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Magic to the People

Lost in Oz – They showed the first episode of this program at the latest OzCon, and I’ve since watched all the available episodes. There are sort of two seasons, in that there are two sets of thirteen each, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television | Tagged agent wally pugmill, bureau of magic, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, fitz, glinda, guph, kaliko, lost in oz, mombi, nome king, nomes, ojo, ozcon international, ozma, patchwork, pearls of pingaree, princess langwidere, reigh, return to oz, scarecrow, the wishing horse of oz, tin woodman, toto, west, wicked witch of the west, witches |

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 |

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 |

Hate the Sin, Love the Cinar

It took me a while, but I finally finished watching the entire series of the 1986 Oz no Mahōtsukai, which was dubbed into English by Canadian studio Cinar (now Cookie Jar) under the title The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Television | Tagged anime, cinar, guph, margot kidder, nomes, oz no mahotsukai, ozma, ozma of oz, the emerald city of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz |

Don’t Egg Me On

It’s established in Ozma of Oz, the very first Oz book in which the Nomes appear, that these immortals can be harmed by eggs. This point remains consistent, but what exactly the eggs DO doesn’t really. In Ozma, the Nome … Continue reading →

Nomes with Names

When the Nomes (as L. Frank Baum spelled the name of these rock fairies) are first introduced in Ozma of Oz, the only one to be identified my name is their king, Roquat. He does have a Chief Steward, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged blug, crinkle, fairies, gnomes, guph, john r. neill, kaliko, klik, l. frank baum, long-eared hearer, lookout, nome king, nomes, pang, potaroo, quiggeroc, ruth plumly thompson, shoofenwaller |