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...Happy Thanksgiving to all of you geeks here in the United States! For my international readers… sorry, our country is closed today for parade watching, massive turkey consumption, and tryptophan-induced comas. Come back tomorrow for the craziest shopping day of the year.
Yesterday we featured some awesome Batman imaginary team-ups. The creator of those team-ups is working on a new similar project for Marvel Two-in-One. He doesn’t have a site for them yet, but watch for it in the coming months. Check out these preliminary covers! Found via Bleeding Cool.
I hope you enjoyed the April Fools’ Day gag about Judd Winick’s promotion to DC Comics Editor-in-Chief. This bit of fun was brought to you by: Frank – Idol-Head of Diabolu (the Martian Manhunter blog), Atom: The Mighty Might blog, …nurgh…, and Justice League Detroit Dan – It’s a Dan’s World Mike – Fortress of [...]
Here is something to ruin your day. DC Comics announced that Judd Winick has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief. You may recall that back in February Dan DiDio was promoted to Co-Publisher of DC Comics. Well, this left an opening in the Editor-in-Chief position. Here is the announcement from the DC Universe: The Source blog: FOR [...]
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 [...]
The multiverse is one of my favorite aspects of DC Comics, but it’s also one of my least favorite. I found myself thinking about this after yesterday’s post on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. My first exposure to the multiverse was in the 1979 issue Justice League of America #171, “The Murderer Among Us: [...]
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 [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you geeks here in the United States! For my international readers… sorry, our country is closed today for parade watching, massive turkey consumption, and tryptophan-induced comas. Come back tomorrow for the craziest shopping day of the year.
Today we’ll be looking at the Monopoly Justice League of America Collector’s Edition from 1999. This was a great piece produced by USAOPOLY representing the Silver Age Justice League. The premise of the game is identical to Monopoly, the difference being simply in what things are called. Instead of the properties being named after places [...]
I just finished watching the animated movie Superman/Batman: Pubic Enemies. I liked the film, but I don’t think I have it in me to write a full-on review of the movie right now. Bottom line, it was enjoyable. Give it a try. What did catch my eye was the sneak peek for an upcoming DC [...]
