Hello gentle reader.

I have been going to Dragon*Con in Atlanta GA now for quite a few years and one of the things that I have really grown to love is the attendance by celebrities and pseudo-celebrities. As a member of The Unique Geek, I have agreed to do a weekly highlight on one (possibly more than one) of the Con attendees that qualifies for ‘celebrity’ status.

This week, I will feature someone who in my opinion is THE BIGGEST celebrity to attend Dragon*Con 2010: Stan Lee.

Stan Lee (with partners Jack Kirby, Bill Everett, & Steve Ditko) created the most well known Marvel comics heroes like Spider-Man, the X-Men, The Fantastic Four, The Hulk, and Daredevil. Mr Lee is well known for his ‘catch phrase’ EXCELSIOR!

Stan The Man, to me, is the biggest ‘get’ at Dragon*Con since he has not been to this Con in ages and the popularity of his character creations seems to be at a zenith. Each and every character mentioned above has had their own major motion picture. More of his creations will be appearing on the silver screen soon (Thor, re-booting Spider-Man) which will continue to build the love for Stan Lee’s genius.

I have personal reasons as to why I am so excited that Stan Lee will be at Dragon*con 2010 as well. When I began to read comic books at age 11 or 12, Marvel comics were my books of choice. The hours and hours of entertainment that those books provided, along with the ability to give my young imagination the spark and focus it needed was priceless. My favorite Marvel heroes, The X-Men, hooked me from the first issue I read. Comic books provide kids, who would not be considered strong readers, a launching platform from which they can gain a foothold into reading.  At the same time, providing other young readers an escape through great stories. It is my sincerest hope that these young readers develop a lifelong love of reading.

I have not read a Marvel comic in more than a decade, but Stan Lee gave me a gift. He built my love for reading and stories, both simple and complex. He gave me the ability to imagine the great and unexpected. He gave a kid who needed ‘something different’ to do a fantastic forum to read and image great things. Most importantly to me, he gave me a common ground to build friendships that have and will last my entire life, my brothers and sisters here at The Unique Geek.

Thanks Stan Lee!

Jon, Serv, Ron, Cary, Shag, Ed,  Sterling, and Need Coffee’s very own Widge and Scott blather on about the year that was 2009. We hit on what was the best and worst of 2009 in geekdom. We also have a brief explanation of where the heck we have been for 4 months.

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Shag (OnceUponAGeek.com) and Mike (ViewsFromTheLongBox.com) get back together for the ever popular “You spend HOW MUCH on comics?!” discussion.

In this episode they discuss the comics that you should be spending your mortgage money on  for July of 2009.

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Shag (Once Upon A Geek), Scott (Need Coffee), Jon, Serv, Sterling (New Bards Press), Mike B (Views From The Longbox), and Widge (Need Coffee) review The Incredible Hulk. Well, at least that is what we are supposed to do, but really we were just on the phone passing time.

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Shag and Mike are together again for their monthly discussion of all things comics for June 2008.

Be sure to listen or you may accidentally purchase a Judd Winick title (Shag made me write that – he has issues)

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Jon, D, Ron, and Serv got together to discuss the awesomeness that was Iron Man the movie.
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Beer: Rogue Chocolate Stout

Bottled By: Rogue Ales (Newport, Oregon)

APV: UK

What Makes It Geek?: There is a girl on the bottle, it’s made with imported chocolate, and it is bottled by a company named Rogue.

Goes Great With: Watching Johnny Depp work his magic in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and Brach’s Double Dipper’ Chocolate Peanuts.

When to Drink: While your kicking Magneto’s ass and stealing mutant powers.

Shag and Mike get together for their monthly discussion of all things to your local comic shop in May 2008.

If you don’t listen, you won’t know what to spend you cash on (or what you should be downloading)

It kinda speaks for itself really. What is says… I don’t know.

Jon, Ron, Cary, Michael [Views From The Long Box], Serv, Sterling [New Bards Press],  Scott [Need Coffee], Todd, and Ron (I think that is everyone) – Discuss what we would change in the comic world…

because we like to think that our opinion somehow matters.