Isabella of the Comic Buyer's Guide calls him, "The greatest comic book character you've never heard of." All brought to you by writer Ron Fortier, artists Gary Kato and editor Rob Davis from Redbud Studio. Mr.Jigsaw, putting the fun back in comics! Mr. Jigsaw TM and © Ron Fortier & Gary Kato. All rights reserved. • Still available! BY RON FORTIER & ROB DAVIS
written by Ron Fortier, drawn and designed by Rob Davis. The Story revolves around the question: "What would happen if Dracula's Daughter met 'The red baron' during World war I?" The resulting answer is an excitingly horrific and romantic adventure. (CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE TO ORDER DIRECT FROM indyplanet.com! Please Allow up to30 days for delivery when "out of stock") Also available!
(click on the image above to order directly from IndyPlanet.com) his first comic book outing is the story of the undead avenger going up against CAPE NOIR's oriental underworld in a 48 page suspense tale of intrique and excitement as only Airship 27 and Redbud studio Comics can present.
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Master of the mystic artts. Pulpdom's most unique and memorable hero returns in three new adventures. From the peaks of tibet, to the streets of New York, the Green Lama battles the wicked in defense of the innocent. This volume fetures three new adventures by Kevin Noel olson, adam garcia and Peter Miller. With illustrations by Jay Piscopo and new cover by Mike Fyles. Newly re-released and now available!
First in the all new adventures of the Champion of Justice as the travels the globe fighting injustice aided by his team of loyal aides. Features a dazzling new cover by Mark Maddox, with designs and interior illustrations by Rob Davis. Also include the history of Captain Hazzard by pulp authority, Norman Hamilton. (click on the image above to order!) STILL AVAILABLE!
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Airship 27's Cafe Press Shop- mugs • clothing • posters & cards • gifts • totes (click on the image above to start shopping!) ================================ Saturday, November 14, 2009 Okay, two weeks and we're in for a quick update of November status. The bulk of my time lately is taken up with working on a cookbook I've promised to design and, essentially, edit as a fund-raiser for my wife's school. Many of the teachers and staff members have submitted recipes for the cookbook and I'm using the same skills and equipment I would on the Airship 27 books to put it together. Surprisingly it's a bit tougher work, as we did not give the contributors a guideline on how to submit their recipes and I'm having to re-write some of them to fit the prevalent style. And then there's the differences in how they indicate measurements (there are a number of different way they represent "cup" for example). I hope to have the book done in a few days and be back on other projects. Once I have it near completion I'll post a page or two here to show what I've been up to. In the meantime I have gotten a couple more pages of Robyn of Sherwood completed and they should appear below this paragraph. Airship 27 has ended its releases for 2009, but there are still a few books in the pipeline that I'll be working on as time permits to have them ready for the kickoff of 2010. Also in the offing is a CAPTAIN HAZZARD comic that I'll be publishing through my REDBUD STUDIO comics production company in addition to another pulp associated book that I'll be inking and lettering which we originally planned to come out from REDBUD via the Ka-Blam print-on-demand printer/distributor but may come from a traditional comics publisher instead. As usual I'll keep you all up to date on these and other happenings at the Davis studio.
Robyn of Sherwood part 3 page 5
Robyn of Sherwood part 3 page 6 Rachel is, as usual, in the Fall play at her high school. Next weekend is the performance, and if I can get decent photos I'll post some here. It's difficult to do so with not being able to use a flash and the spotlights being so dim in the auditorium, but I'll see what I can do. More as it develops... Sunday, November 1, 2009 Breaking tradition here, I'm actually updating in less than a month or even two weeks! Kidding aside, I have some pages I didn't get to in my last update that I thought I'd include here since it is "All Saint's Day" and the day after Halloween. These pages will appear in a Zombiie anthology later in November and I'll have an announcement when I know exactly when they'll be available. These pages are being colored too, so this will be the first non-web color work since the mid 1990's. Here's the "silent"" version of "Deadline."
<rain, in addition to the dialogue, will be added to this first page>
More as it develops... Saturday, October 31, 2009 Okay. It's been far too long between updates. I've been pretty busy with work at the home studio as well as doing some work on maps for possible new routes at the day job with Columbia Transit. I'll dig through the growing pile of completed stuff to see what I can post here for your amusement and post it below with some commentary... Since I last posted here two books have come out of the Airship 27 wing of the studio. First up was LANCE STAR•SKY RANGER. I've posted illustrations from this book previously, but here's the final, published cover:
cover of Lance Star• Sky Ranger LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER Vol Two. (click on the title at left for the Amazon.com link)- Contains five high flying adventures starring the classic pulp aviations heroes of yesterday, The Three Mosquitos, the Griffon and pulpdom’s greatest flying star, the one and only Captain Midnight. Written by Bobby Nash, David Walker, Van Allen Plexico and Aaron Smith and edited by Ron Fortier. Interior illustrations by Rob Davis with an original cover by Shane Evans. Paperback: 244 pages Also finished up in the month of October is the final book from Airship 27 for 2009, Season of Madness. Below is the finalized cover.
Cover of SEASON OF MADNESS SEASON OF MADNESS. When a group of men and women throughout London begin exhibiting strange psychotic behavior, Dr. John Seward, from the Dracula affair, is brought into the case. Faced with a mystery beyond his realm of experiences, he turns to Sherlock Holmes' trusted companion, Dr. Watson, for help. Together these two men of science must uncover the riddle behind a white powder drug with the ability to drive people mad before the entire population is infected. Also includes a special bonus story, "The Electric Shark", starring Her Majesty's Secret Agent, Quincy Harker. Illustrations by Pedro Cruz, cover by Rob Davis and Shane Evans. (click on the image above to order the book from Airship 27's online bookstore) Coming off the drawing table the month of October were three more pages on ROBYN OF SHERWOOD. A fourth page for part 3 of the four part story (page one was seen in September's last posting) is on the drawing table now awaiting some finishing inks. I'll have that page for you to peek at next time. Here are the three pages:
ROS chapter 3 page 2
ROS chapter 3 page 3
ROS chapter 3 page 4
On the home front, Rachel's high school band marched in the University of Missouri Homecoming Parade last weekend. The band itself didn't win any trophies, but Rachel brought one home for "Best Drum Major" for her band's class! Below are a few slightly unfocused photos from the parade:
Start of the University of Missouri Homecoming Parade
Rachel's band, the Hallsville Marching Indians
That's Rachel in the white uniform exhausted at the end of the parade :) And taking up a great deal of time in October is the presentation maps for proposed re-routing of every Transit route for Columbia Transit (my "day job"). The hope with these new routes is that timing now roughly destroyed by heavier traffic and growth in Columbia will put the routes back on schedule. Here's a sample of the more than a dozen maps I created for them:
Here's a city-wide look at the weekday routes.
Here's a look at the 101 (Orange) North route as proposed. Finally, as a fund-raiser for the Catholic School my wife teaches at and my son attends I'm taking on design of a recipe book! I'm hoping to have it done before Thanksgiving for purchase during the holiday season and printed on-demand at Lulu. As always I'll let you know as these and other projects progress. More as it develops...
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