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The Multiversal Trendsetter

SPOILERS for all four movies! Soft & Quiet – A group of annoyingly entitled women meet up for a new group, which turns out to be a white supremacist organization. They use the standard racist rhetoric, with all its obvious … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Families, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged america chavez, black bolt, bobcat goldthwait, bruce campbell, captain america, captain marvel, cowardly lion, doctor strange, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, dr. christine palmer, dr. jonathan ohnn, dreamworks, fantastic four, gwen stacy, illuminati, inhumans, ironic racism, jane horrocks, jason priestley, kathy griffin, leonardo da vinci, lion of oz, lion of oz and the badge of courage, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, miguel o'hara, miles morales, monica rambeau, multiverse, patrick stewart, peggy carter, peni parker, peter parkedcar, peter parker, professor charles xavier, racism, reed richards, roger baum, sam raimi, scarlet witch, silly ozbuls, soft and quiet, spider-ham, spider-man, spider-man across the spider-verse, spider-man into the spider-verse, spider-man noir, spider-punk, superheroes, tim curry, vulture, white supremacy, wicked witch of the east, wizard of oz, x-men |

Ostriches and Old Ones and Vampires, Oh My!

I’ve read a few new-to-me Oz books recently, and I’d like to share my thoughts on them. There are potential SPOILERS for all of them. The Rubber Ostriches of Oz, by Marin Xiques and Chris Dulabone – Greg Hunter’s “Unc … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Prejudice | Tagged and justice for oz, bees, candy country, china princess, cowardly lion, cthulhu, cthulhu invades oz, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dorothy of oz prequel, fighting trees, flutterbudgets, frogman, fuddles, greg hunter, h.p. lovecraft, jester, john dough and the cherub, lark vandergrace, legends of oz: dorothy's return, lollipop guild, marshall mallow, nikki kay richardson, ostriches, ozga, oziana, phyllis ann karr, r.k. lionel, rigmarole town, robots, roger baum, sam milazzo, scarecrow, shaggy man, the braided man of oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the rubber ostriches of oz, tin woodman, travis gibb, two terrific tales of oz, unc nunkie and the white king of oz, vampires, wiser the owl |

It’s All About the Shoes

On Facebook, there’s been some argument on the cover of the latest Baum Bugle, which I haven’t received. It’s possible my membership has lapsed, because it seems like I never get warnings about that. It isn’t a great design, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a foolish fable from oz, betsy bobbin, boots, braided man, carter green, clothing, deadly desert, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, enilrul, glinda, great book of records, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, karyl carlson, laura jane musser, magic belt, mercury, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oz and the three witches, oziana, ozish, ozlection, pingaree, quick sandals, r.k. lionel, realbad, return to oz, rinkitink in oz, roger baum, Ruby Slippers, shoes, silver shoes, sky island, snufferbux, tappy town, technicolor, the baum bugle, the braided man of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the runaway in oz, the silver shoes of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wam, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz |

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 |

I Can Read Your Mind from Half a Mile

To continue on the topic I brought up last week about Ozian magic that affects minds, it’s worth noting that, in The Emerald City of Oz, the Wizard claims to be “working out a magic recipe to fuddle men’s brains, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bitty bit, dorothy of oz, henry blossom, invisible barrier, jester, mentalism, mind reader, mombi, mrs. yoop, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pigasus, roger baum, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, wizard of oz, yankee in oz |

Gaming the System

I already wrote a post about sports and games in the Oz series, but I had a few more ideas along those lines that I thought I could develop somewhat. Characters in the books are frequently seen playing games, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Chess, Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Games, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports | Tagged a queer quest for oz, baseball, croquet, dorothy of oz, game preserve, game river, jack pott, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lucky bucky in oz, ozmapolitan, ploppa, polo, queen zixi of ix, roger baum, ruth morris, ruth waara, scrabble, sir hokus of pokes, snakes and ladders, spinner, sticks and stones, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the flying bus in oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the royal book of oz, the rundelstone of oz, umbrella island in oz |

Legends of Obscure Characters

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return didn’t contain very many references to the larger Oz series, even when they appeared in the source material. The China Country and the field-mice were there, as was a smaller version of the Sawhorse; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged baron belfaygor of bourne, chinda, dorothy of oz, general blotz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jester, kabumpo in oz, legends of oz: dorothy's return, pumperdink, queen else of somewhere, roger baum, samandra, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the runaway in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tune town, twigs, who's who in oz |

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 |

Return to Philmland

Oh, I see. Legends of Oz was a flop because of a vast Hollywood conspiracy to take it down. “Here’s to the failure of another movie promoting those Magic Belt thieves!” You know how I know that isn’t true? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged captain fyter, china country, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dr. pipt, glinda, good witch of the north, ku-klip, legends of oz: dorothy's return, lord of the rings, mombi, nimmie amee, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, ozma of oz, peter jackson, return to oz, roger baum, the hobbit, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius |

I’m Just a Jester Gesturing

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – Based on the book Dorothy of Oz by Roger Stanton Baum, that was also its working title. I can only figure they changed it in hopes of launching a franchise, but since the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged billie burke, candy country, china country, china princess, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, glinda, jesters, legends of oz: dorothy's return, marshall mallow, oz: the great and powerful, queen of the field-mice, roger baum, sawhorse, the wizard of oz (1939), tin woodman, tugg, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, wiser the owl |