awgwas – VoVatia (original) (raw)
Tag Archives: awgwas
What Makes a Fairy?
Happy birthday to Ozma, Fairy Ruler of the Land of Oz! I’ve looked before at how Ozma was basically retconned into being a fairy, but what exactly does that mean? A fairy, in L. Frank Baum’s mythology, can be basically … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged awgwas, ereol, fairies, guph, illusion, immortals, nome king, nomes, ozma, polychrome, prince marvel, queen zixi of ix, santa claus, the enchanted island of yew, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost princess of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tik-tok of oz, transformation, wisk, wizard of oz |
Shanower on Santa
I bought a copy of L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus with illustrations by Eric Shanower back in July, and I might as well take a closer look at it now. I re-read the story, which … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Christmas, Eric Shanower, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a kidnapped santa claus, a visit from st nicholas, awgwas, daemons, gnomes, immortals, knooks, laughing valley of hohaho, mo, nomes, phunnyland, reindeer, ryls, santa claus, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magical monarch of mo, the road to oz |
Epic Fail
While looking at Twitter a few days ago, I noticed that Neil Gaiman linked to an anti-Tolkien article by Michael Moorcock, written in the 1970s. I haven’t read anything by Moorcock, and the article often just makes him sound like … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Fairy Tales, Focus on the Foes, Harry Potter, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Technology, Terry Pratchett | Tagged awgwas, conservatism, golden age, lord of the rings, michael moorcock, neil gaiman, orcs, sauron, the enchanted island of yew, trolls, voldemort, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, zog |
Funerals Are No Help to Fairyland
As L. Frank Baum developed Oz, he eventually made it a place where no one dies, although he wasn’t always totally consistent on this point. In The Tin Woodman of Oz, he reports that death and aging stopped when Lurline … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, arch of phinis, awgwas, blue country, boolooroo of the blues, button-bright, deadly desert, death, emperor chang wang woe, gaper's gulch, ghip-ghisizzle, gump, heaven, kabumpo, lurline, pink country, scarecrow, sky island, the life and adventures of santa claus, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, tin woodman |
How to Succeed in Ozian Politics
When Benny, the living statue from Boston in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Giant Horse of Oz, arrives in Oz, he asks the Scarecrow if the country is a republic. The straw man replies, “Indeed not! We are a magic monarchy … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, aurex, awgwas, benny, blue country, book of royalty, bookville, boolooroo of the blues, bunnybury, dorothy gale, giants, glinda, gloria, high coco-lorum, james haff, jenny jump, jinxland, king bal loon, king gugu, king timothy of noland, krewl, land o' patch, loonville, macvelt, nandywog, nickadoodle, noland, ozlection, ozma, patch, patchwork girl, pink country, polychrome, professor wogglebug, queen coo-ee-oh, scarecrow, septentria, skeezers, sky island, skyle of un, susan smiggs, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the queen of quok, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thi, tin woodman, tripedalia, trot griffiths, whimsies, wicked witch of the west, winkies, wizard of oz |
The Life of Claus
Aside from The Wizard of Oz, the L. Frank Baum book that likely receives the most adaptations in other media is The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, likely because Santa is such a popular character in his own right. … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Christmas, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged awgwas, bessie blithesome, bo, fairies, immortals, knooks, pixies, rankin-bass, reindeer, santa claus, sound imps, the life and adventures of santa claus, tingler, trot griffiths, wisk |
Oz: The Next Generation
While thinking of cartoons influenced by Muppet Babies, I remembered a series from the mid-nineties called The Oz Kids. There was an article about the cartoon in one of the first Baum Bugle issues I ever received, and I watched … Continue reading →
Posted in Cartoons, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged awgwas, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, glinda, jack pumpkinhead, muppet babies, nome king, oz kids, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, santa claus, scarecrow, the life and adventures of santa claus, the patchwork girl of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz |
Ghosting Through Life
Even though Oz has a community of Halloween-style monsters, it seems to be pretty light on ghosts and ghouls. While L. Frank Baum did write ghost stories (“My Ruby Wedding Ring” comes to mind), he tended to leave the afterlife … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged ak, awgwas, fall guys, ghostbusters, ghosts, ghosts in oz, gump, heaven, l. frank baum, marie candler richardson, maybe the miffin, monsters, oziana, ozma, phyllis ann karr, powder of life, scare city, simon t. inphinium, snif the iffin, the life and adventures of santa claus, the marvelous land of oz, undead, wicked witch of the east, wizard of oz |