Tuesday, January 31, 2012

“Oh, I don’t know about that, Mr. Star!”

Teaser Art: Jeff Austin
Reposted from http://www.bobbynash.com/

After a day of not accomplishing much thanks to a migraine coupled with throwing my back out I had a burst of creative inspiration that led to a late night writing session. It was great. I added a little over a thousand words to a story for the next Lance Star: Sky Ranger anthology for Airship 27. This one features a mysterious island, giant winged prehistoric creatures, an imminent volcanic eruption, and oh yeah, Nazis.

Here's a taste of the story.

     “I have no idea,” Lance said, scratching his head. “I do know one thing though. Whatever they’re up to, it can’t be good.”
     “Oh, I don’t know about that, Mr. Star,” a booming voice called out from the shadows.
     Each of them reaching for their side arms, Lance and Cy spun toward the sound. They weren’t fast enough. Instead, the pilots found themselves staring down the barrels of several automatic weapons pointed directly at them.
     A smiling Nazi officer strode from the shadows. He was dressed in full dress uniform, his medals shined to perfection. He walked with his hands positioned behind his back and carried himself with a regal bearing, not an uncommon characteristic of most of the German officers Lance Star had met in his life.
     “I am Major Wilhelm Adler, gentlemen,” he said. “And you are now my prisoners.”

Teaser Art: James Burns
Exciting stuff.

More tomorrow.

Bobby

For more information on Bobby Nash, please visit him at http://www.bobbynash.com/.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Bobby Nash's Zazzle Store - Now Open For Business

Bobby Nash's Zazzle Store is now open.
Visit www.zazzle.com/bobbynash for some cool items including Lance Star: Sky Ranger merchandise.

Adding new items soon.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

LANCE STAR LANDS PULP ARK NOMINATIONS

The 2nd Annual Pulp Ark Award nominations have been released. We are happy to announce that there are some Lance Star creators and books nominated. You can see the full list of nominations at http://allpulp.blogspot.com/2012/01/pulp-ark-award-voting-has-begun.html

Cover Art: Shannon Hall
BEST COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY NOMINATION

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Volume 3 by Various - Airship 27 Productions

Art: Shannon Hall. Story: Bobby Nash.
BEST INTERIOR ART NOMINATION

Lance Star Sky Ranger, Volume 3 - Shannon Hall - Airship 27 Productions

Art: Shannon Hall. Story: Sean Taylor
BEST NEW WRITER NOMINATION
Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 3 writer Sean Taylor

You can see the full list of nominations at http://allpulp.blogspot.com/2012/01/pulp-ark-award-voting-has-begun.html

Thursday, January 19, 2012

LANCE STAR FLIES INTO 2012!

Projects featuring Lance Star and the Sky Rangers on the flight line for 2012:

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 4 (Airship 27)
Featuring high-flying pulp stories by Sean Taylor, Tom Novak, Andrew Salmon, and Bobby Nash

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER COMICS #2 (BEN Books)
A stand-alone issue features Lance Star's Strange Tales by Bobby Nash, Jeff Austin, and Rock Baker

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER "COLD SNAP!" (Airship 27)
A full-length novel by Bobby Nash currently in production

AIRSHIP 27 PRESENTS ALL-STAR PULP COMICS #2 (Red Bud Studios)
Featuring a Lance Star: Sky Ranger tale written by Sean Taylor. Artist to be announced soon.

As always, stay tuned to http://www.lance-star.com/ for more news as it becomes available.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Reader Questions 3.0

Reader questions continue to enter arrive at the Table Talk offices. So, this week, Barry Reese, Bobby Nash and Mike Bullock take some time to respond to two readers and their great questions. This week’s questions come from Mark Holmes and C William Russette. Thanks for writing, guys.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Reader Questions 3.0 is now available at www.newpulpfiction.com or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2012/01/table-talk-reader-questions-30.html

Join the conversation. Leave us a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts on this topic. We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions.

Have a question you want the Table Talk Trio to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns ASAP.

Follow the Table Talk Trio on Twitter. @BarryReesePulp @BobbyNash @MikeABullock

Monday, January 16, 2012

Digging Up the Deadly With Bobby Nash

New Pulp Author Bobby Nash was interviewed by fellow New Pulp Author, Sean Taylor, over at his Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action website.

