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...To help celebrate the 48th birthday of Doctor Who, below we’re featuring the trailer for the upcoming Christmas special! It looks sooooo good! I can’t wait for Christmas! I’m so excited, I won’t be able to sleep a wink on Christmas Eve! Click here if you are unable to view the embedded video above.
Listen up folks! I recently appeared on three, count ‘em THREE, Christmas-themed podcasts. Sorry I didn’t get this posted before Christmas, but now you can listen to these holiday-spirited podcasts without all the pressure of gift-buying and annoying relatives. . Chick here for the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX 2010 Christmas episode! Michael Bailey and I […]
We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas Eve! To help celebrate, please enjoy some holiday-themed comic book covers! 25 Santa Claus comic book covers 23 holiday season covers A few more holiday season covers Merry Geekmas!
Here is a cute Foxtrot cartoon to get you in the spirit… Thanks to Lore (the irredeemable brother) and his son for sending this to me!
Today marks the 47th anniversary of the airing of the very first Doctor Who episode. It was Saturday, November 23, 1963 at 5:15pm GMT when an unheard of children’s program appeared on BBC television. It featured two school teachers, an oddball student, and a grumpy old man. Humble beginnings! It’s surprising to me how popular […]
We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas and a happy holidays! To help celebrate, please enjoy the DC Comics snowball extravaganza below. Click the image to enlarge. Merry Geekmas!
We here at ONCE UPON A GEEK wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Christmas Eve! To help celebrate, please enjoy these holiday-themed comic book covers. Last year I posted 25 Santa-themed covers which you can see by clicking here. You can also find another 23 holiday related covers I posted last year by […]
Just thought I would share some of the geeky Christmas ornaments that adorn our tree. I love the Spider-Man ornament below. It’s got great detailing and the webs in each hand are cool! Below is a cute Santa-Spidey! You can find a nice Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine below, complete with rolling wheels, Christmas tree on top, […]
I’m a big believer that Christmas decorations should not be put out until at least December 1. Not the day after Thanksgiving, and definitely not right after Halloween. Call me old fashioned, but for me December 1st marks the beginning of Christmas season. That means starting today LET THE TINSEL FLY! This Christmas us geeks […]
All in all, it was a good Christmas. The kids woke up to a nice haul on Christmas morning and everyone seemed to enjoy the day. We also visited with some in-laws that came by, and that seemed to go well. On the whole, it was an enjoyable day with less stress than expected. I […]
