Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus

This mighty tome arrived on my doorstep two days ago. The Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus collects the entire run of The Mighty Thor produced by Walt Simonson back in the eighties.  This includes Thor #337-355, #357-369, #371-382; Balder the Brave #1-4.  At almost 1200 pages, you would need to be worthy of Thor to be able to pick this baby up. It's not a small book. The production quality of this book is outstanding. With a quality sewn binding it opens easily and it doesn't feel like it's going to fall apart at any minute like some books do. The artwork and coloring are probably the best this material has ever been presented in. The stories contained within are often considered the best Thor stories ever produced. After only two days, I'm already halfway through it. I just can't put it down.  If you like Thor then you NEED to pick this up. It's that good!

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Thor by Walter Simonson Omnibus



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RIP Elisabeth Sladen

According to the BBC, Elisabeth Sladen passed away yesterday morning after a long bout with cancer. She was 63. As an actress, her most well known role was when she played Sarah Jane Smith in the British television program Doctor Who back in the seventies. She also also starred in two different Doctor Who spin-offs, K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Out of all the actors and actresses who appeared on Doctor Who playing one of the Doctor's companions, she was probably the most well liked. Whenever I would see her in an interview she always came across as being very professional. She also seemed to really care about people. She will be greatly missed.

EDIT: Tom Baker has a really nice tribute to Elisabeth here.

Early Muppet Commercial - La Choy Dragon

Here's a classic commercial created by Jim Hensen and Frank Oz for La Choy Chow Mein. Frank Oz is in the dragon suit, while Jim Hensen does the voice of the dragon.

Missile Mouse in The Guardian Prophecy

I've talked about Missile Mouse before here and here. If you've bought both volume one and volume two of the Missile Mouse graphics novels, you might think you have read all the available Missile Mouse stories. You would be wrong. Missile Mouse first appeared in a twenty page short story called "Missile Mouse in the Guardian Prophecy" printed in the anthology graphic novel Flight Explorer volume one. This story has NOT been collected in either of the two Missile Mouse volumes currently available. It's a good story and it's worth picking up Flight Explorer volume one for it alone, but there are several other pretty good stories in the anthology so don't feel like you're getting ripped off if you buy it. It's well worth the money.

Here are links to the respective volumes on Amazon.
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Flight Explorer Volume One
Missile Mouse Volume One: The Star Crusher
Missile Mouse Volume Two: Rescue on Tankium3

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Today Amazon's Gold Box deal is all 5 seasons of the Dick Van Dyke Show for only $66.99. It MSRP is $249.98 so if you were ever thinking of picking this up, now would be a good time. Click here for a direct link to the Amazon page.

How Potato Chips and Cheese Puffs Are Made

Here's a cool little video about how potato chips and cheese puffs are made in a factory.