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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...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 BOOK DC Comics: The 75th Anniversary Poster Book contains 100 of the most important, most beautiful, and most bizarre DC Comics covers ever. These oversized covers span from the classic Action Comics #1 (1938) to modern tales such as Batman: RIP (2008). One of the coolest features of this book are the perforated pages. […]
On October 6, the planet blacked out for two minutes and seventeen seconds. The whole world saw the future. The question on everybody’s lips was, “What did you see?” I’ll tell you what I saw… I saw an awesome television series! FlashForward: The Complete Series was released on DVD just over a week ago. I […]
Stargate Universe. When the show first premiered, I wasn’t sure what to make of it. I compared it to previous Stargate series, Battlestar Galactica and Star Trek: Voyager. Within a couple weeks all that was forgotten and it was rapidly becoming one of my favorite shows on TV. If you’ve never seen the show, the […]
I should start off by admitting that I love Neal Adams artwork. This guy is a MASTER! An absolute master artist. He helped redefine the look of comics in the 1970s and he can still draw just about anybody under the table. Okay, with my disclaimer out of the way I can get on with […]
I’m currently reading the science fiction novel Seeker by Jack McDevitt. I’m about 100 pages in and really enjoying it. It won the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel. The story is set approximately 10,000 years in the future and follows Alex Benedict, space archeologist, as he tries to uncover the mystery of a 9,000 […]
I spend a lot of time reading to my children. I’ve often said to them, when you read a book the pictures come alive and move in your mind. Well, for the first time I can read my children a book where the pictures really do move in the book itself! Star Wars A Scanimation […]
You should be reading the Fantastic Four monthly comic. Seriously. It’s surprisingly good. Let me rephrase that… it’s surprisingly REALLY, REALLY good. I haven’t read the Fantastic Four on a regular basis in years. I pick up the occasional issue here and there, and I keep up with word on the street about the book. […]
Just last week Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released Iron Man: The Complete Animated Series and the X-Men: Animated Series Volume 5. These cartoons from the 1990s hold a special place in my heart and I’m thrilled both entire series are now available on DVD. IRON MAN Need more Iron Man action after seeing the […]
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 […]
