While the flux-capacitor hasn’t been perfected, and we can’t help you fix any past holiday humbuggery, maybe we can help you get this holiday season off to a good start.

For the next 12 days (Dec 1st-12th), the staff of Nerd Bastards will be listing a few of their favorite nerdy things. Gadgets, doohickeys, thingamabobs and more – all sorts of  items that have been Nerd tested and Bastard approved.  Basically,  stuff you want, things you need, and everything you can’t have.

We hope you’ll  find some unique and nerdtastic gifts among our selections, and that they make their way under your tree, Menorah or Kwanzaa bush.

Hit the jump for Regina Lizik’s list of Nerdful things. Check back tomorrow for Jason McAnelly’s list. To see archive of this feature, click HERE.

I am desperate for a subscription to Loot Crate.  For about $20 a month (including shipping), a box of geek swag is delivered to your door filled with sample and full size products. This is a riff on the girly BirchBox and the dog-loving BarkBox (which I recommend, btw). Getting this would be like a having a mini-Nerdmas every month!

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

Above: What better way to start your week than with a whole gallery of Santlov’s hilarious photos featuring your favorite toys‘ less respectable moments.

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Still basking in the awesome that will be the new Sandman series? Us too. And while all we can do to pass the time is reread and reread our old Sandman comics, author Neil Gaiman has given us a little gift to tide us over. Back in the day Warner Bros. was eyeing Gaiman’s comic about the lord of dreams for a movie trilogy. And as great as we’d all wish it could be, it’s probably for the better this never happened. Some stories are simply better off left alone.

Still, WB kept at the project well into the pre-development stages, so far that illustrator, Jill Thompson had to provide some artwork to go along with the crazy pitch Gaiman delivered. That art – which is STUNNING! -  is now not only available for us to see, shared via Gaiman’s Twitter, but also available for purchase! Peruse through the gallery below and prepare your wallet to weep.

A lot of these pieces are being sold or placed on hold, so if you see one you love you better act soon!

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Every day the internet produces an astounding amount of goodies and gems. Most hilarious, some amusing, but all worth at least a few seconds of your time. We here at Nerd Bastards try to bring you the best bits of news and nerdery the webz has to offer, with a bit of snark thrown in. But sometimes not everything makes the cut. Monday through Friday we’ll be bringing you our inbox leftovers, our forgotten bookmarks, the nerdy bits that simply slipped through the cracks. You can submit items to Nerdy Bits by emailing us at nerdybits@nerdbastards.com.

Above: Margie Vizcarra Cox cosplays as a wonderful Star Sapphire. I’m always impressed when women choose this costume and manage to make it look sexy and flattering. Bravo. Plus Photography by Mark Shafer and Michael Iacca. (CBM)

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Earlier today I brought you a rumor that had been circulating throughout Comic-Con that Neil Gaiman would be working on a new Sandman series with J.H. Williams III attached for the art. Guess what? IT’S NOT A RUMOR! And yes, of course I said that to myself in my best – read: worst – Schwarzenegger impression.

Here’s the proof, straight from Neil himself, or rather @neilhimself,

How awesome!??!! I love when good rumors come true. So this Sandman series, as you heard the lovely Mr. Gaiman say, will be a prequel that fills in what Morpheus was doing before Sandman #1. The video also contains a tease of some J.H. Williams’ Sandman art and believe me, once we find a nice quality version we’ll be updating this post.

UPDATED! Lookie, lookie! As promised here’s a better look at that J.H. Williams III promotional artwork for Sandman. Thanks to Bleeding Cool for the hook up!

Wow. Just wow. I don’t know if an artist, writer, and series were ever better suited for each other?

The series will debut in 2013. Now tell me, just how excited are you?

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Wow, I’m a little shocked we’ve got news about actual comic books coming out of Comic-Con, and this early, too! There’s two stories breaking at the moment, both have me literally bouncing with joy, one’s a for sure and the other’s a strong maybe.

First, let’s start with the one most of you probably don’t give a shit about, but suck it up, I’m the one writing this article, I choose what we cover!! Hah! The power. Anyway, IDW and Hasbro have announced there will be a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic book from the uber talents Katie Cook and Andy Price. Gimme a “Fuck Yeah,” Bronies!

