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...Hey gang! More of an administrative post today. I was hoping to get some feedback from you readers about a change I’ve recently made to the blog. If you look in the right-hand sidebar I’ve added two Twitter feeds, one for comic books and one for Doctor Who (both popular topics here). I thought this […]
Hey gang – I haven’t forgotten about the faithful readers of ONCE UPON A GEEK. I’m just taking a few days off to recover from Dragon*Con. I’ve just about finished sorting through and cataloging over 600 pictures for your enjoyment. I should be up and running next Monday with Dragon*Con recaps, pictures, stories, swag, and […]
Matt Sturges (writer of comics such as Jack of Fables, Shadowpact, House of Mystery, and Blue Beetle) frequently holds contests via Twitter. He held one a few weeks ago asking people to send him their favorite quote from his Blue Beetle run. I sent him the quote, “Consider yourselves defeated. And nerds of the Earth, […]
You can now find ONCE UPON A GEEK on Twitter. Clearly I was brainwashed this week by listening to all those presentations about social networking. If you asked me a week ago, I would have said I thought Twitter was pointless. After hearing a presentation on how to use Twitter productively, I’m willing to give […]
