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Welcome to Airship 27

My name is Ron Fortier, and I have been a professional writer for over forty-five years. I have worked on comic book projects such as The Hulk, Popeye, Rambo and Peter Pan. With my two most popular comic series being The Green Hornet and The Terminator (with Alex Ross). With Ardath Mayhar I penned two TSR fantasy novels, and in 2001 I had my first play, a World War II romantic comedy, produced.

This site serves as a portfolio of the work I’ve done to date, as a showcase for projects in the works, and as home for my online Journal (below), which will be updated frequently.

I am currently writing and producing pulp novels and short stories for various publishers and have several movie scripts floating around Hollywood looking for a home, and if that isn’t enough, I also have a review column at the www.pulpfictionreviews.blogspot.com website.

A devoted grandfather of six, at 75, I am thrilled to be part of the new web-comic evolution. Part of this joy is in the realization of a life long dream, that of becoming a pulp writer.

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy your stay.

A World of Animals

22 May | '2026
Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re going to kick off this week’s Flight Log with the the story of two really wonderful, fun and heartwarming movies. All too often, we, and many others, bemoan Hollywood’s seeming inability to make decent, positive movies that lift the human spirit. That reflect our better natures and leaving us all feeling better for having seen them. So what were the odds two such rarities would emerge within weeks of each other for the Air Chief’s pleasure. The first we found on Netflix called, “Remarkable Bright Creatures” based on the novel by Shelby Van Pelt and starring Sally Fields. It is the charming tale of a lonely widow who spends her evenings as a janitor at a local aquarium where she befriends a giant pacific octopus she names Marcellus. It’s available on Netflix right now. The second out at theaters from Amazon Pictures is “The Sheep Detectives” based the on the novel “Three Bags Full” by German mystery writer Leonie Swann and the delightful cast (both real and voice) is headed by Hugh Jackman. Honestly, Loyal Airmen, these movies tell the stories of real people looking to help one another, to share their life experiences, tragedies and in the end most importantly, their love. The world is a harsh place, but knowing there are some folks in Hollywood who can still recognize “good” stories gives us much hope indeed.

REIGN OF THE CRIMSON HOWL

For the second week in a row, Airship 27 Production is thrilled to announce the release of a brand new thriller title. “Reign of the Crimson Howl” is the second book in the Crimson Howl trilogy as offered by writers Paul Landri & Jason Clark and deals with dark super-heroes employed by a secret government organization. Our pal Sam Salas provides the black and white interior illustrations while Ted Hammond once again gives us another gorgeous color as seen above. The book is now available at Amazon in paperback and will soon be on Kindle. And no worries, the final book in the series has been edited and is awaiting production. We’ll keep you posted. As always, thanks for your continued support.

THE POWER OF COMICS

Recently the Air Chief has been posting more and more artwork from the now in-production comic book, “Chivalry, Inc.” issue # 1. Pencils are by Javier Lugo, inks by Jesse Hassan and colors by Mickey Clausen. Mickey has been ramping up his work and we are getting closer and closer to having the 22 pg issue completed and off to super letterer Mike Belcher. One day last week, in looking at one of the finished colored pages, my fell on the bottom panel and the Air Chief was instantly mesmerized. Everything about this one panel was simply perfect, from composition, to art. It all worked. A wounded woman hiding a gun under her hospital pillow. Wow. And here’s the thing Loyal Airmen, when the Air Chief wrote this script almost two years ago, this scene didn’t particularly stand out as anything important or dramatic. It was just the end of a scene…that’s all. Whereas Javier, Jesse and Mickey turned it into something jaw-dropping beautiful. Wow…again. And that, dear Loyal Airmen, is why the Air Chief loves comics!

AN AIRSHIP COFFEE???

So marked this under too funny for words. A few days ago, Valerie and the Air Chief were grocery shopping at a local store when going down the coffee aisle, we spotted this new product; AIRSHIP WHOLE BEAN COFFEE. Both of us were surprised and naturally curious. The Air Chief picked up a package and discovered it featured the flavors of caramel, vanilla and brown sugar. Way – way too sweet for our palettes. Both the Air Chief and Valerie prefer a more dark, robust brew. That and the price for the one bag was a bit too pricey as well. Would be curious of any of you Loyal Airmen have come across this new caffeine offering and if any of you have given it a try. If so, drop us a line. Meanwhile, we’ll admit we thought the logo and cover image were lots of fun.

And that’s our Flight Log for this week, Loyal Airmen. As always, thanks for stopping by and we hope you’ll check out our new Airship 27 titles. Till next week take care and God bless. Ron – Over & Out!