You can read the interview at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2012/01/digging-up-deadly-with-bobby-nash.html

For more information on Bobby and his books, visit http://www.bobbynash.com/

Both Bobby and Sean have stories in Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 3 and the upcoming The Ruby Files and The Danger People anthologies.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Lance Star Dives Into Trouble!

Check out this new Lance Star: Sky Ranger pin-up designed and illustrated by the incredibly talented Jay Piscopo. This pin up will appear in the upcoming Lance Star: Sky Ranger comic book from BEN Books (http://ben-books.blogspot.com/).
Cool, huh?

You can check out more of Jay’s work at http://www.captneli.com/ and http://jaypiscopo.blogspot.com/.

Thanks, Jay.


Bobby

Saturday, December 31, 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year!

Here’s wishing each of you a wonderful and prosperous 2012!

The Sky Rangers

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Riddle me this!


Not Actual Cover. Art: James Burns
What do airplanes, pterodactyls, Nazis, and a mysterious island have in common?
They all feature prominently in my story for the upcoming Airship 27 production, Lance star: Sky Ranger volume 4, coming in 2012. After writing several down to Earth Sky Ranger stories I thought it was high time to do some sci fi with the characters ala the old G-8 books.

That's right, I've begun work on a new Lance Star: Sky Ranger pulp anthology and will be joined by writers Sean Taylor, Andrew Salmon, and Tom Novak. It promises to be a fun time.


Bobby

Monday, December 26, 2011

Have you visited Bobby Nash's Amazon Author Page?

Have you checked out my Amazon Author’s page? There’s some cool stuff there, including Lance Star: Sky Ranger titles. http://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Nash/e/B002QJ8QQS/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_nu_l_wHo-ob1A84ZMP

Bobby

Sunday, December 25, 2011

SEAS0ONS GREETINGS!

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM SANTA BOBBY, LANCE STAR, AND THE SKY RANGERS!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Bad Girls, Good Guys, and Two-Fisted Action: Genre-Bending: How Pure Should Pulp Fiction Be? New Pulp authors respond.

Sean Taylor posted an interesting query on his blog http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/. Sean asked 'How Pure Should Pulp Fiction Be?' Some of New Pulp's finiest responded.
When you think of pulp fiction, what springs to mind? The hard-boiled P.I.? The lost Earthman winning and wooing on Mars? The jungle lord? The aviator adventurer? The masked vigilante precursor to the comic book super hero? Weird horror tales with skeletons and damsels in distress? (For the sake of argument, let's all assume you didn't immediately go to the movie with John Travolta and Samuel Jackson, even as good as it is.)

Pulp has covered many genres, and was originally so named because of the cheap paper on which it was published. Pretty much everybody who loves the style knows that.

But, over time, some genres tended to become more synonymous with the definition of pulp than others.

And some would argue that pulp itself is a genre. (For the sake of this article, we're going to treat pulp as a style of telling a story and not a genre unto itself, since so many genres were represented within its ranks.)

To explore this idea further, we went straight to several of new pulp's top creators. You can see their responses at http://seanhtaylor.blogspot.com/2011/12/genre-bending-how-pure-should-pulp.html?spref=tw

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Table Talk - Counting Words and Runaway Tales

The wonderful thing about creating stories is the often limitless nature of creating things. There are no boundaries, nothing a creator cannot do in the name of making up a great tale. However, this can often lead to pitfalls and unforeseen circumstances. This week, we check in on Barry Reese, Bobby Nash and Mike Bullock as they discuss applying some structure and what to do when the story bleeds over the lines.
New Pulp’s Table Talk - Counting Words and Runaway Tales 0 is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or at the direct link: http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2011/12/table-talk-counting-words-and-runaway.html

Join the conversation. Leave us a comment on the blog and let us know your thoughts on this topic. We’d love to hear your thoughts and questions.

Have a question you want the guys to answer? Send it to newpulpfiction@gmail.com with "Table Talk Question" in the subject line. Also, let us know if you want attribution for the question, or you'd rather remain anonymous. Please, keep the questions pertinent to the creation of New Pulp and/or writing speculative fiction in general. We'll get the questions worked into future columns.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Lance Star: Sky Ranger returns in 2012!

Lance Star: Sky Ranger returns in 2012 with three new projects.

Sean Taylor, Tom Novak, Andrew Salmon, and Bobby Nash have signed on for Lance Star: Sky Ranger Volume 4 in the Airship 27 pulp anthology series.


Bobby Nash will complete the first full-length Lance Star: Sky Ranger novel, "Cold Snap!" for Aiurship 27.

