We’re continuing our week-long look at old advertisements for DC Comics that began their run in 1987.  What a great year 1987 was for DC Comics! So far this week we’ve looked at the Justice League, Dr. Fate, Amethyst, Suicide Squad, Checkmate, Doom Patrol, Green Arrow, and Young All-Stars.  Today we’re racing faster than a [...]

Back in the late-80s through the mid-90s I was a big fan of pins.  I loved wearing pins on my shirts, especially those associated with comic books!  Thankfully comic companies were generous with giveaway pins and also sold some nice quality cloisonne pins. Cloisonne pins are small decorative pins worn on the lapel of a [...]

In addition to blogging about comics this past week, I actually read some too! I’ve literally got stacks and stacks of comics I’m behind on reading. I got through over 60 comics and two digest this past week.  For some reason I had a hankerin’ for Marvel, so many of these are Siege and X-related. [...]

Blue Devil … on a Warner Bros. Consumer Products promotional poster?  Seriously? Really?  How friggin’ cool!  The image below comes from License! Global which is gearing up for their big licensing show in Las Vegas next week.  It was released along with some promo art for the upcoming Green Lantern film.  Visit SuperHeroHype.com for further [...]

Yesterday we featured quite a few DC Comics posters. Today we’ll finish up the tour of the DC posters. The next couple days will focus on Star Wars and other geeky posters.  Please feel free to share any of your favorite posters! Below is a World War II era poster of the Justice Society of [...]

If you’ve been following recent tech news, you’ve probably heard the reports about the upcoming iPad and Flash being incompatible.  Well, this past Sunday Bill Amend, creator of FoxTrot, decided to take a shot at the issue.  If you can’t read the cartoon below, click the image to be taken to the FoxTrot website. My [...]

I bought a DC Comics Snuggie?!?!  First off, it’s not really a “Snuggie”, it’s a “Comfy Throw”.  What does that mean?  That means it’s a body-length blanket with sleeves made of fleece material; similar in design to a bathrobe that is worn backwards.  Yeah, I know.  That’s the definition of a “Snuggie”.  This is DC [...]

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! [...]

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, [...]

** SPOILERS FOR FLASH: REBIRTH #5.  Consider yourself warned. ** I’ve been ranting and raving about Barry Allen coming back as the Flash for over a year now.  That’s not why I owe them an apology.  I’m still pissed about that. I owe Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver an apology for doubting them in [...]