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The Need for Speedy

The 1996 Oziana is unusual in that it contains only one story, Umbrella Island in Oz, by Ruth Waara. As such, it’s kind of weird that the cover picture has nothing to do with it, instead being a Dick Martin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television | Tagged agree filtre, chameleons, cinderbutton the witch, dinosaurs, dorothy gale, international wizard of oz club, ivan montebank, joe bongiorno, ken cope, king sizzeroo, magic belt, oziana, pigasus, pirates in oz, princess gureeda, robin olderman, royal timeline of oz, ruth waara, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the magic cryptogram of oz, the wishing horse of oz, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, waddy, witches, wizards |

Books Within Books

One of Robert Pattrick’s essays in Unexplored Territory in Oz, “Books in Oz,” discusses just what it sounds like. It’s interesting to examine what books characters IN books read. Since fantasy adventure stories often don’t have a lot of down … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged book of royalty, book trees, bookman, books in oz, bookville, grampa in oz, jeremy steadman, kabumpo in oz, king ato, king fumbo of ragbad, margaret berg, ojo in oz, pirates in oz, princess gureeda, private jo files, rhyming dictionary, rith metic, robert pattrick, roger the read bird, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the reading tree of oz, the road to oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the wonder city of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, unexplored territory in oz |

The Royal Ships of Oz

While I don’t think shipping has ever been quite as common for Oz as for many other fandoms, it’s definitely been gaining prominence as of late. Not surprisingly, one of the main targets is the beautiful and powerful Ozma, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Relationships, Ron Baxley Jr., Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aaron adelman, bad lads, betsy bobbin, button-bright, carter green, charles phipps, cowardly lion, david hulan, dorothy gale, emerald city mirror, forever in oz, frogman, gayelette, glinda, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, jay v. groves, jellia jamb, jenny jump, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king kerry of keretaria, king rinkitink, maybe the miffin, nero zeero: snoz of oz, nimmie amee, number nine, ojo, oz kids, ozma, patchwork girl, polychrome, polychrome a romantic fantasy, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, princess gureeda, princess truella, professor wogglebug, queen ann soforth, queen orin, quelala, red reera the yookoohoo and the enchanted easter eggs of oz, richard g. quinn, rinkitink in oz, romance, ruth waara, ryk e. spoor, salye soforth, scarecrow, shaggy man, shipping, snif the iffin, speedy, speedy in oz, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the engagement of ozma, the giant horse of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the umbrellas of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, toto, trot griffiths, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, wag, wizard of oz, zeb hugson, zella, zim greenleaf |

Neill vs. Herring, Part 3: We’ve Got Thompson Covered

When writing my recent post on video game cover art, I remembered I was doing something similar with the Oz books six years ago, but never finished. I suppose it’s better late than never, so in hopes that you won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor of bourne, benny, betsy bobbin, captain salt, carter green, chalk, cover art, cowardly lion, david l. greene, dorothy gale, emerald city, flyaboutabus, grampa, grampa in oz, high boy, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, king skamperoo, michael herring, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pajuka, pastoria, peg amy, peter pun, pirates in oz, prince evered, princess gureeda, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, realbad, regalia, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snip, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, umbrella island, urtha, x. pando |

The Single Dads’ Club

When I wrote about Princess Peach’s father, I noted that it’s pretty common in fiction for kings to have young, strong-willed daughters who are only children, and for the mother to be nowhere in sight. Rebecca pointed out that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Characters, Chrono Trigger, Comics, Dragon Quest, Families, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged aladdin, beauty and the beast, dragon quest iv, endor, fathers, king charles of videoland, king guardia xxxiii, king harkinian, king sizzeroo, maurice, mushroom king, ozma, pastoria, peer haps, perhaps city, princess gureeda, princess gwaelin, princess jasmine, princess lana, princess nadia marle guardia, princess peach toadstool, princess pretty good, speedy in oz, the little mermaid, the lost king of oz, thief of bagdad, triton, tsar stepan of zamoksva, tsarevna alena, umbrella island |

Oz-Crossed Lovers

L. Frank Baum was known to have said that he didn’t want romance or “mawkish sentimentality” in his children’s stories. Of course, Baum was also known for breaking pretty much every writing rule he came up with, but he was … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Fairy Tales, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor, chopfyt, danx, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, gayelette, gloria, grampa in oz, hamlet, his majesty the scarecrow of oz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, jesseva, jinjur, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, nimmie amee, number nine, ophelia, ozga, pastoria, peg amy, planetty, pon, princess gureeda, princess marygolden of corabia, princess pretty good, private jo files, quelala, shirley sunshine, sir dashemoff daily, sir hokus of pokes, speedy, speedy in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tryxie tryfle |

Leave the Real World Far Behind

If you’ve watched the DiC Super Mario Bros. 3 cartoons, you’ll know that the inhabitants of the Mushroom World are always referring to the Earth we know as “the real world.” Wouldn’t their own world be more real to them? … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Harry Potter, L. Frank Baum, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, Xanth | Tagged bill willingham, fables, fairies, fairyland, king ato, pirates in oz, princess gureeda, real world, robert heinlein, speedy in oz, the adventures of super mario bros. 3, ugu the shoemaker, waddy |