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...Sorry I haven’t been posting here lately (more on that in the coming weeks). To make things worse, I’m not even going to give you a real post today. Instead I’m going to direct you over to my other blog FIRESTORM FAN where I’ve posted my interview with comic book legend John Ostrander! John Ostrander […]
Y’know, it’s a pretty sad state of affairs when the future predicted in Back to the Future Part II was more creative than the real future we live in nowadays. Ugh. My thanks to Dug from THE UNIQUE GEEK for directing me to this comic on COMIXED.com.
Marvel just finished a fun three-issue mini-series entitled, Ant-Man & Wasp. It was written and penciled by Tim Seeley with inks by Victor Olazaba. The mini-series has action, humor, and some cool science. I’m a big fan of the All-New Ant-Man as well as Hank Pym. If you like either of these characters, I highly […]
In December, my family and I visited the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. We had a fantastic time and stayed to watch the fireworks. We’d seen them from our hotel previously, but never from right in front of the castle. Wow! At the start of the fireworks, an actress dressed as Tinkerbell rode a […]
Welcome back to LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! Today we’re concluding our look at some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles! Today’s fan film is a little different. The scene should be familiar, but with a bit of a twist. Enjoy! If you enjoyed the video above, you can view an even better […]
Welcome back for LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! We’re continuing our look at some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles!! Today’s fan film is entitled CONCRETE HUSTLE! Once again the choreography, effects, and story are outstanding. Just like with Ryan vs. Dorkman, there are no embarrassing scenes of them pretending to be Jedi […]
Welcome back for LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! We’re continuing our look at some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles!! Yesterday we watched Ryan vs. Dorkman. Today we’re checking out the sequel, cleverly entitled Ryan vs. Dorkman 2! Once again, the choreography, effects, and story are great in this. As I said yesterday, […]
Welcome to LIGHTSABER DAYS here at ONCE UPON A GEEK! This week we’re going to feature some fan-produced films of lightsaber battles! There are zillions out there on the web, but these are few of my favorites. Today’s film is Ryan vs. Dorkman. This fan-made film is really fantastic! I’m seriously impressed with the choreography, […]