Bobby Nash, Rock Baker, Jeff Austin, and other artists team up for a second edition of the Lance Star: Sky Ranger comic book series from BEN Books.

2012 is shaping up to be a great year for the Sky Rangers.
Keep watching this space for more news as it develops.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

The Complete Lance Star: Sky Ranger Library

The Lance Star: Sky Ranger series of pulp anthologies and comic books has grown again with the addition of “One Shot!” to MyDigitalComics. Below is a handy list of the places where Lance Star: Sky Ranger books are available.

PRINT EDITIONS:

Airship 27’s Lance Star: Sky Ranger pulp anthologies volumes 1, 2, and 3 remain available to bookstores and on-line outlets via Cornerstone Books [http://www.cornerstonepublishers.com/]. In addition to these outlets, the pulp anthology series joins the Lance Star: Sky Ranger comic book at Indy Planet [http://www.indyplanet.com/] at a new low price. A quick find search for Lance Star will pull up all four titles.

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 1 Pulp Anthology: http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5897

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 2 Pulp Anthology: http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5896

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 3 Pulp Anthology: http://indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5895

Lance Star: Sky Ranger “One Shot!” Comic Book: http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4019


DIGITAL EDITIONS:

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 1 eBook Pulp Anthology: http://homepage.mac.com/robmdavis/Airship27Hangar/index.html#lancestar1

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 2 eBook Pulp Anthology:
http://homepage.mac.com/robmdavis/Airship27Hangar/index.html#lancestar2

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 3 eBook Pulp Anthology: http://homepage.mac.com/robmdavis/Airship27Hangar/index.html#lancestarvolume3

Lance Star: Sky Ranger “One Shot!” Digital Comic Book is available at the following:

My Digital Comics: http://www.mydigitalcomics.com/product.aspx?id=c3430ffc-eabf-4a6e-8449-5bdfce110cb7

DriveThru Comics: http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=96166

The Illustrated Section: http://theillustratedsection.com/lance-star-sky-ranger-one-shot


Graphic.ly: http://graphicly.com/ben-books/lance-star-sky-ranger-one-shot/1

iPulp Fiction Lance Star: Sky Ranger - Vol.1 #1: Attack of the Bird Man by Frank Dirsherl: http://www.ipulpfiction.com/books/LanceStar-Vol1-1-AttackOfTheBirdMan/jacketNotes.php

iPulp Fiction Lance Star: Sky Ranger - Vol.1 #2: Where the Sea Meets the Sky by Bobby Nash: http://www.ipulpfiction.com/books/LanceStar-Vol1-2-WhereTheSeaMeetsTheSky/jacketNotes.php

iPulp Fiction Lance Star: Sky Ranger - Vol.1 #3: Talons of the Red Condors by Bill Spangler: http://www.ipulpfiction.com/books/LanceStar-Vol1-3-TalonsOfTheRedCondors/jacketNotes.php

iPulp Fiction Lance Star: Sky Ranger - Vol.1 #3: Shadows Over Kunlun by Win Scott Eckert: http://www.ipulpfiction.com/books/LanceStar-Vol1-4-ShadowsOverKunlun/jacketNotes.php

iPulp Fiction Domino Lady Vol. 1 - "Target: Domino Lady" by Bobby Nash (features a brief Lance Star cameo): http://www.ipulpfiction.com/books/DominoLady3-TargetDominoLady/jacketNotes.php

Secret Agent X - “The Sea Wraiths” by Sean Ellis (featuring Lance Star): http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Agent-Wraiths-novel-ebook/dp/B0055V3EB6

Keep watching http://www.lance-star.com/ for the latest Sky Ranger news.

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Digital Comic Book Now Available At My Digital Comics!

BEN Books is proud to announce that the Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!" comic book by New Pulp Creators Bobby Nash and James Burns is now available in digital format at My Digital Comics for only $1.50. http://www.mydigitalcomics.com/product.aspx?id=c3430ffc-eabf-4a6e-8449-5bdfce110cb7

Lance Star: Sky Ranger “One Shot!”

November, 1941. Ace Air Adventurer Lance Star accepts a dangerous mission into an enemy stronghold to stop the Nazi’s from uncovering plans for a weapon long believed destroyed. Lance flies a solo mission to Kiev where he is to plant explosives and destroy a weapons facility when he runs into an old enemy. Now, Lance is faced with a choice. Complete the mission? Or take down the Sky Ranger’s greatest adversary? He’s only going to get one shot at this. Will he choose the mission or revenge?

