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...Stargate Universe. When the show first premiered, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. I compared it to previous Stargate series, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek: Voyager. Within a couple weeks all that was forgotten and it was rapidly becoming one of my favorite shows on TV. If you’ve never seen the show, the [...]
As mentioned yesterday, I was a big fan of comic-related pins in the late-80s and through the mid-90s. Yesterday we featured pins from DC Comics, today we’re going to feature pins from Marvel Comics, independent comic companies, movies, and TV. Thankfully comic companies were generous with giveaway pins and also sold some nice quality cloisonne [...]
If you ever watch CSI: Miami, then you’ll get this… … We don’t get fooled again … My thanks to my friend SGhoul for sending this.
My childhood heroes could … … destroy your childhood heroes. I’m not sure where this originated, but my thanks to Cary from THE UNIQUE GEEK listserv for sharing this awesome image!
Just a quick post today on some TV shows that I’m currently enjoying. I don’t watch much television nowadays, but when I do these are what I’m watching… Doctor Who – Really enjoying the new season so far. Matt Smith has far exceeded my expectations. “Time of Angels” was fantastic! Looking forward to the new [...]
I recently had another opportunity to interview Gerry Conway, comics and TV legend! This time Michael Bailey (from the Views from the Longbox podcast) and I interviewed Gerry together. Gerry was extraordinarily generous with his time sitting down with us for about two hours. What a great guy! Previously I interviewed Gerry about Firestorm, a [...]
The season premiere of Doctor Who airs this Saturday, April 3 on BBC1 (Saturday, April 17 on BBC America). Below you’ll find the latest trailer as well as the first few moments of the premiere. I can’t wait for this! Maybe I’ve been brainwashed by hype, but I really think Matt Smith can pull off [...]
The upcoming release of the Apple iPad on April 3 has generated a lot of debate amongst geeks and non-geeks. I’ve found myself in conversations with both groups recently where the same questions have come up. “Who is the target market?” “Why would I want one?” “Why is it such a big deal?” Well, I’ll [...]
Here is the latest trailer for the upcoming season of Doctor Who. Just a little something to make your Monday… Once you’re done with that, check out this article on 5 Ways Doctor Who Made a Difference. My thanks to Serv who unbelievably sent me this article. Finally, I stumbled across a picture of this [...]
Presenting comic book advertisements for the 1980 Saturday morning cartoons! Here we have ads from ABC, NBC, and CBS. If I had to declare a winner for me personally in 1980, I guess it would have been ABC. I was a big fan of Super Friends and Thundarr the Barbarian, and a moderate fan of [...]
