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Map Attack

On the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the Tik-Tok of Oz endpapers, L. Frank Baum included places from his non-Oz fantasies, including the as-yet-unpublished King Rinkitink that would become Rinkitink in Oz two years later. Most of these had already … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, bandits, beavers, boboland, chick the cherub, coregos, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ev, fairy beavers, hightown, hiland, international wizard of oz club, isle of phreex, james e. haff, jinxland, john dough, john dough and the cherub, king ato, king rinkitink, loland, mifkets, mo, nome kingdom, nomes, nonestic ocean, octagon isle, ozma of oz, palace of romance, pingaree, pirates, pirates in oz, princess jacquelin, regos, rinkitink in oz, ruprecht the castaway king, scoodlers, the emerald city of oz, the road to oz, the scalawagons of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tales of yot, tik-tok of oz, valley of romance, vegetable kingdom |

Every Modern Convenience and Comfort

I’ve been thinking a little more about the level of technology in Oz. I’ve written about this subject before a few times, but there are a few things I wanted to add. We know that Oz has electricity to some … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged appliances, box brownie, cameras, captain battery batt, civilization, communication, demon of electricity, dorothy and the wizard in oz, eastman kodak, electra, electracity, electricity, emerald city, fairies, fruitcake island, great detective, gussun, henry blossom, jay delkin, king transformer, light, mermaids, michael patrick hearn, mixmaster, mo, mossolb, oziana, ozmapolitan, photography, prince zingle, raoul dufy, santa claus, santa claus in oz, speaking tube, sunbeam products, telephones, the adventure of the cat that did not meow in the night, the annotated wizard of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the electricity fairy, the lost king of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master key, the ozmapolitan of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the sea fairies, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, tim hollis, wizard of mo, wizard of oz |

Shanower on Santa

I bought a copy of L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus with illustrations by Eric Shanower back in July, and I might as well take a closer look at it now. I re-read the story, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Christmas, Eric Shanower, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a kidnapped santa claus, a visit from st nicholas, awgwas, daemons, gnomes, immortals, knooks, laughing valley of hohaho, mo, nomes, phunnyland, reindeer, ryls, santa claus, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magical monarch of mo, the road to oz |

The Patchwork Map of Oz

One of the tropes I came across on TV Tropes for the Land of Oz is that of the Patchwork Map, which definitely applies to Oz and the surrounding nations. A dry desert surrounds the entire nation, even though this … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, burzee, captain salt in oz, cookry land, david hulan, fairyland, great wilderness of braz, james haff, jelly bean island, king king double king, king kojo, laughing valley of hohaho, lost islands, merryland, mo, nonestic ocean, patchwork map, ray powell, rolantic ocean, royal baking powder company, santa claus, sissajig, tarara, the crescent moon over tarara, the curious cruise of captain santa, the flask with the golden stopper, the kingdom of boxtoes and hammerheels, the life and adventures of santa claus, the little prince and the faithful bluebird, the magical monarch of mo, the princess of plumpieland!, the princess of whereyouwill, the raggedys in oz, the royal explorers of oz, the seeress of saucerville, the singing tailor of nevermindwhere, the story of the first brown-haired princess, the toothache of the sultan, the wizard of way-up, the wizard of way-up and king ripitik the tenth, tik-tok of oz, trina robbins, tv tropes, way-up |

I’ll Drink to That

It might be interesting to make a list of all the food and drink in which characters in the Oz books partake, but I’m not going to do that just now. I do, however, want to mention a few drinks … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Food, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged beverages, coca-cola, cut and assemble the emerald city of oz, emeralade, emeralda ozgood, lacasa, land of ev, lemonade, limeade, merry go round in oz, mo, oza-cola, ozade, root beer, soda, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the road to oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonder city of oz |

Absolutely Cuckoo

I think the first time I came across the word “Cloudcuckooland” might have been in The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, but I’ve come across the term occasionally since then. Apparently it’s actually used as the name of a place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Cartoons, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Food, L. Frank Baum, Language, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Television | Tagged acme acres, alice's adventures in wonderland, aristophanes, arthur schopenhauer, big rock candy mountain, borat, burl ives, cloudcuckooland, cockaigne, cuckoo, david hulan, dodo, harry mcclintock, looney tunes, mo, nephelokokkygia, pepperland, perfect strangers, peter bruegel, porky in wackyland, porky pig, that 70s show, the birds, the dictionary of imaginary places, the glass cat of oz, tiny toon adventures, toontown, wackyland, who framed roger rabbit, wolkenkuckucksheim, yellow submarine |

Monsters’ Ball

I figured an appropriate Ozzy topic for this time of year would be the ferocious monsters that live there. I’ve already covered a few of them, including the Kalidahs, the Hip-po-gy-raf, and Quiberon. Here are some of the others that … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged captain salt in oz, chiss, choggenmugger, combineroceros, dennis anfuso, dick martin, dorothy gale, gigaboo, goblins, guardian of the muffin tree, john r. neill, kabumpo, king anko, king ato, king randywell, l. frank baum, mo, mombi, monsters, nikobob, ojo, ojo in oz, oogaboo, pingaree, prince jollikin, princess melody, private jo files, purple dragon, rachel cosgrove payes, rak, realbad, red jinn, regos, rinkitink in oz, roc, scarecrow, sea serpent, snoctorotomus, snufferbux, the astonishing tail of the gump of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the oz-wonderland war, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tyrannicus terrificus, weenix |