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Lions Are a Beast’s Best King

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Nathan

I might as well move on with my Oziana reread to the 1982 issue, which has a rather more abstract and stylized cover than earlier ones. It has a picture of the Cowardly Lion and a mountain inside a larger … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, ben p. indick, billina, blorgens, cowardly lion, david ingersoll, dorothy gale, edith ellen reuwer, fairies, glenn ingersoll, herby the medicine man, jay delkin, jenny jump, kim mcfarland, labor of love, magic fan, nelebel, nelebel's fairyland, omby amby, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, professor wogglebug, rob roy macveigh, scarecrow, the change made by the magic turnstyle, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scarecrow's appreciation day, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, turn-style, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

The South Will Oz Again

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Nathan

As mentioned in the introduction, the cover picture of the 1980 Oziana, as drawn by Albert Chronic, references a passage in Captain Salt in Oz, specifically when the Captain says that the Wizard of Oz is building airships that would … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Food, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, agga-groo, albert chronic, appearance, captain salt in oz, colonel cotton in oz, cowardly lion, dixie, edith hollister, g. mohrman, glegg, grampa in oz, great detective, how the cowardly lion met the hungry tiger, hungry tiger, judy bieber, kabumpo in oz, king gugu, miss cuttenclip, ozamaland, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, question box, ragbad, ragej, railroads, samandra, sherlock holmes, the magic of oz, the sea fairies, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tim hollis, toto | 3 Comments

They’re Gonna Put Me in the Movies

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Nathan

The 1979 Oziana starts out by saying three stories “seems to be a typical number,” which is generally true, although the previous one had four. The cover illustration by Rob Roy MacVeigh shows the Scarecrow in a cornfield, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, emerald city, geoffrey l. gould, glinda, gloma, greg gick, hank and the scarecrow of oz, hank the mule, horses, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, jim the cab-horse, journal of a journey, mary rakestraw, oziana, rob roy macveigh, robert pattrick, ruth berman, scarecrow, school of hard knocks, shaggy man, stephanie hawks, the deadly desert around oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the real critics, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), toto, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, witches, wizard of oz, zeb hugson | Leave a comment

This Was Once a Local, But It’s Now an Express

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Nathan

With the 1972 Oziana, we start with a cover drawn by Tony Moses, showing several Oz characters attending what appears to be a fair. The Cowardly Lion is sitting and reading The Annotated Alice, and the Woozy floating away with … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice | Tagged adrienne martinez, brian baker, cowardly lion, diana merryman, dragons, flying carpets, fred meyer, hedgehogs, it's tuesday this must be oz, jeff freedman, jokesville, kalidahs, magic carpet, mary reynolds, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, racism, scraps and the cruel kalidah, sherwood smith, the disenchanted princess of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tin woodman, tony moses, wizard of oz, woozy | 2 Comments

Pearls Before Nomes

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Nathan

I was thinking about doing an Oziana reread, as I know there were aspects of some of the stories I wanted to explore further. Last year was the fiftieth anniversary of the journal, and the International Wizard of Oz Club … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bill eubank, button-bright of oz, cowardly lion, crinklink, dr. watson, eric gjovaag, foxville, giants, harry mcnaught, harry mongold, heartless: the story of the tin man, hungry tiger, international wizard of oz club, joe bongiorno, johnny dooit, kaliko, lions, little golden books, nome king, nomes, owls, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, royal timeline of oz, ruth berman, sherlock holmes, sherlock holmes in oz, sir arthur conan doyle, sir hokus of pokes, steampunk, the cowardly lion changes his name, the patchwork girl and the giant, the red desert of oz, the road to oz, the sawhorse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok takes a trip, tin woodman, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

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 | 1 Comment

Shave and a Haircut, Two Squits

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Nathan

Jenny Jump might well be the foremost stylist in Oz, but there are other mentions of hairstyling being a thing in Oz even before her arrival, if perhaps less creative. There’s a pun in The Patchwork Girl of Oz when Bungle … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Etymology, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alibabble, barbers, barberville, bertrand russell, brussle, bungle the glass cat, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, down town, emerald city, eric gjovaag, hair, hairstyles, hungry tiger, jo musket, jodie in oz, karyl carlson, lady twist, old wolliwag, ozcon international, ozma of oz, paradox in oz, princess ayala, princess talia, queen ann in oz, rash, red jinn, sir dye, the hungry tiger of oz, the living house of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tonsoria, unc nunkie, w. w. denslow, who's who in oz, wigs, young wolliwag | Leave a comment

The Sins of Silver Island

Posted on June 23, 2021 by Nathan

The Royal Book of Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – I’d gotten into the habit a few years ago of starting to reread the hundredth-anniversary Oz book around L. Frank Baum’s birthday, 15 May. Since the last one was published … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Families, History, Humor, Japan, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bungle the glass cat, camels, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, don quixote, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, dr. pipt, fix city, giants, gilbert and sullivan, jack pumpkinhead, kamikaze, memo, ozma, patchwork girl, pokes, professor wogglebug, racism, randum, silver island, sir hokus of pokes, the mikado, the royal book of oz | 3 Comments

Ostriches and Old Ones and Vampires, Oh My!

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Nathan

I’ve read a few new-to-me Oz books recently, and I’d like to share my thoughts on them. There are potential SPOILERS for all of them. The Rubber Ostriches of Oz, by Marin Xiques and Chris Dulabone – Greg Hunter’s “Unc … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Prejudice | Tagged and justice for oz, bees, candy country, china princess, cowardly lion, cthulhu, cthulhu invades oz, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dorothy of oz prequel, fighting trees, flutterbudgets, frogman, fuddles, greg hunter, h.p. lovecraft, jester, john dough and the cherub, lark vandergrace, legends of oz: dorothy's return, lollipop guild, marshall mallow, nikki kay richardson, ostriches, ozga, oziana, phyllis ann karr, r.k. lionel, rigmarole town, robots, roger baum, sam milazzo, scarecrow, shaggy man, the braided man of oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the rubber ostriches of oz, tin woodman, travis gibb, two terrific tales of oz, unc nunkie and the white king of oz, vampires, wiser the owl | 2 Comments

Leaving on an Ozoplane

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Nathan

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 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: cowardly lion

Lions Are a Beast’s Best King

The South Will Oz Again

They’re Gonna Put Me in the Movies

This Was Once a Local, But It’s Now an Express

Pearls Before Nomes

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

Shave and a Haircut, Two Squits

The Sins of Silver Island

Ostriches and Old Ones and Vampires, Oh My!

Leaving on an Ozoplane

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