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...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 […]
Dragon*Con, my home away from home. I believe this was my 10th appearance at this convention and it was definitely one of the better ones! Attended lots of panels, hung out with my friends, met some celebrities, drank far too much, took over 600 photos, and generally had a great time. Sometime in the near […]
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 […]
Assuming all went well with air travel, I’ve been in Atlanta since yesterday evening!!! Me and 40,000 of my closest friends all weekend long! DragonCon is the largest multi-media and popular culture convention focusing on science fiction and fantasy, gaming, comics, pop art, designer toys, literature, art, music, and film in the US. It’s the […]
You may have noticed the countdown timer in the upper-right hand corner of ONCE UPON A GEEK. This is counting down my arrival at Dragon*Con 2010! We’re about 28 days away and it can’t get here soon enough! Over on THE UNIQUE GEEK, they’re doing their own version of a countdown called 40 Days Of […]
Some time in the early 1990s, I was fortunate enough to meet Neil Gaiman at DragonCon in Atlanta. He was super-cool and was kind enough to really speak with the fans that were waiting in line for his autograph (not just the lip service some famous people provide). At one point I recall he halted […]
I’ve appeared on several podcasts in the past few months, but have been horribly negligent about giving them a shout-out here. These were all podcasts hosted by my good buddy Michael Bailey (of Views from the Longbox and From Crisis to Crisis). He’s been kind enough to invite me to participate a number of times, […]
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 … […]
I’m closing out my DragonCon 2009 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. A […]
Coverage of Dragon*Con 2009 continues here! I’ve already recapped Friday and Saturday, so today will cover Sunday and Monday. If you’d like to see over 600 pictures I took at the event, you can view them on Flickr and THE UNIQUE GEEK photo gallery. SUNDAY After going to sleep around 5am the night before, we […]
