And keep your eye out on my etsy store. I will surely be adding the book there after the show.

It’s been a lot of fun going through all my old whirlies and compiling them into a whole. Hard to believe I’ve been doing these for 5 months now. Here’s hoping I can keep it up for 5 years! I’ve got a lot more ideas for new fanciful copters whirling round my brain. Be sure to check back next week for more rotor’n'motor contraptions.

Oh yeah, and that’s me over there. I drew it to spice up the book with something new, and I couldn’t bare the thought of not showing any whirly related artwork today. I’m not sure if they make calipers that large, but heck when you got a big job to do…

11″ x 17″ ink and digital color

Another poetry broadside I did with the Boston poet Roger Hooper. When first looking at the poem and beginning to generate ideas Roger asked me what would happen if thought of “green” as though it were a character moving through the landscape as it moves through the stanzas and the seasons in this poem. I loved the idea and got very excited for the chance to develop a fanciful character, like a magical beast who does his part as the world shifts from season to season.

This Week: The Peddlecopter

If you’re in good shape, and like a bit of exercise you might just want to take a peddlecopter out for a spin. But don’t be too brazen, a peddlecopter pilot who runs out of steam can quickly find themselves in quite the unfortunate situation. Actually, most peddlecopters are built in tandem fashion for this reason, it’s a bit too dangerous to try flying a any distance on your own, and having an extra pair of legs or two will ease the burden of keeping rigs like this aloft for longer journeys. Typically these birds aren’t used for much more than recreation and a bit of site-seeing, and most folks don’t keep one in their garage, but with a little looking you can find them for rent by the hour at various parks and tourist destinations. What better way to see the wonders of the world than up in the air powered by your own two legs.

No one knows for sure when and where “One Android” was constructed, or who constructed him. There are some who even speculate that One Android wasn’t built in a traditional fashion. All we do know is that he has the tendency to gravitate toward large and typically ornery beings of one kind or another. Case in point, meet Megabotcopter. Part robot, part copter, Megabotcopter is indeed one of a kind. There have been a few forays into robot/copter hybrid design in the past, a few intrepid souls who dared crossed these streams of engineering bravado, but never has such a conglomeration been braved at quite this scale. No-one is sure who built this monstrosity or even why it was built, perhaps Megabotcopter was made to do battle with irradiated beasts from beneath the ocean, perhaps to punch other giant robots in the nose, perhaps simply to befriend lonely nerdy ten year old boys, we may never know. Sightings of this engineering marvel have declined in recent years, but it’s still out there, walking, talking, flying short distances and towering over almost every robot and copter it encounters.

Here is some information and a schedule for the days events at Million Year Picnic.

When: May 5th, 2012. Million Year Picnic’s Saturday Schedulle is 10 AM to 10 PM
Where: Million Year Picnic:
99 MT Auburn ST
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-492-6763

What:
Limited Free copies of Hellbound #1!
Hellbound 2 premier with creators signing during the whole day.

• 11:00 AM – Lindsay Moore: writer of “Dolly” ( Hellbound II) and “Faking it” (Hellbound) and  Gregery Miller author of “Nostalgia”.

• 12:00 PM – EJ Barnes: artist of “The Plage” (Hellbound II) and creator of “A House with a Past” (Hellbound).

• 1:00 PM – Jerel Dye: artist of “Necrocomicon” (Hellbound II) and Story Editior for Hellbound III (you can pitch your stories to him live!).
  Nathan Kitler writer of “Necrocomicon” and “The Bloody Curse of Sarah Goode” for Hellbound.

• 4:00 PM – Patrick Flaherty writer of “The Plague” (Hellbound II) and
• Dan Mazur ( Ninth Art Press) creator of “What really happened to Betty and Barney Hill?” and publisher of Hellbound II.

• 6:00 PM – Jesse Lonergan story editor and cover artist for Hellbound II. Author of “Sweet Dreams” (Hellbound).

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P.S. if you want to get your own copy of Hellbound II and can’t make it to the event you can buy it online! Yeah… technology!

This week: The Cabbiecopter

Like their land bound cousins taxicabs get you where you need to go for a fee.  Cabbiecopters come in wide variety of shapes and sizes but are usually fairly compact and agile. They rarely boast impressive specs, opting instead for practicality and efficiency. Most, like this one, carry up to four people comfortably, and still have room for plenty of luggage. In addition to aerial locomotion many cabbies employ a set of wheels, 3 or 4 usually, with a separate motor for puttering around a bit on land. Many drivers find it useful when seeking fares and positioning for take-off when it is especially busy in the sky above. Pilots of cabbiecopter are actually some of the best pilots you’ll find in urban areas even if they are a bit too daring for most peoples tastes . It’s real trick to navigate the busy skies, landing, taking off , landing again, and doing it as fast as they can to maximize their profits. It takes a special kind of nerve.

This week: The Jalopicopter

A jolipicopter is pretty much what it sounds like. It’s what happens when you’ve got an old frame from an old junker, a crankshaft from another, some landing gear salvaged from a junk heap, a prop whittled out of an old park bench, some fishing line, and a whole lot of scrap metal. Add it up with a little know-how, a lot of elbow grease and a dream, and pretty much anything can take to the skies.

This week: The Chiroptercopter

These copters are usually found in flocks. They are small, light-weight, and extremely maneuverable, capable of changing direction at full speed almost instantaneously. The typical Chiroptercopter will only seat one, and doesn’t have a significan lift capability, but it is frequently used by couriers to move small packages in and around populated areas. However, this copter is most popular among folks who want to get themselves in and around populated areas. It is very small, has a low lift capacity, and a low top speed, all of which has the added benefit of making it rather inexpensive. So for the average man or woman on a limited budget in need of good transportation the Chiroptercopter is a solid choice. Did I mention it’s also a lot of a fun. So much so there are almost always clubs of enthusiasts cruising around in flocks enjoying the freedom of airborne locomotion. The record for most Chiroptercopters in one flock together is 156.

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