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There's some very sad news from artist David Mattingly: he has updated his substack with an article about how at age 70 he is no longer able to paint the way he once did. Mr. Mattingly is probably best known as the artist behind the distinct book covers for the Animorphs and Honor Harrington novel serieses. His work is full of intense detail and bursts of movement that make for science fiction scenes like no one else is capable of. Wing Commander fans best know him as the artist who painted the glorious cover of End Run.

As Colonel Blair internal monologues, it's tough getting old… and the world is poorer for not getting more of Mr. Mattingly's work. Wing Commander fans everywhere would be well advised that he offers incredibly high quality prints of all of his work including is beloved End Run cover. I own one and the detail and the quality of the print is outstanding. You can show your support and

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The movie club friends voted to postpone last week's outing, so we've tentative rescheduled Raiders of the Lost Ark to July 24. You can read about the film's WC connection here. Stay tuned to the news this Friday morning for confirmation that the party's still on!

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America is currently going through a completely normal one that has somehow turned a scammy, botched pool repair into actual live protests in favor of algae. We have no special message here but we do want to report that Wing Commander fans CAN safely root for algae…

... because it flies on your wing in Privateer 2: The Darkening! Privateer 2's roster of weird and unusual wingmates includes one Phungid Mykofyle who we are told has not left his spacecraft in two years (since 2788?!) and as a result it now has "mould, algae and the like coating every surface". So when you see the goofballs saying they support algae… know that you've fought pirates with it!

NAME Phungid Mykofyle
RATING Reputable
SHIP Faldari MK II
HIRE 265
QUOTE
'I smell trouble'

BACKGROUND
Life as an escort pilot is nothing if not strenuous. The constant fear of death, the unremitting slaughter going on all around; it's not surprising that the

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Lost_Hawk has a cool surprise for everyone: they've been working on their own rearrangements of the MIDI tracks from the original Wing Commander! I'm no expert, but the end result seems pretty wonderful. Here's the full story and the two tracks Lost_Hawk has kindly shared. We're certainly hoping to hear more!

Hi everyone,

My name is Ulli (Lost_Hawk), I'm 45 years old and I'm writing to you from Germany. I’ve been a huge fan of the Wing Commander universe for a long time. Aside from the “Privateer” games, I've played and loved all the “Wing Commander” games, so that recently, I decided to start a personal passion project.

I am a hobbyist/amateur composer who creates music on the PC, working within the limits of my home setup in my free time. For this project, my goal was to take the freely available original MIDI files from Wing Commander 1 and rearrange them.

I tried to stay as true to the original

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Today's previously scheduled Wing Commander Cartoon Party will be delayed until next Saturday. We'll now be watching four episodes of Babylon 5 and discussing their unique connections to the Wing Commander universe together on July 25. If you cleared your schedule to spend your morning with us, you're still more than welcome to drop by our Discord channel!

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The Wing Commander movie club found that From Russia with Love held our attention! It's interesting seeing Bond that feels so much slower and less like a vehicle for getting from action set piece to action set piece… but at the same time, you can see the modern formula for a James Bond movie starting to form this early.

Here's our very simple Wing Commander connection, a Privateer 2 wingman who is mirroring Bond's raised gun pose! That pose, which would be repeated endlessly over the years, was first captured in the PR photography session for this movie. The unusual length of the gun isn't a silencer, it's actually an airgun that had to be used when Bond's signature Walter PPK was unavailable for the shoot.

Bob also noticed that two ships in Privateer 2's registry have Bond's famous "license to kill.": H643 345D and X465 435E. Bond introduced the term in his first novel, Casino Royale, and it would