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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...Here are some Halloween costume ideas! All of these costumes appeared at DragonCon 2010. Some of these are incredibly elaborate, while others are fairly simple and could be made by you at home with a little time and effort. There were hundreds (if not thousands) of different costumes at DragonCon. These just happen to represent […]
Hey gang – I survived DragonCon 2010! Sorry posts have been light here this week. I’m still absolutely exhausted from DragonCon and fighting off a cold. Normal posting should resume next week. To keep you satisfied until then, I’ve uploaded over 600 pictures from my DragonCon 2010 experience! I was fortunate enough to attend a […]
Presenting another very special blog entry by my wife, The Irrepressible Gena! Just a little background for you, my wife is not a geek. She’s a wonderful (and gorgeous) normal person. So I thought her perspective would be interesting to share here. Without further ado, The Irrepressible Gena’s thoughts on DragonCon… Labor Day Weekend … […]
Assuming all is well with air travel, I should be in Atlanta this morning!!! Me and 30,000 of my closest friends all weekend long! Dragon*Con is the largest multi-media, popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, literature, art, music, and film in the US. It’s the 6th largest convention in the […]
Not exactly what Eastman & Laird had in mind, but it works. A great costume idea for a Dragon*Con quartet. Somehow I don’t think I’ve got the legs to pull off Raphael. Originally found at CollegeHumor.com.
Here are some Halloween costume ideas! All of these costumes could be made by you at home with a little time and effort. These pictures were taken by me at DragonCon over the past few years. Some of these pictures have been featured previously here at ONCE UPON A GEEK, but they merit being shown again for Halloween ideas. […]
I’m closing out my DragonCon 2008 coverage with my favorite costume photos. Some have been shown here previously, but they bear repeating. To see all of my DragonCon photos, be sure to visit my Flickr page. If you have a favorite costume that I left out, be sure to mention it in the comments. The […]
Hey gang – Over 400 of my DragonCon 2008 pictures are now online! You can view them on my Flickr account, “Once Upon a Geek”, in the set labeled “DragonCon 2008″. Or simply visit the site by clicking here. You can download these to your computer in a variety of sizes; most go as big as 1280×960. Additionally, you can […]
