Stan Lee and Nathan Fillion were honored with the top prizes at the inaugural Geekie Awards.

The Geekie Awards, held Sunday evening at Hollywood’s Avalon club, recognizes independent creators, artists and filmmakers in the geek world and was created by Kristen Nedopak.

Lee received the lifetime achievement award, which was presented by Seth Green. Fillion was honored with the Geek of the Year award, presented by Samm Levine, Natasha Melnick and Sarah Hagan. Jesse Heiman accepted the award on Fillion’s behalf, giving his best impression of the actor. (Fillion was not present at the awards show.) Additionally, NASA’s JPL Mars Curiosity Rover team was honored with the Geek Cred award by Marc Evan Jackson (The Thrilling Adventure Hour). [Read the full article]