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Rustles and Flutters

It’s that time again, and here’s the 1997 Oziana. The cover shows an Oz shield that was made to be colored in, but I never did. Original illustrations are sparse this time, and many of them just repurposed John R. Neill … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Games, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, a generic oz story, beenie in oz, big enough mountain, braided man, button-bright, computer virozes, computer viruses, danny wall, dave hardenbrook, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragons, eleanor kennedy, emerald city, forever in oz, frank joslyn baum, gili bar-hillel, glinda, imps, international wizard of oz club, jeremy steadman, john n. white, junk mail, karyl carlson, oziana, ozma, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, percy vere, percy's problematic poetry, prince pompadore, professor wogglebug, pyramid mountain, robin olderman, ruby imp, the abcs of oz, the braided man of oz, the dollmaker of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the haunted castle of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost princess of oz, the oz gazette, the seven blue mountains of oz, theresa hogue, tin woodman, transformation, tyler jones, ugu the shoemaker, wishes, wizard of oz, word find, zim greenleaf of oz |

The New Ugu

I guess it’s time for Oziana 1984. The cover by Melody Grandy shows a typical inhabitant of the Pink and Blue Countries of Sky Island, which is relevant to the first story. The introduction explains that, since L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Camilla Townsend, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, alexander pope, boolooroo of the blues, brownies, cats, confido, corabia, david hulan, david ingersoll, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, dunciad, eureka in oz, eureka the pink kitten, ev, fairies, general guph, gili bar-hillel, glenn ingersoll, great detective, jay delkin, kalidahs, nine tiny piglets, oziana, ozma, philip john lewin, pigmentation, rain king, robin olderman, sky island, the blue raindrops of oz, the colorful kitten of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mystery of the missing ozma, the piglets' revenge, the pronunciad, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, wishing pills, wooglet in oz |

Coping with Immortality

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo |

Woozy Memories

The origins of the Woozy are never addressed in the canonical Oz series, but there are a few apocryphal stories that propose different explanations. March Laumer gave his story in “The Woozy’s Tricky Beginning,” in which he’s the result of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Fred Otto, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a refugee in oz, a trip down memory lane, bees, dr. pipt, edmund zebrowski, gili bar-hillel, kim mcfarland, krizzle kroo, madou, mombi, mombi's pink polkadot vest, oziana, the emerald city mirror, the patchwork girl of oz, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, wicked witch of the east, woozy |

Insect Aside

L. Frank Baum is never entirely clear on whether ALL animals in Oz can talk, or whether animals eat each other there. For instance, are insects there sentient? Well, the Wogglebug is, but that’s after he’s been Highly Magnified and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged anteaters, ants, bears, bees, billina, bucketheads in oz, cap'n bill, gili bar-hillel, grampa in oz, grasshoppers, insects, jack breton, jitterbug, larry breton, lucky bucky in oz, mosquitoes, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, peter schulenburg, professor wogglebug, snufferbux, sullivanthauros, the disenchanted princess of oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the woggle-bug book, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, thunderbugs, tin woodman, wasps, wicked witch of the west, woozy, yankee in oz |

A Child’s Garden of Curses

While children’s media obviously tend not to contain many actual curse words, characters in them do often use milder swears. Sometimes they’re as simple as minced oaths like “darn” and “heck,” but other writers get much more creative. I’m sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television | Tagged a frog he would a-wooing go, a refugee in oz, billina, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, curses, gili bar-hillel, gollywockers, grampa in oz, grumpy the bear, handy mandy, hippikaloric, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jenny jump, john fricke, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kim mcfarland, kinkajou, krizzle kroo, lurline, nome king, nomes, notta bit more, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, peter brown, pirates in oz, red jinn, roger the read bird, sauce box, scarecrow, speedy, speedy in oz, swearing, the gnome king of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the woozy's tale, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, trumpkin, wag the rabbit, woozy, zim greenleaf |

The Wonderful Whistles of Oz

I mentioned in my post on the warp whistles in Super Mario Bros. 3 that there were some magic whistles in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, although as far as I know none of them summoned the tornado. One is … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mario, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games | Tagged badmannah, bandbox, box wood, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, field-mice, gayelette, gili bar-hillel, glinda, high coco-lorum, jack pumpkinhead, king randywell, magical musical snuffbox, man-eating plants, nome king, number nine, ojo in oz, opodock, orchestra and glee club, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pokes, queen of the field-mice, red jinn, silver whistle, singra, sir hokus of pokes, sun top mountain, super mario bros. 3, the fairy's silver trumpet, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the silver princess in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, the yellow knight of oz, thi, tin woodman, tune town, warp whistles, wicked witch of the west, witches, yankee in oz |

Piglet Pride

The Nine Tiny Piglets are never especially important characters, but they do receive a some attention in the Oz books. They first appear in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz as animals the Wizard uses in his tricks. He claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eureka, gili bar-hillel, glenn ingersoll, hugh pendexter, kimberly doyle, nine tiny piglets, ozma, pigmentation, pigs, professor grunter and squealina swyne, the crocheted cat in oz, the piglets' revenge, the tin woodman of oz, wizard of oz |

Glad to Be Gayelette

Picture by Shawn Maldonado In Chapter 14 of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the King of the Winged Monkeys tells a story that comes off as a major tangent. It tells more about the history of the Winged Monkeys, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged david hulan, donald abbott, gayelette, gili bar-hillel, marin elizabeth xiques, quelala, the frogman of oz, the giant horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, winged monkeys |

We Seven Kings of Ore-Diggers Are

The Seven Underground Kings, by Alexander Volkov, translated by Peter Blystone – This is the third book in the Russian Magic Land series, the earlier ones being The Wizard of the Emerald City and Urfin Jus and His Wooden Soldiers. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Oz | Tagged alexander volkov, deadwood oaks, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, ellie, gili bar-hillel, iron woodman, l. frank baum, magic land, peter blystone, russia, scarecrow, soporific water, soviet union, strasheela, tales of magic land, the seven underground kings, the wizard of the emerald city, tin woodman, underground land, urfin jus, urfin jus and his wooden soldiers, water of oblivion, zeb hugson |