{"id":128,"date":"2008-08-07T07:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-08-07T11:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2008-08-05T00:42:40","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T04:42:40","slug":"big-book-overload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/08\/07\/big-book-overload\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Book Overload"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I went to the comic shop on Monday to pick up the past two weeks worth of stuff.\u00a0 I was pretty shocked to find so many big books waiting for me.\u00a0 I knew I had ordered them, but for all of these to come in within such a short period of time &#8211; Yikes!\u00a0 When the heck am I going to find the time to read them all, on top of my normal monthly pull of single issues?!?!?!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Scud The Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imagecomics.com\/issue.php?bookname=scud\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>Scud The Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSame dimensions as a comic book &#8211; 764 pages &#8230; <strong>Dude, 764 PAGES!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Scud The Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imagecomics.com\/issue.php?bookname=scud\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/scud_whole.jpg\" alt=\"Scud The Disposable Assassin: The Whole Shebang!\" width=\"300\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"Queen &amp; Country Definitive Edition Volume 1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onipress.com\/display.php?type=bk&amp;id=322\" class=\"broken_link\">Queen &amp; Country Definitive Edition Volume 01<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>6&#8243; x 9&#8243; &#8211; 362 pages<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/queen_country_01.jpg\" alt=\"Queen &amp; Country Definitive Edition Volume 1\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"The Flash Companion\" href=\"http:\/\/twomorrows.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=660\" class=\"broken_link\">The Flash Companion by TwoMorrows<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Letter size &#8211; 219 pages<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Flash Companion\" href=\"http:\/\/twomorrows.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;products_id=660\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/flash_comp2.jpg\" alt=\"The Flash Companion\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a title=\"Maintenance Volume 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onipress.com\/display.php?type=bk&amp;id=346\" class=\"broken_link\">Maintenance Volume 3<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>6&#8243; x 9&#8243; &#8211; 104 pages\u00a0 (this is the basic cover image, but with issue #8 dressing)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Maintenance Volume 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onipress.com\/display.php?type=bk&amp;id=346\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/maintenance_3.jpg\" alt=\"Maintenance Volume 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-128\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" 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through my closet and was amazed at how many comic book t-shirts I had amassed.\u00a0 I mean seriously, these things pile up.\u00a0 Back when I managed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;apparel&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"JLA Shirt","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/shirt_jla3.JPG?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3464,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/20\/geek-poster-gallery\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":1},"title":"Geek Poster Gallery &#8211; Marvel Comics, Doctor Who, Movies, TV, and More","date":"May 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Today we wrap up our poster coverage.\u00a0 So far this week we've covered some DC Comics posters and some Star Wars posters.\u00a0 Well, today we\u2019ll finish with a miscellaneous mixture of comic book, movie, and television posters.\u00a0 Please feel free to share any of your favorite posters in the comments!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic 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Here is a relevant quote from the press release: \"As Co-Publishers, we listened to our fans and to our partners in the retail community who told us that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":113,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/21\/runners-comic-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":4},"title":"&#8220;Runners&#8221; comic book","date":"July 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I recently read the trade paperback of Sean Wang's \"Runners\". Wow, this was a great sci-fi comic! The story chronicles the misadventures of reluctant smuggler Roka Nostaco and his ragtag alien crew as they struggle to complete hazardous runs through outlaw space and against all odds. I agree completely with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;adventure&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":657,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/19\/runners-comic-book-now-free-online\/","url_meta":{"origin":128,"position":5},"title":"&#8216;Runners&#8217; Comic Book &#8211; NOW FREE ONLINE!","date":"March 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in July 2008 I praised the trade paperback, Runners: Bad Goods.\u00a0 Since then, I've been anxiously awaiting the next chapter.\u00a0 Unfortunately, due to the publisher restructuring, the second volume was never released.\u00a0 The good news is the creator\/writer\/artist, Sean Wang, is now giving it away for free to everyone!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;adventure&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/runners.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}