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...I came across these really cool tote bags for girls this weekend at Wal-Mart! Forgive the fuzzy photos, they were taken with my camera phone. The picture below came out especially bad. It’s a shame because it was a cool looking design. You should be able to find these at your local Wal-Mart. Girl Power!
Yesterday we featured some awesome Batman imaginary team-ups. The creator of those team-ups is working on a new similar project for Marvel Two-in-One. He doesn’t have a site for them yet, but watch for it in the coming months. Check out these preliminary covers! Found via Bleeding Cool.
Are there too many blond female sidekicks? It occurred to me yesterday that the female sidekicks of the “Big Three” are all currently blond: Supergirl, Wonder Girl, and Batgirl. That’s sort of odd. The previous Batgirl and Wonder Girl were both raven-haired, while the Batgirl before that was a redhead. Supergirl has pretty much always […]
Blue Devil … on a Warner Bros. Consumer Products promotional poster? Seriously? Really? How friggin’ cool! The image below comes from License! Global which is gearing up for their big licensing show in Las Vegas next week. It was released along with some promo art for the upcoming Green Lantern film. Visit SuperHeroHype.com for further […]
If you haven’t already, go now and sign the petition to put BATGIRL: YEAR ONE the animated DVD back into production! Stella from Batgirl to Oracle: The Barbara Gordon podcast has shouted from the rooftops and I recommend we mobilize on this. Here are the details as provided by Stella: In an interview with Bruce […]
Check back here tomorrow for the conclusion of my comic book t-shirt gallery. Meanwhile… If you haven’t been listening already, be sure to swing by “Views from the Longbox” and check out the week-long mini-series BAT WEEK! From this past Sunday (August 17) through this coming Friday (August 22), there is a new episode of […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ve made the drive to Orlando numerous times. And if you’ve ever taken I-75 south from Lake City and then gotten on the Turnpike to Orlando, you know there is really only one thing that makes the drive bearable. The Ron Jon Surf Shop billboards. In fact, you may remember this specific billboard… […]
