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Lovable and Not-So-Lovable Rogues

I’ve now read a few of the Best of the Baum Bugle volumes I just recently purchased, and there are some interesting articles in there, including some on the Nome King and L. Frank Baum’s other villains. I’ve already covered … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Focus on the Foes, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, baum's other villains, bell-snickle, boolooroo of the blues, bortag, bustabo, c. warren hollister, chalk, conjo, crunch, dorothy and the wizard in oz, faleero, giants, glegg, gludwig the glubrious, grampa in oz, grand gallipoot, growleywogs, guph, gwig, handy mandy in oz, judy pike, kabumpo in oz, kiki aru, king skamperoo, king strutoovious vii, king terribus of spor, loxo the lucky, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, mimics, mombi, mooj, mustafa of mudge, nome king, ozma and the little wizard, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, prince marvel, queen ann soforth, quiberon, red rogue, roundelay, singra, sir greves, sky island, slyddwyn, speedy in oz, sultan of samandra, terp the terrible, the baum bugle, the best of the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the decline and fall of the nome king, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the giant horse of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the purple prince of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the sea fairies, the shaggy man of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, zog |

Nome Invasions

I’ve already discussed the constant invasion attempts of the former Nome King, but this time I’d like to take a closer look at the individual attempts. The first occurs in The Emerald City of Oz, in which King Roquat’s goal … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Magic Items, Oz | Tagged bilbil, captain salt, cinderbutton the witch, clocker, cowardly lion, flying cloak of invisibility, forbidden fountain, forest of gugu, general guph, glegg's box of mixed magic, great book of records, growleywogs, handy mandy, hany mandy in oz, jack snow, kabumpo in oz, kadj the conjurer, kiki aru, l. frank baum, magic belt, nome king, nomes, ozma, peter brown, phanfasms, pigasus, pirates in oz, prince inga of pingaree, pyrzqxgl, ruth plumly thompson, scarecrow, silence stone, standing-stick, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the shaggy man of oz, whimsies, wizard of wutz |

Drifting Off to Dreamland

If you look at the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the endpapers of Tik-Tok of Oz, you’ll notice that the area just to the east (which is left on this map for some reason) of the Growleywogs’ territory … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Oz, Places | Tagged alexample, castle in the air, charmed gardens of oz, dori, everett avila, growleywogs, john r. neill, kabumpo in oz, kingdom of dreams, l. frank baum, maps, march laumer, michael patrick hearn, oziana, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, phanfasms, popla, professor wogglebug, ruth plumly thompson, sandman, sherwood smith, the annotated wizard of oz, the runaway in oz, the tail of the pink goat, tik-tok of oz, trouble under oz, twinkler, whimsies |