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Welcome back to the final installment of ART ADAMS DAYS (at least for now)! Today we’ll be looking at a random collection of Arthur Adams work. I should point out that Art Adams is considered a fan-favorite artist on characters like Godzilla, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Gumby. I don’t have any drawings [...]
… I tend to agree on this one. I’m re-reading this crossover again and loving it! The tabloid-sized/treasury comics of the 1970s are the coolest!
In case you hadn’t noticed, the price of your monthly comics has been creeping up. For the past few years, monthly comics from Marvel & DC have cost $2.99 each. Rumors have been floating around about a price increase on the horizon. Well, Marvel is starting to move up. For example, both New Avengers and [...]
You may have heard that ABC is developing Bill Willingham’s DC comic ‘Fables’ for television. If you have not, you can read about it by clicking here. Here is the first commercial. Enjoy!
While I was in Colorado shopping for my new Netbook, I stumbled across these awesome DC Comics Sleep Pants! I simply had to have them as I can never have too many sleep pants, and I’ll buy just about anything with Aquaman on it. The art features some great Bronze Age images of DC heroes; [...]
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. [...]
If you aren’t reading the current mini-series ‘Reign in Hell‘ and ‘Ambush Bug: Year None‘, then you are really missing out! Keith Giffen is firing on all cylinders right now. ‘Reign in Hell’ covers a war between two factions for control of Hell. Blaze and Satanus have become the rulers of Purgatory and lead a [...]
Until a few years ago, the terms “Pre-Crisis” and “Post-Crisis” were commonly understood and used frequently by DC comics fans. Since the publication of Infinite Crisis in 2005, the definitions of these terms have become confusing. Previously the term “Pre-Crisis” clearly described events that were published in DC comics prior to 1986. The term “Post-Crisis” [...]
AQUAMAN WEEK concludes here at Once Upon a Geek. To close out the week, I thought I would talk a little about the future of Aquaman. CURRENT STATUS Before we get into it, you should probably know that Aquaman is currently dead. Yup, he’s sleeping with the fishes, literally and figuratively. Well… to be exact, [...]
