{"id":782,"date":"2009-04-02T00:50:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T04:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=782"},"modified":"2009-04-02T00:46:44","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T04:46:44","slug":"april-fools-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/april-fools-day\/","title":{"rendered":"April Fools&#8217; Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Vibe: Rebirth\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/vibe_r001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"270\" \/>I hope you enjoyed yesterday&#8217;s April Fools&#8217; Day gag about <em><strong>Vibe: Rebirth<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 This bit of fun was brought to you by <a title=\"Speed Force\" href=\"http:\/\/speedforce.org\/2009\/04\/vibe-rebirth\/\">Kelson<\/a>, <a title=\"Crimson Lightning\" href=\"http:\/\/thefastestmanalive.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/vibe-rebirth.html\">Dixon<\/a>, <a title=\"Fortress of Baileytude\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fortressofbaileytude.com\/?p=673\" class=\"broken_link\">Michael<\/a>, <a title=\"Justice League Detroit\" href=\"http:\/\/justiceleaguedetroit.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/geoff-johns-and-ethan-van-sciver-talk.html\">Frank<\/a>, and <a title=\"Once Upon a Geek\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/04\/01\/geoff-johns-and-ethan-van-sciver-talk-vibe-rebirth\/\">myself<\/a>!\u00a0 You can read about this and other comic book-themed April Fools&#8217; Day pranks at <em>Publishers Weekly&#8217;s<\/em> <a title=\"Publishers Weekly The Beat\" href=\"http:\/\/pwbeat.publishersweekly.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/01\/best-of-april-fools\/\">The Beat<\/a>. <em><strong>Vibe: Rebirth<\/strong><\/em> will be available in the month of never.\u00a0 Instead, enjoy <em>Flash: Rebirth<\/em> which came out Wednesday!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And remember, if you run across a Puerto-Rican-breakdancing-superhero-in-sunglasses while in Detroit&#8230; you just might be looking at the world&#8217;s next great hero!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\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-782\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/april-fools-day\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-782\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/april-fools-day\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/april-fools-day\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/april-fools-day\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-782\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/april-fools-day\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you enjoyed yesterday&#8217;s April Fools&#8217; 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This bit of fun was brought to you by: Frank - Idol-Head of Diabolu (the Martian Manhunter blog), Atom: The Mighty Might blog, ...nurgh..., and Justice League Detroit Dan - It's a Dan's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"April Fools Judd Winick JLA image","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/juddwinick_jla.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":743,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/01\/geoff-johns-and-ethan-van-sciver-talk-vibe-rebirth\/","url_meta":{"origin":782,"position":1},"title":"Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver talk &#8216;Vibe: Rebirth&#8217;","date":"April 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"From Newsarama: DC Comics announced on Tuesday that a mini-series in December entitled Vibe: Rebirth will re-introduce the once-dead character Paco Ramone, bringing Vibe back for good into the fictional world he left more than 20 years ago. Unlike other comic book deaths - even Superman went up, up and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/vibe_rebirth.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1410,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/23\/podcasts-world-war-z-flash-rebirth\/","url_meta":{"origin":782,"position":2},"title":"Podcasts: World War Z, Flash: Rebirth","date":"July 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a heads-up, I appeared on a recent podcast of THE UNIQUE GEEK.\u00a0 This time out the crew was reviewing the zombie book World War Z by Max Brooks.\u00a0 On the podcast was Jon (The Unique Geek), Cary, Widge (NeedCoffee.com), Ron, and myself.\u00a0 I'm not normally a fan of zombie\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":931,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/30\/reviews-flash-rebirth-1-and-zero-hour-mini-series\/","url_meta":{"origin":782,"position":3},"title":"REVIEWS: Flash Rebirth #1 and Zero Hour mini-series","date":"April 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Michael Bailey (of the Views from the Longbox podcast) and I recently teamed-up to record our thoughts about Flash Rebirth #1 and the 1994 mini-series Zero Hour. Our Flash Rebirth #1 review went about 27 minutes and can be found by clicking here.\u00a0 For the next five months or so,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3120,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/01\/judd-winick-eic\/","url_meta":{"origin":782,"position":4},"title":"Judd Winick Named DC Comics Editor-in-Chief","date":"April 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is something to ruin your day.\u00a0 DC Comics announced that Judd Winick has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief.\u00a0 You may recall that back in February Dan DiDio was promoted to Co-Publisher of DC Comics.\u00a0 Well, this left an opening in the Editor-in-Chief position.\u00a0 Here is the announcement from the DC\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;comic books&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Judd Winick, DC Comics Editor-in-Chief, with the JLA by Jim Lee","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/juddwinick_jla.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":370,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/30\/superman-is-a-dick\/","url_meta":{"origin":782,"position":5},"title":"Superman is a Dick","date":"January 30, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Just in case you're that one geek in the world that hasn't seen the \"Superman is a Dick\" website, here are a couple of my personal favorite covers.\u00a0 These are actual comic book covers from the old days.\u00a0 They demonstrate what a great guy Superman really is! 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