In our continuing leak of molten hotness leading up to Monday's unveiling of the 2008 AfterElton.com Hot 100 List, we present to you ... newcomer Lee Pace!

Last year the adorable actor didn't make the list, and was probably off the RADAR of most readers who didn't catch his role on Wonderfalls or didn't recognize him as transgender performer Calpernia Adams in Soldier's Girl. But thanks to a little show called Pushing Daisies, the goofy charms of everyone's favorite re-animating pieman are now widely known.

You folks placed him on the hotlist this year ... but how high? Check back Monday to find out, and in the meantime, enjoy a few more pics of Pace after the jump.

Stuff you should know about Bryan Fuller: He hates Queer as Folk. He has “a huge lesbian agenda”. His beautifully written, eye-popping pilot for ABC’s Pushing Daisies was named one of the 10 best television broadcasts of 2007 by The Washington Post.

And – boys – he’s totally adorable. Like clean puppies and chocolate birthday cake adorable. Noon on your favorite beach in June with a fistful of nostalgia-laden boardwalk cuisine adorable. Freshly cut Christmas tree, decorated in candy canes and red ribbons with a cute miniature train running through a cute miniature town underneath adorable.

And did we mention – he’s crazy talented. Fuller spoke to us for part two of our special investigative report: "Gays in Primetime", but there just wasn’t enough room for all the wonderfulness that is ... Bryan. So here are more tidbits from our interview. Topics include the gay Star Trek script that never got made, the de-gayed gay dad on Dead Like Me, the big gay character-driven show Fuller dreams of doing, and - *EXCLUSIVE* - his big reveal on the identity of Pushing Daisies’ gay character.

Click on through the jump for the gay spoiler and lots more Fuller!

Televisionista has some preview pics of the November 28 episode of Pushing Daisies and guess who's making a guest appearance:

It's Mike White!

The openly bisexual writer/star of Chuck & Buck and son of Soulfource's Reverend Mel White appearing on a Bryan Fuller show? Someone knows how to make me happy.

He's not the only special guest star however:

Molly Shannon also shows up!

Hey, remember Cracking Up, the sitcom that was created by White, starred Shannon and was canceled by Fox in the same season as Fuller's Wonderfalls? Ah, synchronicity.

Shannon plays Dilly Balsam, a vindictive taffy shop owner who's determined to put The Pie Hole out of business. And you know she's got a mean streak - just look at what she makes her staff wear:

Is that a chorus of "San Francisco, open your golden gates" I hear?

There's more pix after the break: