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! [...]
Welcome back for the third day of Mayfairstivus, the nine day celebration of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes Role-Playing Game! Today we’ll be looking at the 1989 character card for Doctor Fate! If you are new to ONCE UPON A GEEK, then you may not know that I’m a tremendous Doctor Fate fan! He’s one of [...]
As some of you may already know, Doctor Fate is one of my all-time favorite superheroes. A buddy of mine, Justin Clarke, recently asked me to recommend some Doctor Fate stories worth reading. I compiled the list and realized this would make a great post! So here is my DOCTOR FATE ESSENTIAL READING LIST! If [...]
I love old comics! I especially love old advertisements. Maybe it’s nostalgia, maybe it’s my marketing background, or maybe I’m just getting old. Regardless, I love seeing old ads for upcoming comics! While reading a particular batch of old DC Comics, I was surprised at how many great titles were launched in 1987. Seriously, it [...]
While in the attic recently, I came across several of my old posters. When I was in college and working at a comic book shop, these things plastered the walls of my apartment. They were everywhere! Nowadays I only have comic posters hanging in my Comicatorium. So I decided these old posters needed to see [...]
Tonight is officially “Must See Shag TV”! Two of my all-time favorite superheroes are appearing on the small screen tonight! Doctor Fate and Firestorm, two different TV shows, on the same night! What are the odds?!?!?!? Doctor Fate is making his first live action appearance ever on Smallville tonight! We’ve seen him in animation on [...]
Welcome to ONCE UPON A GEEK’s part of the Crisis on Earth-Blog: The DC Challenge! ONCE UPON A GEEK is a blog that focuses on a variety of geeky topics, including: comic books, Doctor Who, Star Wars, role-playing, 80’s TV shows, and science fiction in general. If this is your first time here, welcome aboard! [...]
Today we are presenting the latest collection of geek related t-shirts from my closet. This time around I’ve included some baseball caps and even one pair of new boxers. For past entries featuring geek apparel, please click here. These shirts are all fairly recent acquisitions. Please note nearly all of these were gifts. My wife [...]
The Helmet of Nabu informs me that you’re wrong, mere mortal. How about you check out some of the other blogs participating in this crossover instead. You’ll have to work your way through a few of these challenges if you want to reach the goal-page featuring a lush scan from an obscure George Pérez pin-up [...]
Coverage of Dragon*Con 2009 continues here! To read about Friday, click here. If you’d like to see over 600 pictures I took at the event, you can view them on Flickr and THE UNIQUE GEEK photo gallery. Saturday After the WAR OF THE SNORE the night before, Choco Taco and I decided to grab some [...]
