Editing Eclipse Comics (section)

====Flooding====
Eclipse suffered a major setback on February 14, 1986, when the [[Russian River (California)|Russian River]] flooded after heavy rainfall. Eclipse's offices were swamped; the water reached the second floor of their building, as well as Mullaney and Yronwode's homes.<ref name=AH090NF/> Mullaney recalled that Yronwode had to be rescued from her office by a [[Red Cross]] canoe;<ref name=TE5DM/> while he was able to save much of the original artwork in the offices by moving it up to the third floor<ref name=AH090NF>{{cite magazine|date=March 1, 1986|title=Newsflashes|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=90}}</ref> It destroyed the company's inventory of back issues,<ref name=TE5DM/> as well as colour separations for planned reprints of ''Zot!'' and Yronwode's notes for a non-fiction book about Steve Ditko.<ref name=AH147TOTN>{{cite magazine|date=August 15, 1988|title=Top of the News ''(advertisement)''|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=147}}</ref> The subject was covered in ''Fit to Print'' and ''Penumbra'' columns.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.luckymojo.com/vishantiprolepsis.html |title=The Lesser Book of the Vishanti: A Companion to the Dr. Strange Comic Books |last1=Yronwode |first1=Catherine |last2=Nagasiva |first2=Nagasiva |year=2002 |publisher=LuckyMojo.com |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913190726/http://www.luckymojo.com/vishantiprolepsis.html |archive-date=September 13, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The events were alluded to in a tongue-in-cheek framing sequence Yronwode wrote for ''Miracleman'' #8.<ref>{{Cite comic|writer=[[Cat Yronwode|Yronwode]]|artist=[[Chuck Austen|Beckum, Chuck]]|story=''(untitled framing sequence)''|title=[[Miracleman]]|issue=#8|date=June 1986| publisher=Eclipse Comics}}</ref> The damage caused was estimated at $200,000.<ref name=AH099NEU>{{cite magazine|date=July 15, 1986|title=New Eclipse Universe|author=[[John Lustig]]|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=99}}</ref>

Despite the material and financial losses, in July 1986 the company launched its first regular bi-weekly title, ''[[Airboy]]''. A revival of a defunct [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] [[aviator]] hero originally published by [[Hillman Periodicals]] between 1942 and 1953, the series was written by the prolific [[Chuck Dixon]]. The title initially had another unusual format, being a 16-page 50¢ full-colour title initially.<ref name=AH090NF/> While this was eventually dropped, ''Airboy'' was a critical and commercial success for Eclipse, and several spin-off titles followed. Superhero series ''The New Wave'' also launched using the bi-weekly model before becoming a standard monthly.<ref name=AH103NL>{{cite magazine|date=September 1, 1986|title=Newsline|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=103}}</ref> To deal with the increasing output both Burke and Letita Glozer (Yronwode's half-sister) were added to the full-time editorial staff, while [[Beau Smith]] joined as Sales Manager.<ref name=TE5DM>{{cite comic|title=Total Eclipse|issue=#5|date=April 1989|story=Ten Years Later|writer=[[Dean Mullaney|Mullaney, Dean]]|publisher=Eclipse Comics}}</ref>

To avoid further flooding the company also relocated to [[Forestville, California|Forestville]] in [[Sonoma County, California]].<ref name=AH116TOTN>{{cite magazine|date=May 1, 1987|title=Top of the News ''(advertisement)''|magazine=[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=116}}</ref> In July 1987, Yronwode used her ''Fit to Print'' column to announce her forthcoming marriage to Dean Mullaney, set to take place on August 15 in Forestville; readers were encouraged to write in to receive invitations.<ref name=AH120TOTN>{{cite magazine|date=July 1, 1987|title=Top of the News ''(advertisement)''|magazine=*[[Amazing Heroes]]|publisher=[[Fantagraphics Books]]|number=120}}</ref>