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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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Buck Rogers Pop-Up Book (1980)

July 23, 2008October 20, 2008

“The year is 1987 and NASA launches the last of America’s deep space probes. In a freak mishap Ranger 3 and its pilot Captain William

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Final Crisis: Requiem … MM & Hal?

July 22, 2008July 20, 2008

I read “Final Crisis: Requiem” and one thing is really bothering me. There are three pages where Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen grieve together over

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“Runners” comic book

July 21, 2008August 2, 2010

I recently read the trade paperback of Sean Wang’s “Runners”. Wow, this was a great sci-fi comic! The story chronicles the misadventures of reluctant smuggler

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The Softer Side of DC

July 18, 2008July 13, 2008

Since I’ve already had a couple action figure posts this week, I thought this might make a fun one.   These are plushes I got from

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My daughter’s TRUE education continues…

July 17, 2008October 20, 2008

And so my daughter’s TRUE education continues this week with a new toy.  You may recall a few weeks ago I did a post about

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I’m a closet Yahtzee addict

July 16, 2008November 14, 2011

Hello, my name is the Irredeemable Shag and I’m a closet Yahtzee addict.  That’s step one, right? I can’t speak authoritatively on this, but I don’t

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Action Figure Woes

July 15, 2008November 6, 2008

I’ve been trying to get my hands on two action figures lately. They came out a few months ago from Mattel in their line of DC

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Dr Who Magazine *** “Turn Left” SPOILERS ***

July 14, 2008July 13, 2008

The following includes SPOILERS for the Doctor Who season 4 episode 11, “Turn Left”. … … … Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) is an awesome monthly publication.  If

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Podcast Appearances

July 10, 2008July 10, 2008

Just a heads-up… I appeared in a couple recent episodes of The Unique Geek podcast. The Unique Geek Issue #70 features the usual gang as we discuss

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Novels I’ve Been Reading

July 9, 2008July 7, 2008

A few weeks back I wrote a blog post on a book I was reading, “Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils”.  It was an older book

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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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