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A Pound of Man’s Tin

I didn’t get a chance to write about the 1993 Oziana last week, so I’m doing that now. I quite like the cover this time, Bill Eubank’s version of Mount Rushmore with the big four characters, drawn in MGM style. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, William Shakespeare | Tagged bill eubank, chris sterling, chuck sabatos, clouds, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, everett avila, fairies, glinda, jack pumpkinhead, jubulut, margolotte, money, mount rushmore, nome king, oziana, ozma, peter schulenburg, polychrome, queen zixi of ix, robin olderman, scarecrow, shylock, sky island, smith and tinker, the merchant of oz, the merchant of venice, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the road to oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the silver jug, the tin castle of oz, tin woodman, unicorns, wizard of oz |

Insect Aside

L. Frank Baum is never entirely clear on whether ALL animals in Oz can talk, or whether animals eat each other there. For instance, are insects there sentient? Well, the Wogglebug is, but that’s after he’s been Highly Magnified and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged anteaters, ants, bears, bees, billina, bucketheads in oz, cap'n bill, gili bar-hillel, grampa in oz, grasshoppers, insects, jack breton, jitterbug, larry breton, lucky bucky in oz, mosquitoes, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, peter schulenburg, professor wogglebug, snufferbux, sullivanthauros, the disenchanted princess of oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the woggle-bug book, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, thunderbugs, tin woodman, wasps, wicked witch of the west, woozy, yankee in oz |

Ozian Homes and Gardens

I’ve mentioned in the past that, if the Oz books had come out considerably later in the century, they might well have been the basis for action figures. I mean, three of the major characters were eventually given their own … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged blink, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lucky bucky in oz, makebel eva, peter schulenburg, pumpkin park, scarecrow, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin castle, tin woodman |

My Future Lies Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

The Yellow Brick Road has become one of the most famous fictional roads in history, largely because of the song in the MGM movie that consisted almost entirely of the words “follow the Yellow Brick Road” over and over again. … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged boq, cream city bricks, dick martin, donald abbott, dorothy of oz, emerald city, good witch of the north, henry littlefield, how the wizard came to oz, james e. haff, paul dana, peter schulenburg, roger baum, scarecrow, the forbidden fountain of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hollyhock dolls of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, wicked witch of the east, yellow brick road, yip harburg |

Witch Family General

As I’ve stated before when writing about the Wicked Witches of Oz, the idea that the Witches of the East and West are sisters comes from the MGM film, there being no hint of it in any of the books … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes | Tagged mgm, mombi, mombi's pink polkadot vest, oziana, peter schulenburg, singra, the emerald enchantress of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the unwinged monkey of oz, the wicked witch of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches |