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...I’ve accumulated quite a few geek related keychains over the years. I seem to have a weakness for buying them even though I’ve only used a few of these keychains on a regular basis. Today we’re going to look at the ones I’ve managed to hang onto. Below are several DC Comics related keychains. The [...]
Have a Happy and Geeky Halloween!
Check out these very clever Doctor Who t-shirts! Robots in Disguise! Dalek Invaders What Would the Doctor Do? Thanks to my friends Heather and Robbie for directing me to these!
Here are a couple “Yo Momma So Fat” jokes (geeky style) that came out of a conversation with my 11 year old. If you are easily offended by “Yo Momma” jokes, then don’t read this post. Megatron’s Momma so fat that when she transforms, she turns into a DUMP TRUCK! Darth Vader’s Momma so fat, [...]
I can’t explain it, but I’ve been infected with Bronze Age Marvel Madness! I’m loving old Marvel comics from the Bronze Age! This is surprising because I’m predominantly a post-Crisis DC guy (or Tween-Crisis DC guy to be exact). The Bronze Age is often defined as mainstream comics published from 1970 to 1985. Growing up [...]
Do you love the old Star Wars comics from Marvel? Then you need to check out Two True Freaks Star Wars Monthly Mondays! Hosts Scott Gardner and Chris Honeywell were kind enough to invite me to join them for Star Wars Monthly Monday #24 (Two True Freaks episode #144). In this episode we’re joined by [...]
Yesterday I posted several items I received for my birthday, including a TARDIS Cookie Jar. Today I’ll be covering the awesome geek-related t-shirts I received! This first shirt came from my four year old daughter, the Precocious Princess. She knows her daddy loves Star Wars so she picked out this shirt for me! I love [...]
I was totally overwhelmed and touched by all the birthday wishes I received last week! My thanks to all of you that sent messages through Facebook, ultimately bringing the social networking goliath to its knees on Thursday. I was on the road for work on my actual birthday, but I was able to catch dinner [...]
Dack from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back has taken on near-mythical status with geeks. When we first meet Dack he demonstrates his boundless enthusiasm with the line: “Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!” As someone that’s watched the film a few times, this line is quite sad [...]
Holy Crud! I didn’t realize Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was a remake of an old 1950s 3-D film! Who knew?!?!? Check out the trailer below for the original. If you can’t see the embedded video above, please click here. Thanks to my good friend Billy Penn for sending this my way. For details [...]
