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...Looking for some good clean superhero fun? Then give the Power Pack digests a try! If you’re not familiar with Power Pack, they are a team of super-powered siblings ranging in age from 5 to 12. They first appeared in 1984, but Marvel started a new series of adventures five years ago featuring Power Pack […]
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!
A few weeks ago, I shared an unlikely Brave and the Bold team-up comic cover. Turns out there is another gentlemen named Ross that runs a site dedicated to Brave and the Bold Batman team-ups that never happened. Click here to visit The Brave and the Bold… The Lost Issues! The amazing thing is that […]
Today I felt like spotlighting some of Alex Ross’ gorgeous Marvel work. Enjoy! Secret Wars Marvel Encyclopedia (click to enlarge) Spider-Man Green Goblin Assemble (click to enlarge) Visions: Iron Man First Avengers Marvel 1970s (click to enlarge) Uncanny X-Men #500 (click to enlarge) New Mutants #1 Mighty Marvel Heroes & Villains – This one is […]
In addition to blogging about comics this past week, I actually read some too! I’ve literally got stacks and stacks of comics I’m behind on reading. I got through over 60 comics and two digest this past week. For some reason I had a hankerin’ for Marvel, so many of these are Siege and X-related. […]
Welcome back to the second installment of ART ADAMS DAYS! Today we’ll be looking at some of Mr. Adams work on The New Mutants! I love me some New Mutants and without a doubt Arthur Adams is my favorite artist to ever draw these heroes. His line work is amazing and he really understood what […]
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 […]
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 […]
This hilarious comic comes from Ryan Dunlavey’s Comic strip mashups. Thanks to Cary from THE UNIQUE GEEK listserv for bringing this cartoon to my attention.
Check out this Marvel Motion Comic based upon Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s Astonishing X-Men #1. Wondering what is a Motion Comic? Essentially they take pre-existing artwork and move the drawings, enhance the artwork, record the dialogue, and add sound effects to create a near-animation experience. It’s a neat way to animate your favorite stories […]
