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Pendexter’s Laboratory

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Nathan

Today, in my ongoing look at obscure Oz books, I’m looking at the work of Hugh Pendexter III. He dives into some unanswered questions from the series and includes quite a few references, although he mostly uses his own characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cap'n bill, curtis dunham, dogs, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, elephants, ev, farhold island, forest of gugu, great gillikin forest, how the wizard came to oz, johnny dooit, mombi, morrow, nine tiny piglets, oz and the three witches, ozma, paul clarendon west, robots, saturn, shaggy man, silico, tales of the crocheted cat, the crocheted cat in oz, the golden goblin, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the road to oz, the sea fairies, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, wooglet in oz | Leave a comment

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve previously reviewed the 2016 Oziana, which consists of fifteen different alternate endings for Rinktink in Oz. I thought I should say a little more about each one, however, so here we go. Susan Johnson starts out by going in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a child's garden, aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, christopher m. diket, dorothy gale, eggs, eleanor kennedy, ev, fix city, flattown, george van buren, gilgad, goats, high faluting city, how to be good, invisible inzi of oz, jackdaws, james bond, john w. kennedy, karen diket, king anko, king gos of regos, king rinkitink, kuik blackbab, maggie lockett, magic belt, mariah b'forre, mermaids, musicton, nikobob, nome king, nome kingdom, ouija board, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, puns, queen aquareine, queen cor of coregos, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, roodnite, sarah hadley, scarecrow, susan johnson, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway of oz, three trick caverns, toto and the cats of oz, tune town, virginia and robert wauchope, walkingbury, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizards, zog | 4 Comments

You Can See ‘Em Work

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Nathan

For the 2004 Oziana, John Bell took over as editor, as well as the author of one of the stories. The cover picture, which wraps around, was drawn by Don Marquez, and includes his takes on many different established characters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Families, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, a wonderful journey in oz, alexi francis, brains, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, cap'n bill, don marquez, dorothy gale, ev, evrob and the nomes, great book of records, greg hunter, henry blossom, j. l. bell, john mundt, kaliko, magic umbrella, margaret berg, mister flint in oz, mozel tozv, new moon over oz, nome king, nome kingdom, nomes, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozroar, professor wogglebug, scare city, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the glass cat of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the magic of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, tik-tok of oz, time travel, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wheelers, wishing pills, wizard of oz, zif | 5 Comments

Dark and Shuttered

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Nathan

This week, we’re taking a look at the 1991 Oziana. Well, what else did you expect after the 1990 issue? The cover by Chris Sterling shows the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman putting on a puppet show, with each one controlling a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, afterlife, beach blanket babyloz, big enough mountain, charles martensen, chris sterling, christopher wayne buckley, death, earl abbe, ev, fairness, fred otto, glinda, great book of records, haiku, johnny dooit, kabumpo in oz, loxo the lucky, mission impozible, nome king, nomes, omby amby, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pyrzqxgl, ray bradbury, robin olderman, scarecrow, shutter town, something wicked this way comes, speedy in oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the giant horse of oz, the magic of oz, tik-tok of oz, timmy and the shutter faces in oz, tin woodman, water of oblivion, who's who in oz, woot the wanderer | 1 Comment

The New Ugu

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Nathan

I guess it’s time for Oziana 1984. The cover by Melody Grandy shows a typical inhabitant of the Pink and Blue Countries of Sky Island, which is relevant to the first story. The introduction explains that, since L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Camilla Townsend, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, alexander pope, boolooroo of the blues, brownies, cats, confido, corabia, david hulan, david ingersoll, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, dunciad, eureka in oz, eureka the pink kitten, ev, fairies, general guph, gili bar-hillel, glenn ingersoll, great detective, jay delkin, kalidahs, nine tiny piglets, oziana, ozma, philip john lewin, pigmentation, rain king, robin olderman, sky island, the blue raindrops of oz, the colorful kitten of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mystery of the missing ozma, the piglets' revenge, the pronunciad, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, wishing pills, wooglet in oz | 1 Comment

Jinnicky’s Body

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Nathan

We’re now up to the Oziana from the year I was born, 1977. The front cover shows the royal palace of Oogaboo, as drawn by Albert Chronic. The introductory page has a political cartoon by Bill Eubank that isn’t really that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a map for ruth plumly thompson, albert chronic, bill eubank, boboland, button-bright, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dragonettes, dragons, ev, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, hotsnaps, hyenas, jay delkin, juggins, magic umbrella, nome king, nome kingdom, oogaboo, orks, oziana, ozma of oz, polychrome, president jimmy carter, professor wogglebug, red jinn, red top mountain, rinkitink in oz, robert pattrick, ruth berman, santa claus, ski-dad'l, slavery, smith and tinker, stanley worden, the curious cruise of captain santa, the disenchanted princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius, two friendships, what if they had taken the other path?, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

Map Attack

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Nathan

On the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the Tik-Tok of Oz endpapers, L. Frank Baum included places from his non-Oz fantasies, including the as-yet-unpublished King Rinkitink that would become Rinkitink in Oz two years later. Most of these had already … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, bandits, beavers, boboland, chick the cherub, coregos, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ev, fairy beavers, hightown, hiland, international wizard of oz club, isle of phreex, james e. haff, jinxland, john dough, john dough and the cherub, king ato, king rinkitink, loland, mifkets, mo, nome kingdom, nomes, nonestic ocean, octagon isle, ozma of oz, palace of romance, pingaree, pirates, pirates in oz, princess jacquelin, regos, rinkitink in oz, ruprecht the castaway king, scoodlers, the emerald city of oz, the road to oz, the scalawagons of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tales of yot, tik-tok of oz, valley of romance, vegetable kingdom | Leave a comment

Unequal Reprozentation

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Nathan

Picture by Jimmy Robinson I had observed before how L. Frank Baum didn’t do a whole lot with the Gillikin Country after introducing it The Marvelous Land of Oz, then had a lot happen there in his last three Oz … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged captain salt in oz, emerald city, ev, gillikins, glinda, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jinjur, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, merry go round in oz, munchkins, nome kingdom, nonestic ocean, ozana, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, professor wogglebug, quadlings, ragbad, speedy in oz, statistics, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tin castle, winkies | Leave a comment

Tips for Up and Coming Fairy Princesses

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Nathan

I listened to the first two seasons of The Chronicles of Oz about a year and a half ago, and the third season is up now. Each one is based on a book, so this one is Ozma of Oz. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays | Tagged aron toman, azkadellia, billina, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, ev, fairies, gregory maguire, grommetik, hungry tiger, magic belt, nanda, nome king, ozma, ozma of oz, princess langwidere, return to oz, robots, scarecrow, silver shoes, sir dashemoff daily, tales from the wizard of oz, the chronicles of oz, tik-tok, tin man, tin woodman, tippetarius, tryxie tryfle, wicked, wicked witch of the west | Leave a comment

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

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Pendexter’s Laboratory

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

You Can See ‘Em Work

Dark and Shuttered

The New Ugu

Jinnicky’s Body

Map Attack

Unequal Reprozentation

Tips for Up and Coming Fairy Princesses

No Talking, Just Animals

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