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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 |

Magical Art Imitates Life

Recently, fellow Oz fan Kevenn Smith raised an interesting question on Facebook about how the magically animated beings in the series function the way they do. “For instance, the Sawhorse doesn’t really sound like he has knees. How does he … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged blue bear rug, bungle the glass cat, davy jones the wooden whale, gargoyles, gump, jack pumpkinhead, kevenn smith, nome king, patchwork girl, popla, powder of life, sawhorse, scarecrow, the gnome king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the runaway in oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, victor columbia edison |

Increase Your Word Power

There’s an article in the newest Baum Bugle, which isn’t yet available in physical form, about the magic word from The Magic of Oz, discussed in the context of magic words in the series and other fiction. The writer, Dennis … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged captain fyter, dennis wilson wise, dorothy gale, johnny dooit, magic belt, mombi, mudge, nome king, pirates in oz, polychrome, powder of life, pyrzqxgl or how to do things with magic words, shaggy man, the baum bugle, the believing child, the cowardly lion of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, wumbo, zenna henderson |

Magical Buildup

I’ve occasionally seen the question as to whether it was morally questionable for Dorothy to take the Magic Belt from the Nome King. I think she really didn’t have much choice, as he was determined to keep Ozma and her … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy gale, dr. pipt, grab bag, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, hardy-hood, kaliko, love magnet, magic belt, magic picture, much ado about kiki aru, nome king, ozma, ozma of oz, pirates in oz, powder of life, question box, sean patrick duffley, silence stone, silver hammer, standing-stick, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wishing pills, wizard of oz |

Frustration Quest

Yesterday was L. Frank Baum’s birthday, so I figured I should write something Oz-related, but I’ve probably covered just about every possible topic when it comes to Baum’s creation. I was thinking recently, however, about how I usually say The … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice | Tagged bungle the glass cat, deus ex machina, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, horners, johnny dooit, liquid of petrifaction, magic belt, nimmie amee, ojo, ozma, patchwork girl, powder of life, queen zixi of ix, rinkitink in oz, shaggy man, skottie young, spoilers, the magical monarch of mo, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tottenhots, unc nunkie, wise donkey, wizard of oz, woozy |

Perfectly Petrified

Writing about the legend that Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was turned into a marble statue and buried near the Golden Gate of Constantinople got me thinking of the mentions of such statues in the Oz books. For some reason, L. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bortag, button-bright, cinderbutton, clocker, corumbia, cowardly lion, crunch, crystal city, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, emerald city, emperor constantine xi palaiologos, enchanted sleep, glinda, handy mandy in oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, kiki aru, king arthur, king mustafa of mudge, liquid of petrifaction, magic belt, marble statues, margolotte, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, paul dana, petrifying powder, pirates in oz, planetty, pokes, poppies, powder of life, powder of petrifaction, princess marygolden, quiberon, red jinn, return to oz, singra, sir hokus of pokes, sleep, speedy, speedy in oz, standing-stick, statues, stupefying powder, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wicked witch of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius, unc nunkie, valynn, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the south, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, yankee in oz |

These Walls Can Talk

The Oz series in general is big on having normally inanimate objects walk and talk, from the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman in the first book on through living beings made of wood, glass, stone, smoke, ice and snow, foodstuffs, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Edward Einhorn, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dr. pipt, emerald city, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, king kinda jolly, lucky bucky in oz, number nine, nymphs, powder of life, princess melody, scarecrow, singra, the living house of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonder city of oz, tin woodman, trick river, trippsy, w. w. denslow, winkie riverthe wonderful wizard of oz |

Things We Did on Glass

I’ve been thinking of the uses of glass in the Oz books, particularly when applied in a magical way. The Mangaboos live in glass buildings that grew out of the ground and can grow back together again if they’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Gina Wickwar, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, bungle the glass cat, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, faraq geldamom, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, lostland, mangaboos, ozma, powder of life, prince cyan, princess vitrea of silica, professor wogglebug, red jinn, silica, silico, the crocheted cat in oz, the disenchanted princess of oz, the glass dog, the hidden prince of oz, the runaway in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius in oz, vitriol of silica, vitrix of silica, vulcan, wizards, zeebo, zim greenleaf |

It’s Gorilla Time

The Red Gorilla of Oz, by Richard Capwell – In some ways, this is a pretty typical Oz adventure, with someone from a small community seeking help from the Ozian establishment in resolving a problem. In this case, it’s a … Continue reading →

Wishing and Hoping

One common theme in fairy tales is an item or character who grants wishes. Honestly, I find this idea to be problematic, because they’re so ill-defined. Can a wishing item or creature grant ANY wish, or do they have limits? … Continue reading →

Posted in Fairy Tales, Magic Items, Oz | Tagged a generic oz story, chalk, dorothy gale, gump, humpy the dummy, king rupert of kapurta, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, magic belt, magic cloak, marvelous travels on a wish, maybe mountains, pinny penny, powder of life, professor wogglebug, queen zixi of ix, ruth plumly thompson, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, skampavia, skyle of un, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tyler jones, ugu the shoemaker, wish way, wishes, wishing necklaces, wishing pills, wizard of oz |