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Tik-Tok Talk

Tik-Tok of Oz, by L. Frank Baum – Since I read Eric Shanower’s book about the play this was based on a few months ago, I figured this might be worth a reread. And it’s 110 years old now, although that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays | Tagged all wound up, betsy bobbin, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dragons, ev, fairies, hank the mule, immortals, kaliko, love magnet, nome king, nomes, oogaboo, ozga, ozma, ozma of oz, polychrome, private jo files, queen ann soforth, quox, shaggy man, the emerald city of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the little wizard stories of oz, the road to oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the wizard of oz (1902), tik-tok, tik-tok and the nome king, tik-tok of oz, trot griffiths |

Go Big or Go Home

Scan by Jared Davis This is Oziana for 1983. The cover was drawn by Eric Shanower for the previous year’s Winkie Convention, then repurposed here. It features several of L. Frank Baum and Ruth Plumly Thompson’s characters, with High Boy … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged big top mountain, bunnybury, cornucopia oziana, donkeys, emerald city, giants, high boy, jack pumpkinhead, jay v. groves, jinxland, lord googly-goo, mr. yoop, mrs. yoop, nero zeero: snoz of oz, oogaboo, oziana, ozma, pon, professor wogglebug, queen ann soforth, reera the red, rob roy macveigh, snozland, the emerald city of oz, the fate of the yoops, the gardener's boy of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the way to the emerald city, tippetarius in oz, whimsies, yookoohoos, yookoohoos of oz |

Jinnicky’s Body

We’re now up to the Oziana from the year I was born, 1977. The front cover shows the royal palace of Oogaboo, as drawn by Albert Chronic. The introductory page has a political cartoon by Bill Eubank that isn’t really that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a map for ruth plumly thompson, albert chronic, bill eubank, boboland, button-bright, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dragonettes, dragons, ev, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, hotsnaps, hyenas, jay delkin, juggins, magic umbrella, nome king, nome kingdom, oogaboo, orks, oziana, ozma of oz, polychrome, president jimmy carter, professor wogglebug, red jinn, red top mountain, rinkitink in oz, robert pattrick, ruth berman, santa claus, ski-dad'l, slavery, smith and tinker, stanley worden, the curious cruise of captain santa, the disenchanted princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius, two friendships, what if they had taken the other path?, wizard of oz, yankee in oz |

It Makes Me Wonder

Stairway to Oz, by Robin Hess – The author once again returns to the Nome Kingdom, an intended invasion of Oz, and transportation gates. It starts with a boy named Ryan Westerly visiting his parents in Colorado, who turn out to … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Dick Martin, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged captain fyter, duke of dork, forever in oz, ix, jack pumpkinhead of oz, james e. haff, joe king, kadj the conjurer, kaliko, nome kingdom, nomes, oogaboo, ozwoz, pirates in oz, queen zixi of ix, robert pattrick, robin hess, scarecrow, shaggy man, stairway to oz, swing city, the spelling bee of oz, the tin woodman and the tin soldier of oz, tin woodman |

As Many Questions As I Dare

It’s only a little over a week before I leave for OzCon, and the theme this year is The Tin Woodman of Oz. I took another look at the book a few months ago, and here I’m just going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places | Tagged dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dragons, gayelette, jinjur, loons, mombi, mr. yoop, nimmie amee, oogaboo, polychrome, roger baum, scarecrow, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep, wicked witch of the east, witches, woot the wanderer |

What’s the Punishment for Puns?

It’s well-known that L. Frank Baum was a notorious punster, and some of the authors who continued the Oz series were even worse in that respect. Puns are delivered in several different ways in the books, some being delivered intentionally … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bunbury, dorothy gale, jellia jamb, king evoldo of ev, notta bit more, oogaboo, panta loon, patchwork girl, princess langwidere, private jo files, professor wogglebug, puns, queen ann soforth, scarecrow, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tom atto, tommy kwikstep, utensia, wizard of oz, woozy, wordplay |

Art with Brains and Courage

After my post on books in Oz, Paul Dana suggested that I write one about the performing arts in that fairyland. It’s a good idea, but they aren’t really covered all that much in the books. I’ve looked previously at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, March Laumer, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a fairy queen of oz, allegro da capo, invisible inzi of oz, kabumpo in oz, musicton, oogaboo, oziana, ozmapolitan, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, robert wauchope, scarecrow, stratovania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the gnome king of oz, the harvest ball, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the rundelstone of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, troopadours, tune town, victor columbia edison, virginia wauchope |

Etymology in Oz

I bought a few old Baum Bugle issues at OzCon in Portland, and they have some interesting content. There was apparently a sometime recurring feature called “Footnotes to Oz” that explained names in the Oz series, written by Jerry Tobias. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Characters, Etymology, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bell-snickle, beowulf, betsy bobbin, boolooroo, christopher gise, corabia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, footnotes to oz, fred meyer, gabooches, gilbert and sullivan, gillikins, isle of phreex, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jerry tobias, karwan bashi, mandrakes, mangaboos, martin gardner, menankypoo, michael patrick hearn, mogodore, munchkins, nikobo, nikobob, oogaboo, orcs, orks, para bruin, pastoria, pingaree, quiberon, rak, rocs, salye soforth, samandra, tarara, tattypoo, the baum bugle, the mikado, the tin woodman of oz, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer |

Bah! There’s Always a War!

In addition to Glinda’s army, there are a lot of armed forces that show up in minor Ozian countries. Many are simply palace guards, but there are some more specific military units as well. Utensia has the Spoon Brigade, made … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged another adventure with ann, armies, belfaygor, bell-snickle, captain fyter, corabia, corumbia, dorothy gale, emerald city, eric gjovaag, flatheads, general blotz, general quakes, glinda, glinda of oz, gloria, grampa in oz, halidom, invasion, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinjur, jinxland, karyl carlson, kiltoon, merry go round in oz, military, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oogaboo, ozma, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, ozwoz, princess melody, private jo files, pumperdink, queen ann in oz, queen ann soforth, red top mountain, regalia, rimmers, samandra, skeezers, spoon brigade, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius in oz, toto of oz, troth, utensia, war, zim greenleaf |

Walking in a Winkie Wonderland

The geography of Oz is pretty complicated, with new communities often seeming to appear out of nowhere. You’d think it would have been thoroughly explored by now, but apparently not. L. Frank Baum did make a map of the nation, … Continue reading →

Posted in John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged emerald city, fix city, grampa in oz, herku, lucky bucky in oz, maybe mountains, monday mountain, oogaboo, patch, perhaps city, pokes, roads, suds, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thi, winkie river, winkies, yellow brick road |