A place for all things geek... ONCE UPON A GEEK is a Monday-Friday 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!
We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas and a happy holidays! To help celebrate, please enjoy the DC Comics snowball extravaganza below. Click the image to enlarge. Merry Geekmas!
We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas Eve! To help celebrate, please enjoy these holiday-themed comic book covers. Last year I posted 25 Santa-themed covers which you can see by clicking here. You can also find another 23 holiday related covers I posted last year by [...]
Just thought I would share some of the geeky Christmas ornaments that adorn our tree. I love the Spider-Man ornament below. It’s got great detailing and the webs in each hand are cool! Below is a cute Santa-Spidey! You can find a nice Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine below, complete with rolling wheels, Christmas tree on top, [...]
I’m a big believer that Christmas decorations should not be put out until at least December 1. Not the day after Thanksgiving, and definitely not right after Halloween. Call me old fashioned, but for me December 1st marks the beginning of Christmas season. That means starting today LET THE TINSEL FLY! This Christmas us geeks [...]
All in all, it was a good Christmas. The kids woke up to a nice haul on Christmas morning and everyone seemed to enjoy the day. We also visited with some in-laws that came by, and that seemed to go well. On the whole, it was an enjoyable day with less stress than expected. I [...]
Merry Christmas! To help keep you in the spirit of things, please enjoy these Christmas-related comic book covers. To see yesterday’s Santa Claus comic book covers click here. Merry Geekmas! Merry Geekmas!
We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas Eve! To help celebrate, please enjoy these comic book covers featuring Santa Claus. Come back tomorrow for even more Christmas-related covers. Crazy! Who knew the Kryptonian and the Kringle were so tight?!?!? “Don’t worry, Batman, I got this end. [...]
This year I decided the whole family should watch It’s a Wonderful Life together. I was the only one in the family that had seen the movie before. As far as I’m concerned, this is one of the greatest holiday and “feel good” movies ever made. If you’ve never seen it, be sure to watch [...]
Only three days until the Doctor Who Christmas Special, “The Next Doctor”! I can’t wait! Here are the first couple minutes of the episode. And here is a fun holiday-related image I found at HeroPress.net. It comes from SFX Magazine. Merry Geekmas!
Okay, I’ve shared my thoughts on the Sentry here before. You can read them by clicking here. However, hope was renewed when I saw the cover of the upcoming Punisher #1. While I don’t truly believe they’ll kill the Sentry, you can’t fault a guy for hoping.
