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Nothing Could Be Finer
We are back home from Oz. Well, not really from Oz, because if I could go there, it would be difficult to get me to leave. But we’re back from the CharlOz convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The events took place … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Education, Eric Shanower, Families, Feminism, Food, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Libraries, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Music, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Relationships, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amusement parks, amy chu, angelica shirley carpenter, batman, carol gilligan, carousel, carowinds, charloz, conventions, danielle paige, dina schiff massachi, domestic violence, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, eric gjovaag, fairy ring lights, gita dorothy morena, glinda, great book of records, gregory maguire, heather greene, hiroe suzuki, holly humes, in flesh of burnished tin, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, james ortiz, jane albright, janet k. lee, jason black, jeff walker, judy bieber, katharine kittredge, laurence brenner, magic picture, margaret hamilton, mark i. west, martin gardner, matilda joslyn gage, megan lynn isaac, monarchy, nimmie amee, nome king, oz the great and powerful, ozma, paige gray, president richard nixon, return to oz, roller coasters, scarecrow, sea sirens, sky island, the characters of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the woodsman, tin woodman, vibiana cvetkovic, visart video, visitors from oz, walter squire, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz |
Not Pumpkin Pie!
Beth and I are back from California for the second time in a month, and from this year’s OzCon International, the first full one since 2019. I think the Friday programming might have been shorter than in previous years, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Eric Shanower, Food, Futurama, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged atticus gannaway, beetlejuice, changelings, cinar, david hulan, dina schiff massachi, dorothy gale, dumbo, earthworm jim, elephants, eric gjovaag, erica olivera, fairies, faith, filmation, freddy fogarty, glinda, hungry tiger, immortals, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead, ken mclellan, lollipop guild, marsupilami, mombi, munchkins, nate barlow, neil cuadra, ozcon international, ozma, patchwork girl, peter hanff, phineas and ferb, professor wogglebug, puns, return to oz, rugrats, ruth cuadra, ryan bunch, sam milazzo, sarah crotzer, sawhorse, school days in the land of oz, spirituality, te craft, ted eshbaugh, the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the oz kids, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the tin woods, the wizard of oz (1902), the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, wicked witch of the west, zoe o'haillin-berne |
All Yooped Up
The 2002 Oziana brings back some of the same authors as the last issue, but with less original art. Melissa Bay Mathis supplied the cover art, a picture of the Patchwork Girl riding Pigasus, which is relevant to one of … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, Food, Fred Otto, Games, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, armadillos, button-bright, cap'n bill, cat and mouse in oz, cats, catty corners, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, emerald city, giants, glinda, hawks, hungry tiger, j. l. bell, joe bongiorno, lin carter, magic picture, margaret koontz, margie deemer, melissa bay mathis, mermaids, merryland, mice, milk, mr. yoop, mrs. yoop, opodock, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozma sees herself, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, pigasus, pingaree, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, rabbits, sawhorse, scarecrow, sky island, the lost emeralds of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius in oz, tititi-hoochoo, truth pond, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, woot meets yoop, woot the wanderer, zim greenleaf |
The Enchanted Garden of Sedj
The 1994 Oziana has two stories that were written for the Oz Story Circle, run by Fred Meyer. I was a member back then, but it would take twenty more years for something I wrote around that time to appear … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged allison mcbain, benjamin fang, bill eubank, billy bumble of oz, buckethead in oz, bumble, cap'n bill, clowns, cory in oz, cowardly lion, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dot and tot of merryland, dragons, fred meyer, ghostbusters, ghosts, ghosts in oz, glinda, great book of records, international wizard of oz club, jack pumpkinhead, jane albright, jellia jamb, kimberly doyle, leprechauns in oz, lurline, magic belt, margaret berg, marie candler richardson, mark haas, merryland, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, professor grunter swyne, puns, robin olderman, scarecrow, simon t. inphinium, squealina swyne, teenty-weent, the cowardly lion of oz, the last battle, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the silver jug, the tin woodman of oz, the winged monkeys of oz, the witch queen of oz, tin woodman, witches, wizard of oz |
Golden Ozianaversary
The 2021 issue of Oziana, the fiftieth anniversary edition of the publication, has been released, and I’m in it quite a bit. I’m flattered, but I kind of wonder if my stuff wouldn’t have been better off spaced out somewhat. … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Christmas, Easter, Eric Shanower, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a week with mr. baum, alejandro garcia, bill eubank, billy bumble of oz, buckethead in oz, captain salt, dana dulabone, david valentin, eric gjovaag, grand gheewizard, heartless, jane albright, joe bongiorno, laura denooyer, maud gage baum, mitchell mayle, nate barlow, nimmie amee, oziana, oziana 2021, ozma, psychopompus, robert a. baum, sam milazzo, santa claus, sir hokus of pokes, the butter lamb of oz, the comical cruises of captain cooky, the curious cruise of captain santa, the life and adventures of santa claus, the tin woodman of oz, the trunk in the attic, the wizards of silver and gold in oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tyler jones, w.w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, witches |
Leaving on an Ozoplane
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I can’t remember for sure why I wanted to give this one a reread, but it had been a while since I’d looked at it. It’s the last Oz … Continue reading →
Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Technology | Tagged betsy bobbin, bustabo, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, emerald city, guardian of the gates, international wizard of oz club, jellia jamb, martin gardner, omby amby, ozma, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, queen kabebe, red top mountain, scarecrow, science fiction, speedy in oz, stratosphere, stratovania, strut of the strat, the marvelous land of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, toto, trot griffiths, wizard of oz |
Balancing the Flutterbudget
I received my copy of the 2020 Oziana, the annual collection of original fiction published by the International Wizard of Oz Club, but I waited until it was available for purchase before writing my review. It’s actually the fiftieth anniversary … Continue reading →
Posted in Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged able tong, boy fortune hunters, cap'n bill, death, dennis anfuso, dinner at the del, dragonettes, dragons, emerald city, evangeline, fairies, flutterbudgets, grand gheewizard, hotel del coronado, international wizard of oz club, joe bongiorno, mitchell mayle, ojo, oziana, oziana 2020, patchwork girl, polychrome, polychrome's sky school, quiberon, robert baum, sam milazzo, suren oganessian, the giant horse of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, zinnia's wish |
Why Won’t You Die?
It would become a thing in the Oz books that no one in that fairyland could die, but it wasn’t immediate. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz mentions the threat of death quite often, in fact. The first book to establish … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Characters, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged capital punishment, combinoceros, death, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, dragons, eureka the pink kitten, gigaboo, glegg, glinda of oz, immortality, immortals, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo in oz, kalidahs, kaliko, lions, lurline, nomes, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, prince fiddlecumdoo, prince jollikin, private jo files, purple dragon, realbad, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, snoctorotomus, snufferbux, tazzywaller, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant garden of oz, the good witch of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master crafters of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches |
Baum’s Diamond Swan Song
In the past three years, I’d gotten into the habit of rereading the main Oz book of focus before OzCon, which was canceled this year. I still intended to read Glinda of Oz, but I’d been putting it off because … Continue reading →
Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged bungle the glass cat, button-bright, dorothy gale, ervic, fairies, flatheads, gillikins, glinda, glinda of oz, great book of records, jack pumpkinhead, krumbic witch, lady aurex, magic belt, mrs. yoop, ozcon international, ozma, patchwork girl, pigs, queen coo-ee-oh, reera the red, rora flathead, skeezers, sorcerers, spiders, supreme dictator of the flatheads, swans, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, three adepts at magic, witches, wizards, yookoohoos |
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 |