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...BLUE DEVIL WEEK concludes here at ONCE UPON A GEEK… Today we’ve got a very special treat – the first creator interview from ONCE UPON A GEEK! Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, creators of the DC comic book characters Blue Devil and Amethyst Princess of Gemworld, were kind enough to spend some time with Ravenface [...]
Over the last year, a few people have suggested I do a regular feature on upcoming comic books. While I love the idea of sharing my commentary on upcoming projects, typing all the things in my head would likely break my keyboard (and my fingers). So instead, I once again teamed-up with Michael Bailey to [...]
Back in July 2007, the gang from THE UNIQUE GEEK got together to discuss the Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. On the call was Jon, Patrick, Todd, Holly, Cary, Maria, Sterling, Michael Bailey, and myself. We discussed the themes, characters, and who is hotter – Dr. Manhatten or Night Owl. You [...]
Here are a few podcast recommendations for geeks everywhere… 2-in-1 SHOWCASE 2-in-1 Showcase episode #103 features Blake and Chase chatting about the king of the seven seas, DC’s Aquaman! The boys talk about the character’s various eras, best stories, how they’d fix him up and make him viable again, and why he gets less respect [...]
Just a heads-up… I appeared in a couple recent episodes of the Views from the Longbox podcast. Views from the Longbox Episode 66 was the 2008 Christmas Spectacular! My apologies to Michael as I should have mentioned this episode long before now. It was a blast to record the Christmas episode of Views from the [...]
Just a heads-up… I appeared in a couple recent episodes of the Views from the Longbox podcast and The Unique Geek podcast. Views from the Longbox Episode 59A & Episode 59B feature Michael and I marking the twentieth anniversary of the seminal Batman story ‘A Death in the Family‘. Yes, two decades have gone by [...]
Just a heads-up… I’ve been horribly negligent and haven’t mentioned the podcasts I’ve appeared in recently. The Unique Geek Issue #76 features the usual gang as we discuss what we were looking forward to at DragonCon 2008 (obviously recorded prior to the event). The Unique Geek Issue #78 features audio recorded while the Unique Geeks [...]
Somewhere around 2001, I gave up listening to the radio; pretty much I gave up on music at the same time. Prior to that, I had been a regular listener to the radio. In my youth, I was a real heavy metal/glam rock snob (only the best or most obscure bands for me, thank you [...]
Check back here tomorrow for the conclusion of my comic book t-shirt gallery. Meanwhile… If you haven’t been listening already, be sure to swing by “Views from the Longbox” and check out the week-long mini-series BAT WEEK! From this past Sunday (August 17) through this coming Friday (August 22), there is a new episode of [...]
Just a heads-up… I appeared in a couple recent episodes of The Unique Geek podcast. The Unique Geek Issue #70 features the usual gang as we discuss the latest mediocre offerings from Lucas as well as the lackluster summer movie season. Really we are just a bunch of grumpy guys with nothing better to do. The Unique [...]
