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Larry Hama and Ron Wagner Panel at AR ’24

This deserves its own post here at A Real American Book!. On November 9th, I moderated the “Living Legends: Larry Hama & Ron Wagner” panel at Assembly Required, a great G.I. Joe convention held annually in Des Moines, Iowa. These two guys are smart and funny, and it was a pleasure to run the chat.

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Assembly Required 2023 – the A Real American Book! Convention Report / Part 4 of 4

In Part One, Tim flew to Des Moines and saw friends, and in Part Two, Tim talked with people. Then, in Part Three, he talked with more people! Read on for Part Four, and click to enlarge photos!

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Assembly Required 2023 – the A Real American Book! Convention Report / Part 3 of 4

In Part One, Tim flew to Iowa, chatted, dined, and played a game, while in Part Two, Tim interviewed and co-interviewed, plus some repeats like chatting, dining and game-playing. Read on for Part Three, and click to enlarge photos! [Skip ahead to Part Four here]

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Assembly Required 2023 – the A Real American Book! Convention Report / Part 2 of 4

In Part One, Tim flew to Des Moines, dined with Ron Wagner, and then played games. Read on for Part Two, and click to enlarge photos! [Skip ahead to Part Three or Part Four]

The start of my second day at Assembly Required presented the forever challenge of conventions. You want to stay up late talking with your friends, but there are also things to do and people to see the next morning, so you get less sleep.

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A Real American Book! 2021 in Review

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Now Co-Hosting Talking Joe podcast

After my big interview with Mark “Funky Bunch” for a special episode of Talking Joe (between episodes 103 and 104, December 2020), Mark told me that the podcast was at a crossroads. After two years of hard work, founder Chief Stride was retiring, and Mark was considering a change in format or was a looking for a new co-host. And would I be interested? I’ll go into this more in a week or two in my big A Real American Book! year-in-review post, but the answer turned out to be yes.

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