It's another day, another Geek, my friends!

On This Day In Geek History: Vlad the Impaler dies, starts Dracula franchise (1476); Nostradamus born, totally saw it coming (1503); after nearly fifty years, Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip Peanuts, announces his retirement (1999).

A profile of the 1983 "Korean Tron" movie "Computer Nuclear Warship Bombing Operation" -- a.k.a. "Savior Of the Earth" (io9)

New York Magazine announces their top ten comics of the year. (New York)

Read: "The Adventures of Jimmy Halpert" (NBC.com)

Batman Versus Santa (this isn't happiness)

A Tolkien purist's defense of Peter Jackson's screenplay for "Lord of the Rings" (Shadowlocked)

"Comics, Women, and a Lively Discussion" (Graphic Policy)

Your guide to Star Trek references on Stargate (Stargate Wiki)

World Wildlife Fund creates unprintable document format for a more sustainable future (GreenBiz)

The best T-shirt of a small dog-like AT-AT drinking out of the toilet you'll find anywhere (Threadless)

Wikileaks guru Julian Assange's strange sci-fi themed dating profile (Blastr)

"Oh The Times and Places You Will Go!" and four other sci-fi themed children's books (College Humor)

And no Daily Geek list would be complete without "31 Geeky Slippers" (Walyou)

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Tags Comic Books, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, The Office

Good morning, Daily Geek readers; have you completed your holiday shopping yet? Pre-ordered your vegetarian Roast Beast? Put up your aluminum Christmas tree? Join us as we start this holiday week with our finger on the pulse of all things "holiday" and "geek." We hope your heart becomes two sizes too big as a result.

This Day In Geek History: Charles Dickens first publishes “A Christmas Carol" (1843); actor Steve Buscemi born (1957); comic book creator Kyle Baker born (1965); Robert M. Metcalfe, David R. Boggs, Charles P. Thacker, and Butler W. Lampson receives US patent number 4063220 on Ethernet for a “Multipoint Data Communication System with Collision Detection” (1977); Evanescence's Amy Lee, co-creator of rock ballads that are used by about a half-million fan-vidders, born (1981).

Victorian Star Trek (Rabittooth via How To Be A Retronaut)

Bid on original Venture Brothers storyboards...and help a cat named Lola! (eBay via Stephen DeStefano)

Sci-fi & fantasy legend Sir Terry Pratchett writes about finding out he has a form of Alzheimer's (Informa Healthcare)

The Green Lantern Guide To Wasting a Superpower (Cracked)

Why the Japanese classic "Battle Royale" hasn't officially made it to the United States yet (Jason Gray via @AICNAnime) Read more...

Tags green lantern, Neil Gaiman, Sir Terry Pratchett, Star Trek, Yogi Bear

On This Day in Geek History: "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," the first of three films adaptated from J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy trilogy, premieres in London in 2001; "Avatar," James Cameron's 3-D epic, has its world premiere in London in 2009.

Bruce Timm designs a superhero based on Conan O'Brien: "The Flaming C" (Bleeding Cool)

A scholarly look at where super-villains should build their secret lairs (Law and the Multiverse)

Many pictures of awesome giant anime robots battling each other in space (Pink Tentacle)

Having a bad day? Then you should wear the "Uwe Boll Is Making The Movie Of My Life" T-Shirt (Den of Geek)

Paul Pope does Star Trek! (eBay)

How Superman really died (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)

How Chuck Jones pitched "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" to steely-eyed advertisers with hearts two sizes too small (Chuck Redux)

The science behind the age-old question: how long could Luke survive inside a Tauntaun? (Wolf Gnards)

Happy Classy Holidays: Human Centipede Christmas ornament (GeekTyrant)

iPhone baby quilt (start your baby early on all that Apple branding!) (Boing Boing)

7 weird Batman vehicle movie toys that weren't in the movies (Topless Robot)

The scariest Garfield comic strip ever made (The High Definite)

Hearing loss and cute little bud earphones...what? I said, hearing loss and cute little bud earphones! (Chicago Tribune)

Men polled on Otaku girlfriend preferences (Ani.me)
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Tags Avatar, Garfield, iPhone, Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman

On This Day In Geek History: Big Bang Theory's Simon Helberg born in 1980.

