Air Raiders Comics

I stumbled across a cool site that has scans of all five of the Air Raiders comics produced by Star/Marvel Comics. The scans are high-res and look great, much better than anything I have up. The books are very easy to click through and it looks like a mobile app is available to use. I……

Women of Airlandia, part 2

This is the followup to an earlier post that had sketches of Eeleta, the daughter of Airlandia’s previous ruler and Kala, the daughter of Emperor Aerozar. Both characters had big roles in Marvel’s short-lived comic series and I assume Eeleta would have shown up in the cartoon based on the illustrations they had. As discussed……

Transformers and Air Raiders

When Bludgeon reactivates the monster Trypticon and threatens the unborn lives of the next generation of Cybertronians, the Dinobots join forces with Sandstorm for one last ride. A short post here but a fun nod to the greater Hasbro universe. In 2017, IDW publishing created a limited series of comics (The Transformers: Redemption of the……

Women of Airlandia

Earlier this spring, I posted some art that was commissioned for the second series officers. Using the same artist, I decided to go ahead and do some additional of work for characters that were used in the comics [and planned for the cartoon] but unfortunately not in the toys. I’m speaking of Eeleta, the heroic……

Air Raiders #5: Winds in the Darkness

The last of the Air Raiders comics has arrived. I’d like to say they go out with style but this was by far the weakest issue of the lot. The plot was confusing and felt really rushed. I wonder if the writer, George Caragonne, ended up cramming a whole story arc into one comic once……

Air Raiders #4 “Orchids for the Baron”

Summary: The comic opens to an Air Lancer (Enforcer) attack on a rural village of air farmers. Apparently they were growing an illegal forest that they harvested their air from. Baron Ee-lon arrives to indulge in his passion for collecting rare plants and flowers, in this case the Red Zephyr Orchid. He sentences some of……

Air Raiders #3 “The Good Fight”

Summary: General Rokk and Admiral Fury prepare to use the information gathered by Eeleta to strike at the vulnerable air convoy of the Enforcers. Aerozar reveals to Eeleta that he’s aware of her plotting and that she’s been his pawn all along. He’s kept her father and former ruler, Archion, alive this whole thing to……

Air Raiders #2 “Subterfuge”

Great book, it opens up with a raid on an Air Refinery as the Air Raiders are once again seeking to hijack some air cargo ships. The story introduces Eeleta, daughter of Archion, the ruler that Aerozar deposed. She is smart, capable warrior and she and Rokk have an ulterior plan in addition to the……

Air Raiders #1 “Sins of the Father”

Swashbuckling super-action on a far-out fantasy filled world! This is the first installment of my reviews for the 5 issues that were created. I’m going to be upfront at the beginning, I love these comics. Written by Howard Mackie and drawn by Kelley Jones, these books have that old-fashioned feel to them, reminding me of……

The Rise of Aerozar

Some thoughts on the history of the Airlandia; it was once a peaceful empire that spanned the globe until a passing comet threw the world and it’s people into chaos. The passage of the comet caused the planet to lose most of it’s atmosphere and to be thrown off it’s axis. The resulting environmental disasters……