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Gabbin’ About Gabooches

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

The Gabooches are characters in John R. Neill’s Lucky Bucky in Oz, but it’s not entirely clear what a Gabooch actually is. They first show up when Bucky throws enchanted doorknobs at the Nomes, and they promptly turn into four … Continue reading →

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Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

When John R. Neill took over writing as well as illustrating the Oz books, the results were…rather weird and somewhat disjointed, to say the least. Still, he introduced some rather memorable characters, one of them being Number Nine. This Munchkin … Continue reading →

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The Missing Crinklink

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

I’ve been looking recently at how the Wizard of Oz is portrayed throughout the Oz series, and this Lit Brick comic offers another good example of the character being a jerk, and oddly enough it’s known that it’s not entirely … Continue reading →

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Looking for Oz in All the Wrong Places

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Where is Oz located? Of course, Oz isn’t really anywhere, being a made-up country, but what fun is that? L. Frank Baum wrote of Oz as being just as real as the United States, or whatever other country a reader … Continue reading →

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Mombi Dearest

Posted on January 23, 2013 by

When studying the history of Oz, you’re pretty much guaranteed to come across Mombi, the wicked witch who successfully captured three successive generations of the Ozian royal family. She first shows up in The Marvelous Land of Oz as someone … Continue reading →

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Oscar the Inventor

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

Many of the magicians in the Oz series mix technology with magic, and the Wizard of Oz is no exception. In fact, with his background in the Great Outside World and his resourcefulness, he’s one of the most prominent inventors … Continue reading →

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Shoot ‘Em Up

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

I know there was an article in an old Baum Bugle called “Guns of Oz,” but I haven’t read it. In writing about guns in the Oz series, I’m probably going to mention many of the same things, however. The … Continue reading →

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All’s Whale That Ends Whale

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

One of my favorite John R. Neill creations is Davy Jones, a wooden whale who is a seagoing vessel unto himself. I already wrote a little about him here, but…well, I’d say I barely scratched the surface, but that’s not … Continue reading →

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The Ozma Conspiracy

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

Mike Conway linked to this page of conspiracy theories for the Oz books, and I thought I’d offer my two squits on them. Dorothy and other humans who find their way to Oz are Sliders. Makes sense, and perhaps explains … Continue reading →

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