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Shanower Shorts
I don’t think I’ve ever done a proper review of The Salt Sorcerer of Oz and Other Stories, by Eric Shanower, and I’m not sure I’m entirely doing so here either. I’ve recently written about two of the tales, “The … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Families, Humor, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, abby, bladgaar, bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, clank, conjo, dorothy gale, emerald city, fardels, flicker, forest of gugu, glenn ingersoll, gugu and the kalidahs, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kalidahs, king gugu, lake quad, ma-dul-ma-dun, merfolk, multiplying overcoat, mushrooms, oziana, ozmapolitan, parts unavailable, patchwork girl, quaddle, queen piopelp, scarecrow, shroom city, shrooms, speedy in oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the final fate of the frogman, the flying girl, the ice king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the shaggy man of oz, the silver jug, tik-tok, trot griffiths, trot of oz, twiffle, twink and tom jones, waddy, woozy, world war ii, zyzzwyzz |
A Thousand Troops of Koopas Couldn’t Keep Me from You
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – I kind of wish this had existed back in my teenage years. I mean, I don’t necessarily expect video game movies to be great cinema, but I do want a lot of references to … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Comics, Donkey Kong, Families, Food, Humor, Kid Icarus, Mario, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged banzai bills, chain chomps, charlie day, chris pratt, cranky kong, foreman spike, iggy koopa, jeannie elias, kamek, kevin michael richardson, king bob-omb, king boo, king bowser koopa, luigi mario, magikoopas, mario mario, mushroom king, mushroom kingdom, mushrooms, nintendo comics system, pauline, princess peach toadstool, super mario bros. movie, super mario world, tara strong, toads, wrecking crew |
Quidnunc Pro Quo
A Thousand Ships, by Natalie Haynes – This book dives into the thoughts and actions of numerous women involved with the Trojan War, giving their perspective on the whole thing. It utilizes a lot of sources, and gives each one … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Catherynne M. Valente, Comics, Greek Mythology, Humor, Kirby, Mythology, Technology, Television, Toys, Video Games | Tagged a thousand ships, dream land, gaia, hirokazu hikawa, king dedede, kirby manga mania, kirby right back at ya, mushrooms, natalie haynes, nintendo, nintendo power, odysseus, osmo unknown and the eightpenny woods, pangirlin, pangolins, penelope, quidnunx, skadgebat, super mario manga mania, trojan war |
You Oughta Be in Pictures
When I wrote my review of The Wonder City of Oz, Marc Berezin mentioned that he thought John R. Neill had written some of it to make use of pre-existing art. Repurposing his art is definitely a thing Neill did; … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Celtic, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, captain salt, cayke the cookie cook, comfortable camel, davy jones the wooden whale, dorothy gale, emerald city, fairies, firefly fairies, glinda of oz, guardian of the gates, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jinjur, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo, kelpies, lake quad, leprechauns, lucky bucky in oz, mushrooms, nomes, number nine, ojo in oz, omby amby, ozma, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, psychopompus, sir hokus of pokes, snufferbux, sorcerers, spy-ders, the baum bugle, the runaway in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the voice of bong, the wonder city of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok, trot griffiths, wizard of oz |
Myriapod Mania
I played a little bit of Centipede at the Silverball Retro Arcade in Asbury Park this past weekend, and I remembered seeing something online about the manual for the Atari 2600 version having a crazy back story. The game, introduced in … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Animals, Biology, Comics, Donkey Kong, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Science, Video Games | Tagged atari, bees, beetles, centipede, dragonflies, earwigs, elves, fleas, hypnosis, inchworms, insects, kamek, lord motley bugnut, millipede, mosquitoes, mushrooms, myriapoda, paper mario: sticker star, scorpions, shigeru miyamoto, space invaders, spiders, super mario land, super mario land 2, wigglers, wizards |
The Search for More Mushrooms
Annabel, by L. Frank Baum – I noticed some definite similarities between this one and some of the other Baum non-fantasies that were included in Oz-Story Magazine. Like Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea, it has a boy who … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Reviews, Donkey Kong, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged a malady of magicks, annabel, annabel williams, boos, candy kong, craig shaw gardner, cranky kong, demons, diddy kong, donkey kong country, donkey kong island, dragons, ebenezum, funky kong, ghosts, king bowser koopa, kremkoc industries, luigi mario, mario and the incredible rescue, mario and wario, mario mario, michael teitelbaum, mushrooms, oz-story magazine, princess peach toadstool, sam steele's adventures on land and sea, super mario rpg, suzanne metcalf, the ebenezum trilogy, the flying girl, toad, tracey west, wario, will carden, wuntvor, yoshi |
More Mysterious Magic of the Mushroom World
It’s probably obvious that I haven’t been keeping up with the most recent video games. Back in the day, even though I wasn’t good at most games, I could at least watch someone else play. That’s not been so much … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Comics, Magic, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged captain snes, king bowser koopa, koopalings, luigi, magus, mushroom world, mushrooms, new super mario bros., power-ups, princess peach toadstool, super mario 3d land, super mario 3d world, super mario bros. 3, super mario land 2, super mario world, tanuki, the lost levels, toad, wario, yoshi |
Make Room for Mushrooms
In my last post, I discussed mushroom people, mostly in Oz but touching on other media as well. In video games, the main example is obviously the Super Mario series, which takes place in the Mushroom World. The people with … Continue reading →
Posted in Comics, Dragon Quest, Mana/Seiken Densetsu, Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged chrono cross, dragons, flammie, funghouls, funguy, goombas, king truffle, matango, mushbooms, mushroom kingdom, mushroom people, mushroom world, mushrooms, myconids, nintendo comics system, princess peach toadstool, professor frankly, secret of mana, super mario bros. 3, the adventures of super mario bros. 3, toad, toads |
Remember What the Dormouse Said
A little while ago, Jared mentioned that he didn’t like the Jefferson Airplane song “White Rabbit” because Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland wasn’t about drugs. I have to say I agree. That’s not to say there aren’t any drug references in … Continue reading →
Posted in Authors, Drugs, Lewis Carroll, Music, Songs I Don't Care For | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, caterpillar, drug culture, jefferson airplane, marijuana, mushrooms, opium, psychedelia, white rabbit |
Doom and Goombas
Picture by The Lonely Goomba After covering the Slimes from Dragon Quest last week, I thought it would be appropriate now to look at the comparable really easy and really numerous type of enemy in the Mario games, the Goomba. … Continue reading →
Posted in Mario, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged flurries, goomba village, goombario, goombas, goombella, goomboss, grand goombas, italian, king bowser koopa, koopa paratroopas, koopa troopas, koopas, link's awakening, micro-goombas, mushroom kingdom, mushrooms, nipper plants, paper mario, paragoombas, professor frankly, pumpkinhead goombas, rogueport, round goombas, shiitake, shyguys, spiky goombas, super mario bros., super mario bros. 3, super mario world, thwomps, toad town, toads, university of goom |