Zeppelin Tales

The most recent book I've illustrated for Airship 27 is now available! Here's the press release:

CLIPPERS OF THE CLOUDS

UP SHIP! AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS launches ZEPPELIN TALES!

In the early 20^th Century, German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin pioneered the creation of rigid, lighter-than-air crafts capable of long distance flights. During World War One, they were adapted for military use as long range bombers wreaking havoc upon Great Britain from their lofty positions high above the clouds where fixed-winged fighters could not reach them. After the war, the Zeppelins became pleasure ships utilized in luxury Trans-Atlantic Flights and highly popular.

The Golden Era of the airship was the 1930s, the same period as that of pulp magazines, and it is no surprise that their romantic images would inspire pulp writers of the time. The original monthly magazine, ZEPPELIN STORIES, was produced solely to highlight these magnificent flying machines in exciting, colorful and fast paced adventures. Now, Airship 27 Productions, itself bearing the image of these high-flying cruisers, launches a brand new series devoted to airships.

“I doubt there could be a more inevitable title for us than this one,” joked Airship 27 Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “Even since we started publishing new pulp novels and anthologies, many of our readers would point to our logo and ask when we were going to get around to doing a book about airships.”

Fortier states that as much as he was always keen on the idea, other projects kept taking precedence. Then a few years ago one of their regular contributors pushed the matter to the foreground.

“Writer Frank Schildiner wrote one day pretty much asking if we were ever going to get to this particular theme as it begged to be done. I no longer had any legitimate excuse not to tackle the project. We put out the word and within a few days two of our finest pulp writers answered the call.”

In this debut volume you, will thrill to the exploits of Jim Beard’s new hero, Tracer Talbot, as he encounters a mysterious pirate airship and her crew. While writer I.A. Watson sets off on an aerial adventure aboard an experimental Zeppelin built to explore the skies of an alien dimension. Each high flying tale is wonderfully illustrated by Pedro Cruz, and the book features a stunning cover by award winning artist Mike Fyles with Art Director Rob Davis providing the book’s overall design.

Join us as AIRSHIP 27 – ZEPPELIN STORIES Vol One soars into the stratosphere of the imagination on this, its maiden flight.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – New Pulp Fiction for a New Generation!

Available now at Amazon in both hard copy and Kindle.

(http://www.amazon.com/Zeppelin-Tales-1-Jim-Beard/dp/061591554X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383666100&sr=1-2)

And as a downloadable PDF at our official website.

(http://robmdavis.com/Airship27Hangar/index.airshipHangar.html)

And as a teaser, another of the twelve illos I've created for this fun volume.

Three Against the Stars - now on Amazon

On the distant alien planet of Rhajnara a conspiracy created by the facist Khandra Regime is set into motion to overthrow the rightful Rhajni Republic and instigate a policy of ethnic-cleansing. The conspirators are cunning and it seems nothing in the universe can derail their mad apocalyptic scheme. Nothing that is but three rambunctious Space Marines from the Third Regiment Company E of the United States Space Marines assigned to Rhajnara with the Terran Expeditionary Force. Sergeants Fernado Cortez, Seamus O’Hara and Claudia Akira are the most unlikely trio ever to don jarhead camouflage and become military heroes. To their superiors they are wild, reckless and incessant troublemakers always in the thick of things. Yet their courage, loyalty and devotion to duty prove them to be the toughest Devil Dogs in the Corp. Now, with the aid of a Medical Corpsman named Makki Doon, a young Felisian native proto-feline humanoid, these three futuristic musketeers are about to become the one factor capable of exposing the traitorous Khandra coup. But to do so they will have to put their lives on the line one more time and risk all to save the day facing off against incredible odds. To save an empire they will truly become…THREE AGAINST THE STARS - The latest book to which I've contributed interior illustrations is now available at amazon. What are you waiting for? Go grab it while it lasts - it'll make for a wonderful late Christmas gift :-D

THREE AGAINST THE STARS

The most recent book from Airship 27 to which I've contributed interior illustrations has been released. Here's the PR for it: THREE AGAINST THE STARS by Chicago based writer Joe Bonadonna. Best known for his sword and sorcery fantasies, Bonadonna now steps into a whole new arena to deliver a truly fast paced futurist pulp adventure. On the distant alien planet of Rhajnara a conspiracy created by the facist Khandra Regime is set into motion to overthrow the rightful Rhajni Republic and instigate a policy of ethnic-cleansing. The conspirators are cunning and it seems nothing in the universe can derail their mad apocalyptic scheme. Nothing that is but three rambunctious Space Marines from the Third Regiment Company E of the United States Space Marines assigned to Rhajnara with the Terran Expeditionary Force. Sergeants Fernado Cortez, Seamus O’Hara and Claudia Akira are the most unlikely trio ever to don jarhead camouflage and become military heroes. To their superiors they are wild, reckless and incessant troublemakers always in the thick of things. Yet their courage, loyalty and devotion to duty prove them to be the toughest Devil Dogs in the Corp. Now, with the aid of a Medical Corpsman named Makki Doon, a young Felisian native proto-feline humanoid, these three futuristic musketeers are about to become the one factor capable of exposing the traitorous Khandra coup. But to do so they will have to put their lives on the line one more time and risk all to save the day facing off against incredible odds. To save an empire they will truly become…THREE AGAINST THE STARS. “This is old school space opera,” cheered Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “From Buck Rogers to the Space Patrol, the classic elements in this book make for a fun read from start to finish.” The book features interior illustrations by the popular Pedro Cruz with a dynamic cover by Laura Givens and is designed by Art Director, Rob Davis. “In the end, Joe Bonadonna delivers an action packed space opera fans of Edmond Hamilton and E.E. “Doc” Smith will not soon forget.” Here's one of the nine illustrations I've done for the book:

THREE AGAINST THE STARS is available now at Create Space. Also available as a digital PDF download here. In another week you'll be able to get it at Amazon & Kindle. And in two weeks from www.IndyPlanet.com

PULP NEWS !!!

Hey! I wanted to share some good news about my work on Pulp genre books.

First of all, both Jim Anthony Super-Detective Volume 1 and the second volume Jim Anthony Super-Detective - The Hunters, which have illustrations by yours truly, are now available for download as e-books. You can download these and other fine pulp fiction books at the Airship 27 PDF Hangar. Check it out!





Also, this year my illustrations for "Jim Anthony Super-Detective: The Hunters" got nominated as Best Interior Art for TWO Awards : The Pulp Factory Awards and The Pulp Ark Awards. I'd like to send my best regards to the kind persons behind these awards who enjoyed my work and thought it was good enough to earn a nomination. Thanks, folks, your atention is truly apreciated!

The Pulp Factory Awards ceremony will be held at this year's Windy City Paper & Pulp Show in Chicago, scheduled for 15th to 17th April.

The Pulp Ark Awards ceremony will be held at this year's Pulp Ark Show in Batesville, Arkansas, scheduled for 13th to 15th May.

Season of Madness - teaser

We interrupt our ongoing serialized comic WHYM to announce another thrilling pulp project from Airship 27 with interior illustrations by yours truly. Coming soon!