Monthly Archives: August 2022

Something for the Ruler with Everything

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Nathan

The 1998 Oziana has even less original art than the last issue. Aside from the front cover by Ron Zhang, showing an MGM-inspired Wicked Witch of the West menacing the familiar four (five, including Toto) and a picture of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, barsoom, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, bunnybury, corabia, corumbia, cowardly lion, dave hardenbrook, david hulan, dorothy gale, edgar rice burroughs, elephants, firestones, gayelette, glinda, golden cap, j. l. bell, jellia jamb maid of oz, john carter, kabumpo, kabumpo finds a frond, lonesome duck, magic belt, mars, mike turniansky, oziana, ozma, ozma's swap party, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, prince corum of corumbia, princess marygolden of corabia, puzzles, quelala, rabbits, robin olderman, ron zhang, samandra, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shortest book of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, woodchucks | 2 Comments

The World First Spoke to Me in Sensurround

Posted on August 28, 2022 by Nathan

We haven’t really been watching a lot of movies recently, aside from the two Elvis ones. I can’t even remember how long ago it was we saw the first two on here; they’ve been sitting in a draft for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, They Might Be Giants, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aliens, amusement parks, damon wayans, earth girls are easy, geena davis, george segal, glenn close, jason alexander, jeff goldblum, jim carrey, julie brown, kings dominion, marissa tomei, michael keaton, murder, newspapers, racism, randy quaid, rollercoaster, ron howard, sensurround, six flags magic mountain, sparks, stepfather, the paper | 1 Comment

It’s a Celtic Thing

Posted on August 27, 2022 by Nathan

I recently finished reading the Mabinogion, a collection of Welsh mythological prose, translated by Lady Charlotte Guest in the nineteenth century. I understand there have been better English translations since then, but this is what I could easily find online, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, Board Games, British, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Games, History, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Religion, Roman Empire, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Welsh | Tagged affalach, arianrhod, avalon, bible, blodeuwedd, cassivellaunus, cayke the cookie cook, chronicles of prydain, delilah, dylan ail don, eagles, emperor magnus maximus, fidchell, fisher king, flowers, gilfathwy, goewin, grampa in oz, gronw pebr, gwydion fab don, holy grail, judges, julius caesar, king arthur, lady charlotte guest, lleu llaw gyffes, lloyd alexander, mabinogion, magic dishpan, math ap mathonwy, owls, pair dadeni, rape, sir perceval, the black cauldron, the lost princess of oz, urtha | 3 Comments

Rustles and Flutters

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Nathan

It’s that time again, and here’s the 1997 Oziana. The cover shows an Oz shield that was made to be colored in, but I never did. Original illustrations are sparse this time, and many of them just repurposed John R. Neill … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Games, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, a generic oz story, beenie in oz, big enough mountain, braided man, button-bright, computer virozes, computer viruses, danny wall, dave hardenbrook, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragons, eleanor kennedy, emerald city, forever in oz, frank joslyn baum, gili bar-hillel, glinda, imps, international wizard of oz club, jeremy steadman, john n. white, junk mail, karyl carlson, oziana, ozma, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, percy vere, percy's problematic poetry, prince pompadore, professor wogglebug, pyramid mountain, robin olderman, ruby imp, the abcs of oz, the braided man of oz, the dollmaker of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the haunted castle of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost princess of oz, the oz gazette, the seven blue mountains of oz, theresa hogue, tin woodman, transformation, tyler jones, ugu the shoemaker, wishes, wizard of oz, word find, zim greenleaf of oz | Leave a comment

The Domain of the King

Posted on August 21, 2022 by Nathan

You may remember that Beth and I were watching all the Elvis movies in order, and I’d been writing about them in groups of three. But then it was a few months between seeing the seventh and eighth, and we … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, elvis presley, Families, Music, Prejudice, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged angela lansbury, austin butler, blue hawaii, colonel tom parker, cultural appropriation, elvis, priscilla presley, tom hanks, tuesday weld, wild in the country | 1 Comment

Women and Demons

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Nathan

Pandora’s Jar: Women in the Greek Myths, by Natalie Haynes – I believe I first saw this book mentioned in a list of online recommendations, but it was also discussed on the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast. It focuses … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christopher Moore, Feminism, Final Fantasy, Focus on the Foes, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, India, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Video Games | Tagged adam and eve, aesop, athena, bible, demons, dragons, epimetheus, erasmus, final fantasy vi, force of fire, gorgons, hesiod, jason, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, medea, medusa, natalie haynes, noir, pandora, pandora's jar, poseidon, prometheus, rakkhosh, razzmatazz, sayantani dasgupta, titans, zeus | 1 Comment

The Need for Speedy

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Nathan

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 | Leave a comment

I Don’t Think It’s Good to Work Too Hard

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve gotten into the habit of writing about a video game when I start playing it, then again when I finish, assuming I ever do. I do tend to post occasional updates to Twitter, however, thanks to the screen capture … Continue reading →

Posted in Chrono Trigger, Dreams, Etymology, Families, Greek Mythology, Humor, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Names, Relationships, Sims, Technology, Video Games | Tagged aliens, casey bat, cosmic star heroine, dalaam, earthbound, earthbound beginnings, giygas, jeff andonuts, magicant, master belch, mother 3, mr. saturn, nintendo switch, pokey minch, prince poo, robots, sword of kings, the sims 4, time travel, twitter, weapons | Leave a comment

Eleven, Twelve, Pig and Delve

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Nathan

The first noticeable thing about the 1995 Oziana is that the cover has a picture by the late Rob Roy MacVeigh of the main characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. There’s also inside cover art by editor Robin Olderman, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, betsy bobbin, cats, david hulan, david maxine, delves, destre xan childs, dolls, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, glinda, jack pumpkinhead, james vincent iii, k. kline, kaliko in oz, karyl carlson, magic belt, nine tiny piglets, nome king, nome kingdom, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, pigs, queen delva, rob roy macveigh, robin olderman, scarecrow, the dollmaker of oz, the purple prince of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, tin woodman, trot griffiths, wag the rabbit, wizard of oz, yellow brick road | 2 Comments

The Male Must Get Through

Posted on August 6, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve noticed an obsession the far right seems to have with masculinity. Someone on Twitter linked to this article, which is four years old at this point, but seems pretty accurate. It’s based on a non-scientific study, but it supports … Continue reading →

Posted in Conspiracy Theories, Games, Gender, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Sexuality, Sports, Video Games | Tagged donald trump, feminism, homophobia, homosexuality, jian ghomeshi, josh hawley, joss whedon, masculinity, racism, toxic masculinity, transphobia, white supremacy | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: August 2022

Something for the Ruler with Everything

The World First Spoke to Me in Sensurround

Rustles and Flutters

The Domain of the King

Women and Demons

The Need for Speedy

I Don’t Think It’s Good to Work Too Hard

Eleven, Twelve, Pig and Delve

The Male Must Get Through

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