A place for all things geek... ONCE UPON A GEEK is a blog that focuses on a variety of geeky topics, including: comic books, Doctor Who, Star Wars (classic and legacy characters), role-playing, 80’s TV shows, and science fiction in general. However, any topic is really fair game. Don't forget to share your thoughts by adding comments!
By day, The Irredeemable Shag plays the part of a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. By night, he is a frightening creature that strikes terror into the hearts of criminals!
... or ...
maybe The Irredeemable Shag managed a comic book store for four years, and a movie theater megaplex for three years. Nowadays he's just a really vocal geek on THE UNIQUE GEEK, a semi-regular on the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast, and runs the ONCE UPON A GEEK and FIRESTORM FAN blogs.
You decide...Today we’re looking at some fan-created art of Doctor Fate! In case you weren’t aware, Doctor Fate is one of my all-time favorite superheroes! Click here to view my other Doctor Fate related posts. First up we have two fantastic images of Doctor Fate by Terry Huddleston (Thuddleston on deviantART). I LOVE this pop-art style! [...]
To help celebrate the 48th birthday of Doctor Who, below we’re featuring the trailer for the upcoming Christmas special! It looks sooooo good! I can’t wait for Christmas! I’m so excited, I won’t be able to sleep a wink on Christmas Eve! Click here if you are unable to view the embedded video above.
Today we’re featuring a fantastic new project that needs your support! My good buddy Rob Kelly, from The Aquaman Shrine, has started a new daily webcomic called ACE KILROY! The strip is a wonderful amalgamation of Indiana Jones-style pulp and the old Universal Monsters. THE STRIP Each day Rob and his artistic partner Dan O’Connor [...]
Today we’re presenting another very special blog entry by my wife, The Irrepressible Gena! Just a little background for you, my wife is not a geek. She’s a wonderful (and gorgeous) normal person. Without further ado, The Irrepressible Gena… I’ve never actually understood my husband’s hobby. For years, he has been collecting superhero figurines and [...]
Listen up folks! I recently appeared on three, count ‘em THREE, geeky podcasts. Be sure to give each of these episodes a try and support these podcasts! GIRLS GONE GEEK Each month a group of us geeks get together to chat about comic books. Our “Geek Lunch” consists of: Vanessa G. & E. Peterman (from [...]
Recently Jon, Serv, Cary, Ed, and me got together and ran down, previewed, reviewed, and generally rambled about the most recent, yet to come, and future television season(s). Check it out over on THE UNIQUE GEEK! Now get listening!
Michael Bailey and I will soon record the Views from the Longbox Fourth Anniversary special! To celebrate we’re turning the subject matter over to the listeners. Feel free to ask us any comic book or geek related question! Bring on your fanboy questions! You want us to debate who is stronger, Hulk or Superman? Want [...]
These are fun! I think the Buffy and Friends ones are probably the best put together.
At some point in college, it’s expected you’ll crash at least one stranger’s kegger. However, as an adult crashing a fellow geek’s lunch is a whole other matter! There I was enjoying my monthly “Geek Lunch” with the beautiful ladies from Girls-Gone-Geek, when suddenly this giant nerd barges his way into our conversation! Not cool, [...]
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I sat down to watch The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes vol. 1 & 2 on DVD. The Avengers are one of my all-time favorite superhero teams. I have nearly 400 issues of Avengers comics, so I consider myself a reasonably dedicated fan. Iron Man and Iron Man 2 [...]
