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...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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’m sure most of you have seen this by now, but if you haven’t…. Click here if you can’t view the embedded video above.
When you look at this picture, you’ve got to imagine Ozzy singing “They are Iron Kids…” My ten year old step-son and four year old daughter. Forget Tony Stark, they are Iron Kids!
In case you haven’t seen it already, here is the Iron Man 2 trailer. The film is due in theaters on May 7, 2010. Man, it looks REALLY good! My thanks to Lore (the irredeemable brother) for suggesting I post this. If you can’t view the embedded video above, please click here.
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 […]
I picked up my copy of the Iron Man DVD on Tuesday from Target. If you haven’t seen the packaging yet for the “Ultimate 2-Disk Edition” from Target, it’s SWEET! There are several different retailer exclusives, but I personally like the Target version best. The DVD package itself is shaped like Iron Man’s head! […]
This t-shirt design is crazy funny, but I’m sure also very controversial. It was worn by Matt Fraction, writer of The Invincible Iron Man comic book, at the recent San Diego ComicCon. I’m not entirely certain who to thank for this awesome design, but Matt was pointing everyone to “Tony Was Right.com”. Personally, I stumbled […]
