11.16.2010
As some of you may remember, I’m a big Alpha Flight fan. Yes, they are the laughing stock of the Marvel superhero jet-set, but I still love them. Thanks to Rob over at The Aquaman Shrine, I stumbled across this series of Alpha Flight comic strips by James Duncan. They are hilarious! Below I’ve presented […]
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08.24.2010
Last week’s post about Alpha Flight and the news about Chaos War: Alpha Flight has reignited my fanaticism for this team! Today I thought I’d stroll down memory lane with some of my favorite Alpha Flight related covers. Enjoy!
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05.12.2010
For the rest of this week we’re going to be celebrating ART ADAMS DAYS! Why you ask? Because it’s my blog and I say so! And because Arthur Adams is an amazingly, friggin’ly great artist!!! Today we’ll be looking at some of his X-Men work. This is by no means a complete collection of his […]
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03.11.2010
Siege will be over before we know it. With it brings the cancellation of all the current Avengers titles. Beginning in May, Marvel will relaunch the entire Avengers franchise with some big shake-ups. There will be several one-shots and mini-series, along with four ongoing books. I’ve outlined below what we know so far about the […]
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09.22.2009
X-Men the Animated Series is one of the more beloved cartoons to come out of the 1990s. This series ran on Fox from 1992-1997 for five seasons with a total of 76 episodes. Last week volumes 3 and 4 were released on DVD by Buena Vista Home Entertainment (no doubt in order to capitalize on […]
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09.15.2009
Coverage of Dragon*Con 2009 continues here! To read about Friday, click here. 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. Saturday After the WAR OF THE SNORE the night before, Choco Taco and I decided to grab some […]
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07.29.2009
The first ever ONCE UPON A GEEK contest! Enter here for your chance to win one of five copies of The Wolverine Files from Simon & Schuster Books! The Wolverine Files by Mike W. Barr (Star Trek, Camelot 3000, Batman & the Outsiders, etc) is a gorgeous 160-page hardcover that details the complete story of […]
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07.20.2009
I picked up Uncanny X-Men: First Class #1 last week. This is a new ongoing series from Marvel set in the early days of the Uncanny X-Men. I guess I’ve got X-Men on the brain. I’ve mentioned it here before, I used to be a major X-junkie. We’re talking MAJOR junkie. I’d read every single […]
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07.15.2009
Volumes 3 & 4 of the legendary Fox animated series, X-Men, is out on DVD from Walt Disney Home Video on September 15! I picked up volumes 1 & 2 and loved them, so I’m excited about these further volumes. Click here for my review of volumes 1 & 2. …………….. This is the X-Men […]
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05.7.2009
X-Men the Animated Series. When recalling this series certain things automatically spring to mind: the opening credits, the drama, the action, the compelling stories, the mutant cameos, the cliffhangers… and much more I’m sure. While the series wasn’t perfect, it was definitely one of the better comic book adapted cartoons. Just so we’re on the […]

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