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...Welcome back for the second day of Mayfairstivus, the nine day celebration of Mayfair Games’ DC Heroes Role-Playing Game! Today we’ll be looking at all three editions of this RPG. DC HEROES ROLE-PLAYING GAME – FIRST EDITION – 1985 The first edition of the DC Heroes Role-Playing Game was released in the summer of 1985. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Yesterday we featured quite a few DC Comics posters. Today we’ll finish up the tour of the DC posters. The next couple days will focus on Star Wars and other geeky posters. Please feel free to share any of your favorite posters! Below is a World War II era poster of the Justice Society of […]
Workman Publishing has just released the amazingly cool DC Comics Super Heroes and Villains Fandex! What a neat product! I was skeptical when I first heard about it, but it’s far exceeded my expectations. This handy field guide makes an excellent reference for both the DC Comics seasoned veteran as well as the comic book […]
Welcome to ONCE UPON A GEEK’s part of the Crisis on Earth-Blog: The DC Challenge! ONCE UPON A GEEK is a blog that focuses on a variety of geeky topics, including: comic books, Doctor Who, Star Wars, role-playing, 80’s TV shows, and science fiction in general. If this is your first time here, welcome aboard! […]
I thought I would provide some links to funny and interesting things I’ve come across lately. Some of these were sent to me by friends, others found on listservs, and some I just stumbled across. Enjoy! Superhero Facebook Status Updates on Comics Alliance Spoiler pics from new Doctor Who including Matt Smith in David Tennant’s […]
The Helmet of Nabu informs me that you’re wrong, mere mortal. How about you check out some of the other blogs participating in this crossover instead. You’ll have to work your way through a few of these challenges if you want to reach the goal-page featuring a lush scan from an obscure George Pérez pin-up […]
Dragon*Con was four days of zany geekiness with 30,000 of my closest friends. Today kicks off my recap of celebrities, costumes, events, friends, swag and more! While I’ll cover a lot, this is only a fraction of what took place during Dragon*Con 2009. At certain times, there were as many as 50 different simultaneous sessions […]
Hey gang! The internet at my house has been out since a bad storm on Sunday. No internet = no posts. Sorry for the interruption in service. I’m doing this during my lunch hour at work. To tide you over until things return to normal, enjoy this George Perez drawing from his JLA/Avengers work. This […]
