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Shanower Shorts

I don’t think I’ve ever done a proper review of The Salt Sorcerer of Oz and Other Stories, by Eric Shanower, and I’m not sure I’m entirely doing so here either. I’ve recently written about two of the tales, “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Families, Humor, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, abby, bladgaar, bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, clank, conjo, dorothy gale, emerald city, fardels, flicker, forest of gugu, glenn ingersoll, gugu and the kalidahs, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kalidahs, king gugu, lake quad, ma-dul-ma-dun, merfolk, multiplying overcoat, mushrooms, oziana, ozmapolitan, parts unavailable, patchwork girl, quaddle, queen piopelp, scarecrow, shroom city, shrooms, speedy in oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the final fate of the frogman, the flying girl, the ice king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the shaggy man of oz, the silver jug, tik-tok, trot griffiths, trot of oz, twiffle, twink and tom jones, waddy, woozy, world war ii, zyzzwyzz |

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 |

Lions Are a Beast’s Best King

I might as well move on with my Oziana reread to the 1982 issue, which has a rather more abstract and stylized cover than earlier ones. It has a picture of the Cowardly Lion and a mountain inside a larger … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, ben p. indick, billina, blorgens, cowardly lion, david ingersoll, dorothy gale, edith ellen reuwer, fairies, glenn ingersoll, herby the medicine man, jay delkin, jenny jump, kim mcfarland, labor of love, magic fan, nelebel, nelebel's fairyland, omby amby, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, professor wogglebug, rob roy macveigh, scarecrow, the change made by the magic turnstyle, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scarecrow's appreciation day, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, turn-style, wizard of oz |

Regional Ruler Report

While I’ve written before about the current rulers of the four main countries of Oz, as well as how these countries developed throughout the series, I haven’t said that much about the rulers of these places before the coming of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged david hulan, dorothy gale, four views of general jinjur, frank joslyn baum, gayelette, gillikins, glenn ingersoll, glinda, gloma, greg hunter, gump, henry blossom, joe bongiorno, king cheeriobed, king gil of gilkenny, mombi, munchkins, mycroft mason, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess azarine, princess cozytoes, quadlings, queen isomere, queen orin, queen pierita of amberly, realbad, seebania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the red desert of oz, the road to oz, the triumph of the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, unc nunkie, wicked witch of the west, winkies |

Are We Having Fungus Yet?

Between the original books and more recent sequels, just about every substance has been made into a character or group of characters in Oz. Mushrooms are no exception, appearing in two of Eric Shanower‘s stories. Both of these appeared in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Games, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Video Games | Tagged bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, dorothy and the mushroom queen, dorothy gale, dungeons and dragons, eleanor cameron, emerald city, flicker, glenn ingersoll, lake quad, ma-dul-ma-dun, matango, mushroom people, myconids, oz-story magazine, queen piopelp, rottug, shroom city, shrooms, stels, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, trot griffiths, trot of oz |

Oz Fish

Although L. Frank Baum wrote a fantasy taking place under the sea and referenced it a few times in the Oz books, he really didn’t say that much about aquatic life in Oz and its surrounding nations. In Glinda of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a-b-sea serpent, captain salt, captain salt in oz, crimson-tailed quipperug, emerald city, fish, flying fish, glenn ingersoll, glinda of oz, king arthur, lady water lily, lake orizon, lake quad, loch ness monster, lucky bucky in oz, masquerade in oz, mermaids, monkey-fish, narwhal, nonestic ocean, octopuses, octopuss, patchwork girl, quaddle, quiberon, rattlesnake, roger the read bird, sea serpent, seeweegia, sherwood smith, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the secret island of oz, tin woodman, turtles |

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 |