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They’re Gonna Put Me in the Movies

The 1979 Oziana starts out by saying three stories “seems to be a typical number,” which is generally true, although the previous one had four. The cover illustration by Rob Roy MacVeigh shows the Scarecrow in a cornfield, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, emerald city, geoffrey l. gould, glinda, gloma, greg gick, hank and the scarecrow of oz, hank the mule, horses, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, jim the cab-horse, journal of a journey, mary rakestraw, oziana, rob roy macveigh, robert pattrick, ruth berman, scarecrow, school of hard knocks, shaggy man, stephanie hawks, the deadly desert around oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the real critics, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), toto, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, witches, wizard of oz, zeb hugson |

To the Victor Goes the Spoiled Music

The Lonely Phonograph of Oz, by Debbie Bumstead – Victor Columbia Edison, the phonograph who was accidentally brought to life with the same powder as the Patchwork Girl, only appeared in The Patchwork Girl of Oz for some brief comic … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Music, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alice in wonderland, ben avery, bungle and the magic lantern of oz, bungle of oz, carrie bailey, casey herring, cowardly lion, debbie bumstead, dorothy gale, frogman, greg gick, john tenniel, king rinkitink, oz-wonderland chronicles, queen of hearts, rinkitink in oz, sean carlson, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the lonely phonograph of oz, the songs of l. frank baum's rinkitink in oz, victor columbia edison, wicked witch of the west |

If I Only Had a Brain Surgeon

Although I don’t think he’s licensed, the Wizard of Oz seems to have an urge to mess around with brains. This is mostly, but not entirely, with artificial constructs. One of the first things we see him doing is giving … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, brains, bungle and the magic lantern of oz, bungle the glass cat, clocker, david hulan, dr. pipt, extractor, glinda of oz, greg gick, jenny jump, lobotomy, oziana, pirates in oz, sawhorse, scarecrow, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wizard of oz |

Streets Paved with Emeralds

In a post I wrote over three years ago, I mentioned a rough map of the Emerald City by Robert Pattrick and Judy Pike that had appeared in The Baum Bugle. Hungry Tiger Press recently scanned and posted this map … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, March Laumer, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged bungle and the magic lantern of oz, emerald city, greg gick, jenny jump, judy pike, lin carter, lucky bucky in oz, number nine, ojo in oz, ozmapolitan, pastoria, phyllis ann karr, robert pattrick, sweet wishes from oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the computer wizard makes a comeback, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the vegetable man of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz |

Put Your Hand Inside the Buckethead

Bucketheads in Oz, by Greg Gick, Melody Grandy, Greg Hunter, Phyllis Ann Karr, Chuck Sabatos, Deen Shumate, Jim Vander Noot, and Chris Dulabone – While there is a justification for the title in a short scene where two characters accidentally … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Oz | Tagged buckethead enterprises of oz, bucketheads in oz, chris dulabone, chuck sabatos, conflagra, cowardly lion, deen shumate, effer pheasant the bubble bird, greg gick, greg hunter, harley hammer-head, jim vander noot, kalidahs, kericot the considerate kalidah, leotryaton the lazy lion, melody grandy, mombi, osborne austin, oziana, phyllis ann karr, shawn maldonado, tails of the cowardly lion and friends, tekrouri troll, terrence oldshell, the guardian dove, tisha rae the jackalope, wally the woggle-bug |

The Real Horses of Oz

L. Frank Baum tells us in a few different books that there are no horses in Oz, aside from the magically animated wooden Sawhorse. This seems to be an idea that he developed over time, however. In The Wonderful Wizard … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged anuther planet, bitty bit, chalk, chris dulabone, corumbia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eloise jarvis mcgraw, emerald city, fred, greg gick, gules, halidom, high boy, horses, jim the cab-horse, joe king, john r. neill, journal of a journey, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, lauren lynn mcgraw, lenith law, mary rakestraw, merry go round in oz, mules, planetty, red jinn, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, skampavia, speedy, stampedro, the deadly desert around oz, the giant horse of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thun, view-halloo, voral staff, white city, world's columbian exposition, zeb hugson |