Marty Wombacher
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Marty Wombacher (born 1957 or 1958[1]) is an American writer and photojournalist, born in Peoria, Illinois, who lived in New York City from 1993 to 2012. In 2012 he moved back to his hometown of Peoria and began a blog about living in the Midwest.[citation needed]
Wombacher's first publishing success was Trivial Trivia, The Idiot Edition, which he created with Greg Owens.[
From 1989[]
From 1990 to 1993 Wombacher did freelance feature writing for the daily newspaper, The Pekin Daily Times.[citation needed]
In 1993, Wombacher moved to New York City]
From 1993 to 2000 he was the editor, publisher and primary writer for fishwrap magazine, a satirical magazine whose focus was mainstream media, in particular magazines.
In 2002, Wombacher wrote the book 99 Beers Off The Wall.[2] He wrote another book, The Boy Who Would Be A Fire Truck, in 2008.[1][2]
Wombacher finished his website, A Guy Walks Into 365 Bars, on January 10, 2011.[citation needed]
He retired his Marty After Dark blog in 2012.[citation needed]
He retired his Tripping With Marty. blog in December 2012 and moved back to his hometown of Peoria, Illinois.[citation needed]
He's currently blogging at Meanwhile, Back In Peoria...
References
- ^ Peoria Journal Star. July 23, 2008. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- ^ Lulu Blog(Interview).
- ^ Bell, Bill (July 31, 1995). "It's His Mag Mag Mag Mag World". New York Daily News. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
- Wombacher on The Morning Show in Australia
- Splice Today: Drinking Beer With Marty Wombacher — interview video
- Weichselbaum, Simone (March 10, 2010). "Marty Wombacher plans to visit 365 city bars in 365 days and blog about each experience". New York Daily News.
- 365 Bars at Cleveland.com
- Gray, Billy (March 10, 2010). "Man Visits 365 Bars In 365 Days, Stays Sober Enough To Write About It". GuestofaGuest.com.
- NBC Niteside feature article
- Hatch, Danielle (April 3, 2013). "Prolific blogger Marty Wombacher finds an audience back in Peoria". PJ Star.
- Tarter, Steve (July 10, 2013). "Marty Wombacher: herald the hometown hero's artery-hardening hamburger". PJ Star.
- Tarter, Steve (July 8, 2014). "Meanwhile, back in Peoria…there's Marty taking pictures". PJ Star.
- Mickelberry, Taylor (March 1, 2017). "Marty Wombacher Celebrates One Year At GDCI". Good Day Central Illinois.