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Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

Once Upon a Time in Wonderland – I wrote a little bit about Once Upon a Time back when it was still pretty new, but I only recently got back to watching it. I’ve watched the first three seasons, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Fairy Tales, Humor, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Monsters, Once Upon a Time, Relationships, Star Wars, Television | Tagged aladdin, alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, beowulf, caterpillar, cheshire cat, enchanted forest, genie, grendel, iggy pop, jabberwock, jabberwocky, jafar, jinn, john lithgow, knave of hearts, once upon a time in wonderland, red queen, robin hood, through the looking-glass, tweedledum and tweedledee, white knight, white rabbit, will scarlet |

Literary History Drags On

I shared this article on the history of dragons in Western literature on Facebook, and there was a comment about how Oz wasn’t represented in it. It does, however, quote Ruth Berman, a long-time Oz fan; and I think she’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a story about dragons, dismocolese, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragonettes, dragons, edith nesbit, enorma, evangeline, grampa in oz, grand gheewizard, isa poso, jabberwock, kenneth grahame, king terribus of spor, pumperdink, purple dragon, queen erma, quiberon, quox, ruth berman, sir hokus of pokes, somewhere, st. george, the book of dragons, the dragon of pumperdink, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the giant horse of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the reluctant dragon, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, through the looking-glass, tik-tok of oz, wizard of oz |

Playing with the Queen of Hearts

Heartless, by Marissa Meyer – The author of the Lunar Chronicles turns her attention to the work of Lewis Carroll, presenting the back story of the infamous Queen of Hearts. The book explains why the Mad Hatter and March Hare … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Lewis Carroll, Nursery Rhymes | Tagged alice in wonderland, alice's adventures in wonderland, duchess of wonderland, gregory maguire, heartless, jabberwock, king of hearts, mad hatter, marissa meyer, mock turtle, peter peter pumpkin eater, queen of hearts, red queen, through the looking-glass, white queen, white rabbit, wicked |

Comic-Ozzy

The Oz-Wonderland Chronicles #4 – As I mentioned in this post, I appreciate that this comic series is fairly faithful to the Oz books. Yes, Dorothy is grown up and living in Chicago with Alice as a roommate, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alice in wonderland, aunt em, ben avery, casey heying, dorothy gale, field-mice, glinda, gonzalo martinez, humpty dumpty, jabberwock, jack and cat tales, jellia jamb, kirk kushin, mr. tinker, nome king, oz-wonderland chronicles, ozopolis, the oz-wonderland war, tim burton, uncle henry |

Beware the Jabberwock, My Son!

Recently, a post on Drew Mackie’s blog featured the appearance of the Jabberwocky from the 1985 made-for-TV Alice in Wonderland. This scene actually ended the first part of the movie, making the creators seem awfully sadistic. I’m not sure if … Continue reading →

Posted in Final Fantasy, Lewis Carroll, Video Games | Tagged alice in wonderland, bandersnatch, cheshire cat, disney, dragons, dungeons & dragons, humpty dumpty, jabberwock, jabberwocky, jubjub, mome raths, monsters, movies, stan freberg, through the looking-glass |