Photoshoot #16
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Upcoming posts (July 2017)
Back from JoeCon ’17, and thinking about Wally Burr. Will put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, and have two posts up in the next week or two.
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A Real American Book! 2016 in Review
It’s been another year, so here’s an update on my progress since the last Year in Review. As always, teaching and retailing take up much of the week, so writing happens mostly over vacations.
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Rocky Balboa @ mental_floss
Jake Rossen interviewed me and I provided all the images for this mental_floss article about Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Balboa “joining” the G.I. Joe team. This summer I had jury duty, but this fall I was finally an expert witness! Read it here.
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JoeCon ’16 – the 2016 G.I. Joe Convention report
Last weekend was the annual official G.I. Joe Collector’s Convention in Loveland, Colorado.
Oh, first off, that isn’t Sgt. Slaughter. That’s Erik Neal cosplaying as Sgt. Slaughter. I’ve never met the real Sarge. If I did, you’d probably read about it here.
Secondly: This is long, but it’s mostly photos, and the text chunks are in tiny, digestible paragraphs.
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A Real American Book! 2015 in Review
It felt good, a year ago, to put into words all that went into writing this G.I. Joe book, so I’m doing it again. Many things repeat from last year, and a few things are new. And there is — good news — some progress.
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G.I. Joe #44 cover by Zeck & Beatty
Mike Zeck needs no introduction. Here’s a short one anyway. He’s best known for four things: a three-year run on “Captain America,” the 1986 “Punisher” miniseries that made Frank Castle into a real character and not a Spider-Man foil; and 40 or so unbelievable G.I. Joe covers. His career in comics is bigger than that, but you only asked for a short introduction.
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A Real American Book! 