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Coping with Immortality

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Nathan

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo | 4 Comments

A Washed-Up Atlantis

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Nathan

I’ve started listening to the Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby podcast, which I found on Twitter. I have a lot to catch up on, but I did listen to some of the most recent installments about Atlantis. As the host … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Buddhism, Conspiracy Theories, Ethnicity, Frank Black/Black Francis, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Prejudice, Religion, Technology, Theosophy, William Shakespeare | Tagged al franken, archaeology, aryans, athens, atlantis, atlantis: the antediluvian world, baal-seepa, bible, critias, david m. parry, demons, devadatta, donovan, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dragons, edgar cayce, euhemerism, flood, francis bacon, genesis, glinda of oz, green dragon of atlantis, helena blavatsky, hyperborea, ignatius donnelly, iron age, king midas, let's talk about myths baby, liv albert, lord of the dark face, nazis, neolithic era, numenor, plato, pseudoscience, racism, robert e. howard, sauron, siddharta gautama, silenus, sir arthur conan doyle, sir thomas more, slavery, table of nations, the maracot deep, the scarlet empire, thevetat, timaeus, utopia | 2 Comments

We’re on a Road to Numenor

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Nathan

The Desolations of Devil’s Acre, by Ransom Riggs – The sixth and final (at least for now) book in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series takes place when the resurrected Caul, Miss Peregrine’s evil brother, is using his power to … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, C.S. Lewis, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Language, Magic, Mythology, Punch-Out, Street Fighter, Television, Video Games | Tagged atlantis, beowulf, christopher tolkien, desus nice, evil, god-level knowledge darts, hengist, horsa, middle-earth, miss peregrine's home for peculiar children, morgoth, numenor, ransom riggs, sauron, space trilogy, street fighter ii, the desolation of devil's acre, the lost road, the silmarillion, time travel | 1 Comment

Save Our Symbols

Posted on September 24, 2020 by Nathan

I’ve recently heard about white supremacist groups co-opting the A-OK finger symbol, which hardly seems fair to the rest of us. If they want to steal it, why should they just be able to get away with it? We can’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Jainism, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Satanism, Theosophy, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged adolf hitler, anton lavey, aryans, atlantis, classical elements, donald trump, eliphas levi, goats, heimdall, isis, jesus, manji, nazis, pentagram, racism, satan, stars, swastika, symbolism, terrorism, the legend of zelda | 6 Comments

Life’s Too Short to Be a Crab

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Nathan

The Provolone Ranger – I distinctly remember this being the first Super Show episode I ever saw, and I don’t even think I had a Nintendo or was that familiar with Mario at the time. The usual suspects are riding … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged alcatraz, aqua land, atlantis, baseball, birdo, bloopers, clawgrip, cobrats, coney island, cookoo bird, cyclone, danny wells, double cross ranch, escape from koopatraz, flatbush koopa, french, fungusville, goldfish, goodbye mr. fish, gramps, joe bellan, karen hartman, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, koopatraz state prison, luigi mario, mario mario, mario of the deep, mermaids, mouser, mrs. gamliss, mrs. periwinkle, mush ridge, mushroom kingdom, nedra volz, neptune, ostros, phantos, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, pronto, ratigator, shy guys, statue of liberty, super mario bros. 3, swordfish, the lone ranger, the provolone ranger, toad, toads, tommy lasagna, tommy lasorda, tonto, trouters, two bums from brooklyn, whales | 2 Comments

Disney, My Head Is Spinning

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Nathan

This time, I’m reviewing some more collections of Disney comics. Donald Duck: The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama, by Carl Barks – One of the better stories begins with the bizarre premise that canner P.J. McBrine is trying to ruin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Comics, Humor, Video Games | Tagged andrea castellan, argus mcswine, atlantis, beagle boys, carl barks, daisy duck, dark mines of the phantom metal, darkenblot, dickie duck, dinosaurs, dodging miss daisy, donald duck, donald duck and the titanic ants, donald the milkman, ellroy bheezer, ellsworth bheezer, eurasia toft, flintheart glomgold, forbidden valley, goldie o'gilt, goofy, john d. rockerduck, magica de spell, mickey mouse, mickey mouse timeless tales volume 3, mynah birds, orichalcum, p.j. mcbrine, phantom blot, robots, rumpus mcfolw, scrooge mcduck, scrooge vs. scrooge, scrooge's last adventure, terries and firmies, the black pearls of tabu yama, the miner's granddaughter, the weregoof's curse, uncle scrooge timeless tales volume 3, william van horn | Leave a comment

But Aquaman, You Cannot Marry a Woman Without Gills!

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Nathan

Aquaman – I can’t say I know too much about the character, aside from that he’s the butt of a lot of jokes for his clean-cut persona and seemingly useless powers. From what I’ve read, the comics have addressed that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Comics, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aquaman, atlantis, black manta, dc comics, h.p. lovecraft, jules verne, julie andrews, king arthur, king atlan, ocean master, pirates, princess mera, queen atlanna, superheroes, thomas curry | Leave a comment

Hello to Bygone Ages

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Nathan

Looking at Robert E. Howard’s essay on his imaginary Hyborian Age got me to thinking about a few different issues in fantasy fiction that deals with lost civilizations. The essay tells of a succession of great empires contrasted with barbarians, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Christianity, Discworld, Evolution, History, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Monsters, Mystery Cults, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Persian, Prejudice, Religion, Roman, Science, Terry Pratchett, Theosophy | Tagged agnosticism, angels, atheism, atlantis, aule, bori, cataclysms, charles darwin, charles kingsley, conan the barbarian, devolution, dwarves, elves, emperor constantine, god of evolution, h.p. lovecraft, hyborian age, hyperborea, john dough and the cherub, lemuria, middle-earth, mifkets, mithra, mitra, numenor, racial evolution, racism, rinkitink in oz, robert e. howard, small gods, the colour of magic, the last continent, the water-babies, tottenhots, valar, yasmela | 1 Comment

Up in the Air, Junior Birdgirl

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Nathan

Lost Worlds, by Clark Ashton Smith – Joe Bongiorno’s Lost Histories from the Royal Librarian of Oz contains a few references to Smith’s work, including the sorcerer Eibon and Tsathoggua, his patron toad-god from Saturn, which made me interested in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz | Tagged atlantis, averoigne, carl barks, clark ashton smith, donald duck, eibon, gyro gearloose, h.p. lovecraft, huey dewey and louie, hyperborea, joe bongiorno, lost histories from the royal librarian of oz, lost worlds, magonia, maria dahvana headley, robert e. howard, saturn, scrooge mcduck, the lost peg leg mine, tsathoggua, weird tales | 2 Comments

Ys Into It

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Nathan

One myth I’d heard of before and didn’t really know any of the details was that of Ys (pronounced like “ease”), sometimes called Ker-Ys, a sunken city in Brittany, France. Picture by Laura Csajagi There’s a series of video games … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Celtic, Christianity, French, Mythology, Religion | Tagged atlantis, brittany, dahut, ker-ys, king gradlon the great, malgven, paris, satan, sirens, sodom, st. guenole, ys | 1 Comment

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