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 wasn’t sure what to expect when I sat down to watch The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes vol. 1 & 2 on DVD. The Avengers are one of my all-time favorite superhero teams. I have nearly 400 issues of Avengers comics, so I consider myself a reasonably dedicated fan. Iron Man and Iron Man 2 […]
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes animated series comes out on DVD today from Walt Disney Studios! They’ve spread the first 13 action-packed episodes across two volumes. I’ve been an avid collector of Avengers comic books since the early 1990s. I love this team and I love these characters. The animated series really has an interesting […]
Marvel launches their new Avengers animated series on Wednesday, October 20 on Disney XD! Here are a couple sneak-peek videos. Avengers promo (30 seconds) Ant-Man is cool! (6 minutes) For more information, visit the official website for the cartoon. My thanks to Van Allen Plexico for directing me towards these videos!
If you’ve been reading ONCE UPON A GEEK for awhile, then you know I love me some geeky apparel. In preparation for Dragon*Con this year, I acquired a couple new geeky t-shirts to wear with pride at the event. Check out these awesome new shirts! I absolutely love these designs! I tend to gravitate towards […]
