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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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List Week: 10 Most Powerful Computers of All Time

November 3, 2008November 14, 2011

It’s LIST WEEK here at ONCE UPON A GEEK!  What’s that mean?  That means that each post this week will be a link to a

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Blue Devil vs Dr Fate [Original Sketch]

October 31, 2008May 30, 2010

While at DragonCon this year, I commissioned a sketch from artist David Wong.  I’d seen some of his work in the past at DragonCon and

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Almost Transformers

October 30, 2008October 29, 2008

My thanks to Cary from THE UNIQUE GEEK for finding this one.  Hilarious!  If you can’t see the embedded video below, click here. This skit,

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‘Batman & The Outsiders’ + ‘Bloodlines’… Seriously?

October 29, 2008October 29, 2008

Did you notice that Chuck Dixon included one of the ‘Bloodlines’ parasites in his last issue of ‘Batman & the Outsiders’?  Seriously, dude.  I wouldn’t

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‘Secret Wars II’ Collected – This is So Wrong

October 28, 2008October 27, 2008

The first comic I bought as a collector was Secret Wars issue #2 back in sixth grade.  Some of you may recall I wrote a

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Kurt Busiek Sequel to ‘Marvels’ This December

October 27, 2008October 27, 2008

Marvels was an award-winning publishing sensation in 1994 that made Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross into stars.  Coming in December is the long-awaited sequel, Marvels:

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Meet the Awesomes!

October 24, 2008October 23, 2008

Some Chuck items for your Friday!  If you missed this weeks throw down between Yvonne Strahovski and Nicole Richie in the shower, you can catch

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SHINING… The Feel Good Movie of 1980

October 23, 2008October 21, 2008

Okay… this is not purely geek, but it’s still really funny.  Also, this came out a few years ago, so please forgive my tardiness to

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Blue Devil Action Figure Announced!

October 22, 2008May 30, 2010

Dude, I’m totally jazzed!  It’s just been announced that DC Direct will be producing a Blue Devil action figure!  That’s right, because I demanded it! 

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Batman: Year Three

October 21, 2008August 2, 2010

I recently recorded an episode of Views from the Longbox with Michael Bailey in which we covered the 1988 story “Batman: Death in the Family“. 

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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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