Every day here at Doom HQ we receive tons of tips from our readers about really cool stuff from the world of geek, as well as promotional materials for new films, comic books, collectibles, and much more. While we do our best to bring you as much of it as possible, we don’t always have enough geek manpower available to cover it all on a daily basis. But we hate the idea of all of this really cool stuff wasting away in our inbox. How could we NOT cover it? Hence why we’ve resurrected our long-defunct column Bits Of Doom, now rebranded and revamped as Doom Digest, a collection of easily digestible bits of news, videos, photos, and other goodies.

Today: Community star Yvette Nicole Brown with Cap’s shield, Alex Ross Star Trek box art, Hellacious Acres trailer, new Joss Whedon book, Poe & Phillips graphic novel, a featurette on Creature, plus some Bits Of Doom.

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is an Edgar Allan Poe-inspired shirt called “Hungover” by Teo Zirinis.

The sale began at RIPT today, Saturday, November 26, 2011, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

On this day 162 years ago, famed author and poet Edgar Allan Poe died.

In celebration of his life and his works, as well as the upcoming new Poe movie starring John Cusack in the lead, titled The Raven, an event was held in Baltimore, Maryland including director James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin) and co-star Luke Evans (Immortals, Robin Hood) meeting with press and members of the Poe House and Museum.

Also in conjunction with the anniversary and event, the official trailer for The Raven has been officially released online after debuting last night on G4’s Attack of the Show.

You can check out the trailer as well as some unusual facts about Poe by continuing on over to the other side now.

The Poe Twisted Anthology
Edited by Enrica Jang
Written by Phillip Jacobson, Marta Tanrikulu, Alex Cormack, Jason Ciaramella, Kyle Richey, Mark Mullaney
Art by Phillip Jacobson, Mark Mullaney, Alex Cormack, Erique “Zeke” Savory, JR., Sherezada, Ben Frazier, Dirk Strangely
Letters by Andre Frattino
Covers by Andrew Jerz, Alex Cormack, Phillip Jacobson & Enrique “Zeke” Savory, Jr.
Red Stylo Media
Release Date: August 21, 2011
Cover Price: $19.99

Today marks the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe‘s mysterious death at the age of 40. In the spirit of celebrating his legacy, we bring you The Poe Twisted Anthology, a collection of graphic stories inspired by select works of the Dark Master. These are not clever retellings; the words “˜rehash’ and “˜regurgitation’ do not apply here. The thirteen authors and artists accepted the challenge to create fifteen unique graphic pieces using Poe’s work as their inspiration. From the introduction by Enrica Jang: “We pay tribute, we aspire, but in the end, we paint the pictures for you.”

Director Francis Ford Coppola debuted footage from his new movie called Twixt, a new non-linear film making experience that incorporates live performances (music and narration) and both 2D and 3D sequences.

If you’re confused by that description, then you are not alone. I didn’t actually know what I was watching when Coppola played the first clip — even after an explanation to the audience.

Basically, Coppola wants to create a movie that can be performed, unlike the current crop of “canned” movies, which are what you see is what you get. Using new software, the director is able to play portions of scenes in different order. Both the narration and the film’s music, done by performance artist Dan Deacon, also has to be altered based on how the new scenes are arranged.

“Why do movies have to be ‘canned’? Everything is canned. The only things we have that’s live are concerts and sports,” Coppola said, adding that his granddaughter describes the excitement of seeing a movie on its premiere night because no one knows whether it’ll be good or bad.

“There is a yearning, I feel, for a little bit more of the live to be put back into film,” he explained.