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Crafts and Cons

As I said last week, I’ve already written about the 2003 Oziana across two posts back when it was new, and I still agree with what I wrote. I didn’t go into much detail, though, so I’ll examine it a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Board Games, Characters, Dick Martin, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bert lahr, cats, crafton, crescent moon, daniel gobble, derek designer, dorothy gale, dr. byz zaar in oz, dr. pipt, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, gabriel gale, gregory maguire, jenny jump, jimm phillips, judy lahr, king randywell, lee theriot, luciano vecchio, margaret hamilton, maria baker, michael patrick hearn, nonestica, omby amby, owls, oz quest, oziana, ozma, powder of life, ray bolger, scalawagons, scott meserve, shaggy man, stephen schwartz, the annotated wizard of oz, the bashful baker of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), tik-tok, tik-tok's transformation, victoria calamito, voyage of the crescent moon, wicked, yip harburg |

Going on a Hozliday

So, the 2013 issue of Oziana is out now, and I have a story in it. “Jinnicky Saves Christmas” was an idea I came up with around the holidays two years ago. The theme of this issue is described on … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Christmas, Gina Wickwar, Holidays, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor, cowardly lion, darrell spradlyn, ed mccray, emerald city, foiled by the iffin, gloma, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, jinnicky saves christmas, king rinkitink, luciano vecchio, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oziana, ozma, polychrome, prince inga of pingaree, professor wogglebug, snif the iffin, the harvest ball, the love-bug of oz, the ork in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the way of a lion, the wishing horse of oz, the woggle-bug book, thy fearful symmetry, tin woodman, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz |

Extra Exploration of the Enchantment

Picture by Luciano Vecchio There have been several post-canonical Oz books and stories that deal with Lurline’s enchantment, most of them not really agreeing on significant points. As someone who likes to tie together as many sources as I can, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin | Tagged charles phipps, forbidden fountain, glinda, jeremy steadman, luciano vecchio, lurline, lurline and the white ravens of oz, ozma, ozroar, paradox in oz, pastoria, paul dana, scott dickerson, the emerald ring of oz, the magic book of oz, the master crafters of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the umbrella man of oz, the witch queen of oz, time travelers of oz, water of oblivion |