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All the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Nathan

My Oz reading recently has been a bit slow, both because I’ve had other things to read and because I was a little embarrassed to reread my own “Prince Pompadore in Oz.” I did like it, but I didn’t want to read … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Board Games, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Games, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Toys | Tagged charlene gretski, corinne morris, dagmar in oz, danica libutti, david rose, deadly desert, dolls, dorothy and the magic belt, doug morris, dr. angelina bean in oz, dr. nikidik, elves, emerald city, fleas, frogs, jeremy steadman, joy marie morris, lunarr and maureen in oz, mombi, noyzy boyz, oziana, ozma, peter morris, prince pompadore in oz, ruth morris, scoodlers, scrabble, snakes, susan saunders, the flying bus in oz, the lost king of oz, the road to oz | 4 Comments

The Call of Cthjello

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Nathan

It’s Oziana time! Let’s delve into the 1981 issue, which has a drawing of Glinda by Denise Brunkus on the cover. Maybe this is just me, but it seems like her dress is made to look lumpy, and it puts … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, Jack Snow, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adventure on monday mountain, as the rainbow follows the rain, billina, cthjello, cthulhu, dana linker, daniel k. cox, deadly desert, death, denise brunkus, dorothy gale, emeralda ozgood, ernest johnson, glinda, grampa in oz, great book of records, h.p. lovecraft, immortality, kaliko, lurline, mermaids, monday mountain, mount munch, nome king, nome kingdom, old ones, oziana, ozma, paula cooper, polychrome, professor wogglebug, rinkitink in oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the rainbow's daughter of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the woggle-bug book, tik-tok of oz, trot griffiths, yog-sothoth, yug-succotash | 1 Comment

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

Truth or Sand Witches

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Nathan

The 1975 Oziana is the last one with Gary Ralph as editor, and the majority of it consists of one story, but it’s a good one. “The Romance of the Silver Shoes,” by Laura Jane Musser – A longer tale … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged bill eubank, bungle the glass cat, daniel k. cox, deadly desert, dorothy gale, dorothy's dilemma, gary ralph, immortals, laura jane musser, mark deitch, mercury, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, polychrome, princess langwidere, progressia, rain king, robert lauer, sandrika, silver shoes, the romance of the silver shoes, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto, wicked witch of the east, winds, witches, woozy | Leave a comment

It’s All About the Shoes

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Nathan

On Facebook, there’s been some argument on the cover of the latest Baum Bugle, which I haven’t received. It’s possible my membership has lapsed, because it seems like I never get warnings about that. It isn’t a great design, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a foolish fable from oz, betsy bobbin, boots, braided man, carter green, clothing, deadly desert, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, enilrul, glinda, great book of records, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, karyl carlson, laura jane musser, magic belt, mercury, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oz and the three witches, oziana, ozish, ozlection, pingaree, quick sandals, r.k. lionel, realbad, return to oz, rinkitink in oz, roger baum, Ruby Slippers, shoes, silver shoes, sky island, snufferbux, tappy town, technicolor, the baum bugle, the braided man of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the runaway in oz, the silver shoes of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wam, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Nathan

The program books at the Winkie Convention/OzCon International, edited by David Maxine, have some pretty good essays and other material. My first contribution appeared in this year’s, which also included Robert Pattrick’s story about the Tin Woodman and Tin Soldier … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill bored, branding in oz, bunbury, bunnybury, captain salt, captain salt in oz, crinklink, deadly desert, doorways, down town, ev, gludwig the glubrious, grampa in oz, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, illumi nation, kabumpo in oz, little dorothy and toto, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, mr. yoop, nome kingdom, ozcon international, ozma, ozma of oz, patrick maund, pirates in oz, pokes, post man, roads, seeweegia, sign-here, signs, soup sea, the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the forgotten forest of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok of oz, wheelers | 2 Comments

Funerals Are No Help to Fairyland

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Nathan

As L. Frank Baum developed Oz, he eventually made it a place where no one dies, although he wasn’t always totally consistent on this point. In The Tin Woodman of Oz, he reports that death and aging stopped when Lurline … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, arch of phinis, awgwas, blue country, boolooroo of the blues, button-bright, deadly desert, death, emperor chang wang woe, gaper's gulch, ghip-ghisizzle, gump, heaven, kabumpo, lurline, pink country, scarecrow, sky island, the life and adventures of santa claus, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, tin woodman | 3 Comments

Carpeting the Gaps

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Nathan

The Magic Carpet of Oz, by David Hulan – I was in communication with David back when I first joined the International Wizard of Oz Club more than twenty years ago. He offered me some advice on the Oz stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, boboland, david hulan, deadly desert, eureka in oz, frogman, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, kingdom of dreams, magic carpet, margaret berg, mount mern, oziana, ozish, ozma, ozma of oz, rinkitink in oz, the emerald city of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the tin woodman of oz, ugu the shoemaker, whimsies, zif, zosozo | 6 Comments

We Ain’t Got No Brains and We Ain’t Got No Hearts

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Nathan

A Refugee in Oz, by Kim McFarland – When Nomes invade the peaceful oasis in the Deadly Desert that serves as home to the Madou, a blue-skinned tribe that uses magic in everyday life, an apprentice named Kokoro journeys to … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Oz | Tagged a refugee in oz, deadly desert, dorothy gale, kim mcfarland, kokoro, madou, magic belt, nome king, nomes, patchwork girl, scarecrow, tin woodman, wizard of oz, woozy | 9 Comments

The Ozma Conspiracy

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Nathan

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 →

Posted in Oz | Tagged bible, conspiracy theories, deadly desert, dorothy gale, glinda, great books of records, john r. neill, lucky bucky in oz, lurline, magic picture, mombi, ozma, return to oz, speedy in oz, the road to oz, trot griffiths, umbrella island, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: deadly desert

All the Noise, Noise, Noise, Noise

The Call of Cthjello

Coping with Immortality

Truth or Sand Witches

It’s All About the Shoes

Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

Funerals Are No Help to Fairyland

Carpeting the Gaps

We Ain’t Got No Brains and We Ain’t Got No Hearts

The Ozma Conspiracy

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