the invisible fairy of oz – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Centennial Central

The 2000 Oziana has some fun stories, but a dearth of illustrations, pretty much just using repurposed John R. Neill art. The cover is an exception, but it’s just the standard logo that the International Wizard of Oz Club used … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Fred Otto, Health, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged button-bright, cats, dogs, emerald city, fairies, faleero, flying cloak of invisibility, forest of burzee, good witch of the north, haiku, international wizard of oz club, jenny jump, king pompus, matiah, oziana, ozma, ozma fights the sniffles, pastoria, percy vere, pigasus, pigs, princess pajonia, pumperdink, robin olderman, the banishment of faleero, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous menagerie, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto, two-two, wizard of oz |

A Few Bad Fairies

It’s been established that fairies in mythology and folklore can be either good or bad, and in fact are often amoral. In L. Frank Baum’s fantasy, however, fairies are pretty much always good. When he wrote about the Immortals in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, audia, burzee, California, celestia, claudia, dubra, emerald city, enilrul, fairies, faleero, falingo, flying cloak of invisibility, follensby forest, fraudia, gigans, gnomes, groves of trom, hallita, immortals, jack frost, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kettywig, king randywell, knooks, lurline, mildred l. palmer, necile, nelanthe, nelebel, nelebel's fairyland, nomes, nymphs, ozma, patchwork girl, pumperdink, rimmers, ryls, scarecrow, the banishment of faleero, the forgotten forest of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the king who changed his mind, the life and adventures of santa claus, the master crafters of oz, the purple prince of oz, the red jinn in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the witch queen of oz, tippetarius in oz, water of oblivion, witches |

Ain’t No Party Like a Kuma Party

I’ve already discussed disembodied but still living heads in the Oz series, but what about other body parts? Well, in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Lost King of Oz, the enchanted Pastoria has ears that can separate from his head, fly … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abominable no-man, fred otto, hammer-heads, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kuma party, nome king, ojo in oz, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, peter brown, reachard, the axman's arm, the frogman of oz, the gnome king of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the lost king of oz, wicked witch of the east, winged monkeys, wumbo |