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This trip felt like an anniversary. Twelve months prior, I hadn’t attended a G.I. Joe convention in four years, and progress on my book had nearly halted. But in prepping for Assembly Required 2023, I now had 12 months of book productivity under my belt, and 12+ months in this new life of not teaching. And rather than stepping into an unfamiliar show, I was returning to what I knew as a fun and friendly one, to see friends I’d made at AR ’22. In several cases, these were friends I’d also seen at JoeFest and online for podcasts and live streams in the interim. Rather than being anxious about returning to an in-person world of fans and toys and personal interactions, I was going to hang out and talk toys and comics for three days.
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A Real American Book! 