Category Archives: Gina Wickwar

All Yooped Up

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nathan

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 | Leave a comment

Reasoning with Rulers

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Nathan

According to the introduction to the 2002 Oziana, both health and technical issues prevented Robin Olderman from continuing as editor of the magazine, so Joel Harris in Special Publications temporarily took over the job. The issue wasn’t released until 2002, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Games, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, bears, box wood, cap'n bill, dearest mother, dinner bell, fairies, forest of burzee, ginger, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, joel harris, kabumpo, king randywell, lurline and the white ravens of oz, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozma fights the sniffles, planetty, polychrome, red jinn, robin olderman, skeeziques, slavery, the gardener's boy of oz, the great jinjin, the many trees, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, tippetarius, tititi-hoochoo, trees, trot griffiths, wizard of oz, yankee in oz, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz, zurline | 3 Comments

Nonestic Promotion, Part 2: Didja Ever Hear of Oz?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Nathan

While Ruth Plumly Thompson would eventually become frustrated at how little promotion Reilly & Lee did for the Oz books, they did make some attempts early on in her tenure as Royal Historian. One such promotion was a short play … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Characters, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, bungle the glass cat, carter green, conventions, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, eric gjovaag, fix city, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, norman sherred, oz centennial convention, oz convention, ozga, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, puns, scarecrow, scraps from oz, signs, sissajig and other surprises, the cowardly lion of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

No Talking, Just Animals

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Nathan

At the most recent OzCon International, I was on a panel about animals in Oz, discussing, among other things, whether they have the same rights as humans. It went off track a few times, but some interesting topics came up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baffleburg, bilbil, billina, combinoceros, dogs, donkeys, emerald city, ev, hank the mule, horses, immortality, ix, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, king randywell, lions, mombi, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, peter brown, pita the sand witch, queen zixi of ix, realbad, rinkitink in oz, ruffles, samandra, snip, snoctorotomus, tazzywaller, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto of oz, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

I Like Birds

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Nathan

When I linked to my last Oz post on Facebook, people gave a few more examples of birds I hadn’t mentioned, including some people turned into birds and other birds from authors outside the Famous Forty. I believe the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, David Tai, Edward Einhorn, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, Hugh Pendexter, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged barry klein, beak the parrot, becky klein, benny the gander, birds, borderbirds, bordermoor, bush-birds, canaries, chickens, corina, crows, cuckoo clocks, cuckoos, cyrune, david hulan, diplomatic immunity, dorothy gale, doves, ducks, eagles, falcons, faleero, ganders, geese, glinda of oz, golden witch, goldfinches, good witch of the north, grampa, grampa in oz, great grey gillikin swamp, hawks, imps, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kiki aru, little wizard stories of oz, magic belt, magpies, mimics, mogodore, mombi, mooj, nome king, ojo in oz, ostriches, owls, ozma, ozma and the little wizard, pajuka, paradox in oz, parrot island, parrots, patchwork girl, phanfasms, pirates, pirates in oz, pocotristi sostenuto, polychrome, prince bobo, queen coo-ee-oh, queen klurookuk, ravens, rinkitink in oz, seagulls, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, sky island, slyddwyn, snip, sparrows, swans, tempus the parrot-ox, the blue witch of oz, the crocheted cat in oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the lost tales of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep and the magpie, transformation, trot griffiths, ugu the shoemaker, vultures, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer, yeksh | 2 Comments

Gnomic Utterances

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Nathan

I recently read Ruth Berman’s Dunkiton Pamphlet on Gnome Matters, including a history of gnomes, touching on their use in the Oz books. I’ve written about this topic before, like how the name might well have originated with Paracelsus, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, German, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bucketheads in oz, delves, demons, dunkiton press, edward r. blanchard, elementals, enilrul, eva katharine gibson, fairies, fire fairies, frank joslyn baum, gnome king, gnome matters, gnomes, gnomides, goblins, gold panners, goldemar, greg hunter, isabel johnston, j. l. bell, jimmy bulber of oz, joe bongiorno, julia brown, kaliko, knarls, margaret berg, nome king, nomes, number-nip, nymphs, paracelsus, polychrome, quar, royal timeline of oz, rubezahl, ruth berman, sherwood smith, the emerald city mirror, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gnome king and the good fairy of the silver mine, the hidden prince of oz, the jeweled toad, the life and adventures of santa claus, the purple prince of oz, the reading tree of oz, the three threads, the tik-tok man of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, william brough, zauberlinda the wise witch | 5 Comments

Slide Some Oil to Me

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Nathan

I suppose Oz must use fossil fuels to at least some extent. I mean, the Tin Woodman carries around an oilcan in order to lubricate his joints and keep them from rusting. L. Frank Baum’s father became rich through oil … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Technology | Tagged benjamin baum, flabber-gas, fossil fuels, grease, midnight oil, oil, oilville, ozallooning in oz, peli-cans, petroleum, scalawagons, the forbidden fountain of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, toto of oz | 1 Comment

A Space Ozyssey

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve examined the possible location of the Land of Oz and its surrounding fairylands in the past. To sum up, the earlier books seem to place it in some hidden part of our Earth, while more recent ones tend to … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, argo, big dipper, cancer, demon of electricity, gump, james howe, jupiter, kass stone, kenneth gage baum, man in the moon, mars, mister tinker in oz, moon, mother goose in prose, neptune, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, polaris, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, saturn, scarecrow, sky island, smith and tinker, speedy, stars, stratovania, the dinamonster of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the man in the moon, the martian invasion of oz, the master key, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz, three-headed elvis clone found in flying saucer over oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, uranus, ursa minor, yankee in oz, zodiac | 1 Comment

Art with Brains and Courage

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Nathan

After my post on books in Oz, Paul Dana suggested that I write one about the performing arts in that fairyland. It’s a good idea, but they aren’t really covered all that much in the books. I’ve looked previously at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, March Laumer, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a fairy queen of oz, allegro da capo, invisible inzi of oz, kabumpo in oz, musicton, oogaboo, oziana, ozmapolitan, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, robert wauchope, scarecrow, stratovania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the gnome king of oz, the harvest ball, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the rundelstone of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, troopadours, tune town, victor columbia edison, virginia wauchope | 2 Comments

Pearls of Conventional Wisdom

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Nathan

I attended a bunch of Oz Conventions back in the 1990s, and the Centennial Convention in Indiana in 2000, but haven’t been to any since then. The International Wizard of Oz Club used to do at least three per year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged costumes, david maxine, eric gjovaag, inanna mcgraw, international wizard of oz club, john fricke, judy garland, munchkin convention, ozcon international, paul dana, peter hanff, peter mcgraw, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, scott cummings, sean carlson, winkie convention | 22 Comments

Category Archives: Gina Wickwar

All Yooped Up

Reasoning with Rulers

Nonestic Promotion, Part 2: Didja Ever Hear of Oz?

No Talking, Just Animals

I Like Birds

Gnomic Utterances

Slide Some Oil to Me

A Space Ozyssey

Art with Brains and Courage

Pearls of Conventional Wisdom

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