Comics Alliance has a preview of some of Prices’ pony artwork though no official art for the series has been released yet. They also managed to talk with editor Bobby Curnow about what IDW’s version of the popular ponies would be like,

We’re trying our best to capture the tone of the show, which has plenty of witty jokes that appeal to older fans. It’s silly and irreverent, but at the same time, it’s still very character focused, which is a crucial ingredient for any smart story. Basically we’re just working on making the stories as strong as possible, and everything falls into place from there.

It helps that the writer of the series, Katie Cook, is a big fan of the show, and is a naturally warm, friendly, funny and silly person. I think the scripts come off pretty naturally as a result, while at the same time retaining a real comic book feel. Andy Price, the artist, certainly helps in that department.

I’m completely stoked for this series, but I can already feel the hate mail coming in – WHY U HATE PONIES!? – so let’s move on to our other bit of comic book news. Bleeding Cool caught wind of a rumor brewing at Comic-Con that DC has reached a deal with Neil Gaiman for a new Sandman series! And in light of their Before Watchmen series it doesn’t seem unlikely DC would like to resurrect another old yet popular series. I can the $ in their eyes already.

The rumor continues with whisperings of J.H. Williams III attached as artist. Wow! If it got any better it’d really be too good to be true, which this very well could still end up being. But we’ll keep our fingers crossed there will be some official word on this soon. Stay tuned!

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There are only three months left till this year’s San Diego Comic Con, and we here at Nerd Bastards couldn’t be happier; it’s like 4 days of Christmas for nerds. Its exclusive panels, interviews with the hottest celebrities and sneak peaks into the year’s coming blockbusters are awesome, but screw all that! What about the collectibles?

Each year, the SDCC offers a limited supply of highly coveted figures and two of the country’s toy making companies, Mattel and Hasbro, have flashed us a bit of their upcoming goodies – in a non-criminal way of course (or not?). Let’s start off with the toy that’ll have a bit of history shall we?

Hit the jump for everything that’s going to drain your wallet this summer if you’re attending the SDCC.
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If you haven’t heard of Rise of the Guardians yet, you’re kind of in for a treat. Think of a superteam made up of Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, Jack Frost, The Sandman and The Tooth Fairy, banded together to protect the innocence of children and foster their imaginations. The film comes from Dreamworks, or “the creators of How to Train Your Dragon” as the below trailer says, and judging by the teaser, it looks like it could be a lot of fun.

Check it out:

Looks like this could be a lot of fun, right? Alec Baldwin is the voice of Russian Santa, and Hugh Jackman does the voice of Australian Easter Bunny. And aren’t those some bad ass tats that Santa has?

Plot Synopsis: RISE OF THE GUARDIANS is an epic and magical adventure that tells the story of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost – legendary characters with previously unknown extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children everywhere.

Rise of the Guardians will be released in theaters on November 21, 2012.

Source: /Film

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For 10 fuckin’ years, Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane have been trapped in a legal bitchfest… Primarily because McFarlane and his people are selfish sons of bitches.  But this shit has finally been settled and Gaiman will be see the dues he’s waited a fuckin’ decade to receive.

Basically, the schtick is that Gaiman (who is best known for his work with Sandman) wrote issue #9 of McFarlane’s Spawn in 1993 in which he introduced a bunch of characters that became srs bsns in the comic series, movie and TV series and was never properly credited for his involvement (i.e. never received the royalties he was due).  So Gaiman has been trying to sue McFarlane for the past ten years.  Holy shit.

It shouldn’t have been this goddamn difficult to get the recognition he deserved from a company that was founded by artists who wanted to have creative license and ownership over their creations.  Funny enough, McFarlane was one of the founders of Image Comics.

Hit the jump to see what Gaiman was finally able to post on Twitter today.

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If you’re a fan of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, I’m convinced that there’s one of the ten story arcs in the series that you  gravitate to more than any other. If a friend asks you to relate just why the series is so important to you, that’s the arc you’ll describe. If you get a friend to start reading, that’s the arc you’ll be most excited to discuss with them after they’re done. You may have liked the series before, but after reading that particular arc, you fell irrevocably in love with it. This feeling is not exclusive to Sandman,but it’s Sandman we’re talking about today, so Sandman is the example that’s used. For me, though I admire the entire series, the arc that worked that magic on me was Season of Mists. There are a number of reasons for this, but perhaps the most important is that for me it was the arc that opened up this magical, ambitious universe that Neil Gaiman was creating. Every Sandman story is a trip into unknown realms, but this was the first one that seemed to encompass all of them. This was where the Sandman universe opened wider than it ever had before, and I was swallowed up by it.

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