For comics lovers, there are a ton of great sales going on today. First and foremost is Dark Horse Digital, who are offering 134 Star Wars comics for $100. Threadless is selling all their t-shirts for $10, including the ones by comic book artists. If you want original art, check out your favorite creator's Etsy store. For instance, Sean Dove will take 20% off your order if you use the code "CYBERMEN" in his Etsy print shop. And all Ten East Read items by Christiann at Stickcomics are 25% off until Wednesday! (Enter THANX11 at checkout.)

Plus, you can go to Amazon and save on pretty much any tv box set or dvd or blu-ray you're hoping to get this Christmas.

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Hope you have a happy Turkey day! And if you're not in the U.S., hope you have a great Thursday. Links are after the jump!

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Under the Skin is a novel by Michel Faber, first published in 2000. In 2010 the movie version was greenlit, with Jonathan Glazer (Sexy Beast) directing and Scarlett Johannson starring. Glazer had been working on an adaptation of the book for five years before filming started. The protagonist, Isserley, is a female from a species of alien that is apparently four-legged and furry. She shaves, gets a boob job, and stands upright to try and abduct human hitchhikers along the A9 in Scotland.

At no point in the book does ScarJo's character (now renamed "Laura," according to IMDb?) rescue a surfer. (Seen above.)

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So, we failed to bring you the entire transcription of this press conference because typing is tiring. To recap: there was a Venture Bros. panel for press before the panel for the general public at New York Comic Con, and since I didn't go to the latter, I am bringing you a transcript of the former, hoping it's unique and original. Enjoy.

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Earlier this week, Variety reported on a comment by David Yates, director of the last few "Harry Potter" movies, that he was about to start developing a "Doctor Who" movie for BBC Worldwide (the presumably evil, L.A. based company in charge of making sucky Hollywood versions of BBC properties -- I'm guessing). Even though this report seems to be completely overblown, people have apparently started to talk about who should play the Doctor in said pipe-dream movie. I know because Simon Pegg complained about it on Twitter.

I thought it would be much more fun to think about who shouldn't be in a Doctor Who movie, and asked our Twitter followers to share their own worst case scenarios (using the hashtag #WorstDoctor). I offered up my own with Vin Diesel as the Doctor and Jessica Alba as his companion (that being my nightmare casting for any movie ever, basically), but what I got back was so much better. There were even a few I found intriguing enough to want to see.

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If you don't know already, Brett-Livingstone Strong is hailed as “A modern day Michelangelo”, and has the most amazing mullet I have ever seen. He painted the only portrait of Michael Jackson that Jackson ever sat for in his lifetime, which really seems hard to believe. When I think Neverland Ranch, I think giant vanity oil paintings. It seems ridiculous to me that the King of Pop only had one, when A-Rod can have two paintings of himself as a centaur.

Anyway, at New York Comic Con this year, we were handed a pamphlet detailing Strong's portrait of Michael Jackson and its importance to Jackson collectors everywhere. Not only is Michael sitting in the foreground, he's being painted in a painting in the background! There's a Peter Pan statue! There's a Thriller mask! There are hidden olive branches representing MJ's vision of world peace! There's even a sculpture that Strong did in 1988 slyly hidden in the corner. Oh, but wait, there's more:

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At New York Comic Con, we got the chance to test out "Skullgirls," a 2-D animated fighting game coming out next year. We talked to Peter Bartholow, Community Designer and Manager at Reverge Labs (the producers of Skullgirls.) After the jump we have a sneak peek at the game, its storyline, and our interview with Bartholow.

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