Featuring high-flying adventure, aerial dog fights, explosive action, and stunning artwork, Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!" is pure New Pulp fun from start to finish.

The Lance Star: Sky Ranger digital edition comic book "One Shot!" is now available at My Digital Comics for only $1.50. http://www.mydigitalcomics.com/product.aspx?id=c3430ffc-eabf-4a6e-8449-5bdfce110cb7

Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!"
Written by Bobby Nash
Art/Letters/Colors by James Burns
My Digital Comics Digital Comic Edition $1.50

"Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!" is exactly the sort of high-flying, action-packed air war yarn I really enjoy. It's fine pulpish fun from start to finish. Bobby Nash and James Burns are aces!"
-- James Reasoner

The print edition of Lance Star: Sky Ranger “One Shot!” is still available at http://www.indyplanet.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4019

To learn more about My Digital Comics, visit http://www.mydigitalcomics.com/
To learn more about Bobby Nash, visit http://www.bobbynash.com/
To learn more about James Burns, visit http://jamesburnsdesign.com/

Monday, October 31, 2011

LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER LANDS AT THE DRIVETHRU

The Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!" comic book by Bobby Nash and James Burns is now available for digital download at DriveThru Comics. http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=96166.

About Lance Star: Sky Ranger “One Shot!”

November, 1941. Ace Air Adventurer Lance Star accepts a dangerous mission into an enemy stronghold to stop the Nazi’s from uncovering plans for a weapon long believed destroyed. Lance flies a solo mission to Kiev where he is to plant explosives and destroy a weapons facility when he runs into an old enemy. Now, Lance is faced with a choice. Complete the mission? Or take down the Sky Ranger’s greatest adversary? He’s only going to get one shot at this. Will he choose the mission or revenge?
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Featuring high-flying adventure, aerial dog fights, explosive action, and stunning artwork, Lance Star: Sky Ranger "One Shot!" is pure pulp fun from start to finish.

Lance Star: Sky Ranger
"One Shot!"
Written by Bobby Nash
Art/Letters/Colors by James Burns
28 page DriveThru Comics Digital Edition
$1.50
Lance Star: Sky Ranger “One Shot!” is now available for digital download at DriveThru Comics. http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=96166.

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Learn more about DriveThru Comics at http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/.

Lance Star: Sky Ranger pulp anthology volumes 1, 2, and 3 and “One Shot!” are also available in print and digital editions. Visit http://www.lance-star.com/ for more information.

Keep watching http://www.lance-star.com/, http://ben-books.blogspot.com/, and http://www.bobbynash.com/ for future Lance Star: Sky Ranger projects.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Which Side of The Control Fence Are You On?

Table Talk Returns at New Pulp! Table Talk is a weekly column where three authors heavily steeped in New Pulp discuss all sorts of random topics (not always) relating to New Pulp. This week Bobby Nash, Mike Bullock, and Barry Reese discuss the pros and cons of self-publishing versus working with traditional publishers and then dig into the two sides of the work-for-hire/creator-owned treasure trove.

New Pulp’s Table Talk - Which Side of The Control Fence Are You On? is now available at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/ or click the title above for a direct link.

Join the conversation. Leave us a blog comment at http://www.newpulpfiction.com/2011/10/table-talk-which-side-of-control-fence.html and let us know your thoughts on this topic.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Meet BEN Books

Below is the first ad for my BEN Books offerings. A black and white version of this ad will appear in the back of the Deadly Games! novel. The website - http://ben-books.blogspot.com/ - is live, although there’s not a lot there yet.

Note: There are no changes to the publication of the Lance Star: Sky Ranger prose series. The Lance Star: Sky Ranger anthologies and novels will continue to be published by Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Books. The Lance Star: Sky Ranger comic books will be published by BEN Books.
Bobby

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Lance Star: Sky Ranger Writers Visit The Book Cave


Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 3 Cover Art: Shannon Hall
Bobby Nash, Van Allen Plexico, Bernadette Johnson, and Sean Taylor join Ric Croxton for episode 148 of the Book Cave to discuss the recent release of Lance Star: Sky Ranger Volume 3 from Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Books.

You can listen to episode 148 of the Book Cave at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/.

To learn more about the Lance Star: Sky Ranger series, visit http://www.lance-star.com/.