2010 Space Monolith figure has zero points of articulation (ThinkGeek)

Woman talks about She-Ra as role model (Dixie Sun)

Make a Captain America shield out of an old satellite dish (Instructibles)

Watch listed on eBay for $9.95 turns out to be $66K classic "Dr. No" 007 collector's item (Boing Boing)

"Community" will do a Dungeons & Dragons themed episode...with Abed as DM (TV Squad)

Behold..."Yoda Bat" (National Geographic)

Casper the Living Child, and other "Shockingly Dark Origins of Loveable Children's Characters" (Cracked)

Superhero Romances, a brief visual tour (Pop)

20 Doctor Who characters who are in desperate need of having their own action figures made (Topless Robot)

Call it "Desperate Chinese-iPad-Smuggling Housewives" (Geek.com)

Are you following Painkiller Jane creator and Jonah Hex writer Jimmy Palmiotti's podcast? You should (Where Monsters Dwell)

Having problems pronouncing all those exotic words in World of Warcraft? Try World of Warcraft version of Rosetta Stone (g4tv)

Date with Robert Pattinson sells for $80,000 (Vancouver Sun)
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Tags Big Bang Theory, Daily Geek, Doctor Who, she-ra, Star Wars

Geek Birthdays: E.C. Segar, creator of Popeye; "Lois and Clark's" Teri Hatcher; Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen; "Lost" and "Lord of the Rings" actor Dominic Monaghan.

The top cartoons that need to be video games - a "Jem" video game? Yes, please (g4tv)

Maureen Dowd finally responds (sort of) to "The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd" (Traditional Comics)

A shark, Michael Gambon, the Doctor, oh my! 16 pics from Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (Blastr)

Chet Phillips's "Union Of Superlative Heroes" is the steampunk superhero card set of the season (Etsy)

The Princess Bride...with lightsabers (Tor.com) Read more...

Tags Action Figures, Comic Books, Doctor Who, Jem, Nightmare on Elm Street, Pac-man, Princess Bride, Sid Meier's Civilization, Star Wars, Steampunk, Toys

It's another day -- another link round-up at the Daily Geek. Let's begin, shall we?

Bill Watterson's Pre-"Calvin and Hobbes" college comics (Geekosystem)

Superman: The Movie in 6 panels by Chris Samnee (Comic Twart)

Danish actor Palle Huld, who is said to have inspired the comics character Tintin, passes at age 98 (The Washington Post)

Move over #Bieber: #Wonka trends across the United States (Twitter)

Shocker Toys releases production photos of its "Mucus Tick" action figure. (via Pendragon's Post)

Hip Hop's 11 Greatest Star Wars references (MTV Clutch)

Monty Python's Terry Jones talks robot butlers (Guardian)

Life-Size Gundam now available to purchase from Bandai Japan...sort of (via @CBCebulski)

TV Club talks "Christmas With The Joker" (A.V. Club)

"Ham De-boning Robot" de-bones 500 hams an hour (with video!) (BotJunkie)

Kevin Smith Vs. Airlines (Silent Bob Speaks)

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Tags Calvin and Hobbes, Gundam, Joker, Star Wars, Superman, Tick, Tintin

Welcome to MTV Geek's "Daily Geek," where we bring you all the most geek-worthy posts from around the Internet in tiny bite-sized pieces for easy consumption.

All The Venture Bros. holiday hits in one place to light up your holidays (The Venture Bros. Blog)

A sweet Quorra custom Tron Dunny -- and it lights up too! (The Modelmaker)

From Spider-man to Red Hood to Optimus Prime, “5 Absurd Ways Comic Books Have Ressurrected Dead Superheroes” (Cracked.com)

Make your own Star Wars snowflakes! (The Official Star Wars Blog)

New “Superfood” Muppets encourage kids to eat their veggies (Natural News)

Wear a Harry Potter/David Bowie mash-up T-shirt! (Made From Awesome)

Stargate fans start a petition to save both Stargate Worlds and the Stargate Resistance game (The Petition Site)

Do Superheroes need moms and dads? (Strollerderby)

The war between The Simpsons and Fox News, as told by Taiwanese CGI animation (Laughing Squid)
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Tags Daily Geek, Harry Potter, Link Round-Up, superheroes, The Muppets, The Simpsons, The Venture Bros., Tron