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Once Upon A Geek

A blog for The Irredeemable Shag … A place for all things geek, focusing primarily on superheroes & science fiction.

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I Miss Discount Comic Boxes

December 21, 2010December 20, 2010

Anyone else miss discount comic boxes?  Remember when you’d go into a comic book store and troll through the 25 cent or 50 cent bins? 

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apparel comic books superheroes

Superhero Underwear: If you buy these, please don’t tell me

December 20, 2010December 20, 2010

While shopping at Wal-Mart this past weekend, I stumbled across these superhero briefs for men.  Yes, these are for adults.  They look like overgrown Underoos. 

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Doctor Who helping children in real life

December 17, 2010December 16, 2010

Check out this sweet video of Matt Smith and Karen Gillan from Children in Need.  They put on a tea party in the TARDIS for

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Doctor Who humor TV

Doctor Who explained in song by Craig Ferguson

December 16, 2010December 12, 2010

Matt Smith recently appeared on the Craig Ferguson show.  Below you’ll find the unaired musical number that was produced for the episode.  It’s funny, bizarre,

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Listen Up: Who’s Who for You!

December 15, 2010December 12, 2010

Listen up folks!  I recently appeared on an episode of VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX!  In this episode Michael Bailey and I discuss DC’s Who’s Who:

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Back to the Future Video Game Coming This Month

December 14, 2010December 12, 2010

Telltale Games is releasing a Back to the Future video game some time this month.  To be exact, they are releasing the first of five

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Blue Devil Coming to the Justice Society

December 13, 2010December 12, 2010

Blue Devil is coming to the Justice Society!  Hot dog!  Apparently new writer Marc Guggenheim is interested in expanding the team roster.  According to this

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role-playing superheroes

Mayfairstivus – Be Part of the Legend

December 10, 2010December 10, 2010

Today concludes my coverage of Mayfairstivus, the celebration of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes Role-Playing Game! What a crossover it’s been!  Over 60 posts across 19

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Mayfairstivus Day 7 – Starman (Will Payton)

December 7, 2010December 7, 2010

Welcome back for the seventh day of Mayfairstivus, the nine day celebration of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes Role-Playing Game! Today we’ll be looking at the

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Mayfairstivus Day 6 – Animal Man

December 6, 2010December 3, 2010

Welcome back for the sixth day of Mayfairstivus, the nine day celebration of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes Role-Playing Game! We took a break on Saturday

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The Irredeemable Shag's podcast and (former) blog for all things geek! Special focus on comics, sci-fi & pop culture! Including Doctor Who, Star Trek, DC Comics, Star Wars, role-playing games, 80's TV shows, and science fiction in general! Part of THE FIRE & WATER PODCAST NETWORK!

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About Shag

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 interwebs. He is the co-founder of the FIRE & WATER PODCAST NETWORK. He hosts the JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL: BWAH-HA-HA PODCAST and the ONCE UPON A GEEK PODCAST. He co-hosts AQUAMAN & FIRESTORM: THE FIRE AND WATER PODCAST and WHO'S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE PODCAST OF THE DC UNIVERSE. You decide...

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