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Something for the Ruler with Everything

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Nathan

The 1998 Oziana has even less original art than the last issue. Aside from the front cover by Ron Zhang, showing an MGM-inspired Wicked Witch of the West menacing the familiar four (five, including Toto) and a picture of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, barsoom, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, bunnybury, corabia, corumbia, cowardly lion, dave hardenbrook, david hulan, dorothy gale, edgar rice burroughs, elephants, firestones, gayelette, glinda, golden cap, j. l. bell, jellia jamb maid of oz, john carter, kabumpo, kabumpo finds a frond, lonesome duck, magic belt, mars, mike turniansky, oziana, ozma, ozma's swap party, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, prince corum of corumbia, princess marygolden of corabia, puzzles, quelala, rabbits, robin olderman, ron zhang, samandra, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shortest book of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, woodchucks | 2 Comments

Purple Horse, Pink Goat, Blue Woozy

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Nathan

Scan by Jared Davis The 1992 Oziana gives us a rather striking cover illustration, a picture by Eric Shanower of the Wicked Witch of the East as she realizes she’s about to be crushed by a house. “A Christmas Tree … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Christmas, Comics, Eric Shanower, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a christmas tree for dorothy, afterlife, bill eubank, blue emperor, brent peddy, christmas trees, cindy jen, daniel han, david maxine, deepa mehta, dorothy gale, dorothy's christmas tree, emerald city, everett avila, fred meyer, gayelette, goats, henry blossom, high boy, horses, joe mcsweeney, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kingdom of dreams, krizzle kroo, lurline, magic mistake bag, nicole bent, oziana, ozma, pastoria, professor nowitall, ricky blount, robin olderman, sandman, santa claus, scarecrow, shaune anderson, stars, the blue emperor of oz, the giant horse of oz, the journey, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the silver princess in oz, the tail of the pink goat, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tin woodman, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards, woozy | 2 Comments

Get Reel

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Nathan

Since the 1989 Oziana is more movie-based, it shouldn’t be too surprising that it’s not a favorite of mine, but I have some things to say about it anyway. “Biozonnet 1,” by Robin Olderman – The editor presents a poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry | Tagged biozonnet 1, chris sterling, chuck sabatos, dorothy gale, follow the other brick road, forest of gugu, fred meyer, gayelette, glinda, good witch of the north, john fricke, oziana, quizzes, rated g for glinda, rhinoceroses, rob roy macveigh, robert b. luehrs, robin olderman, roger phillips, susan hall, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, there's no place like oz, toto, wam, yellow brick road | 2 Comments

Zooming with the Wizard

Posted on August 16, 2020 by Nathan

To Oz? To Oz! is the second online Oz event I attended this year, the other being OzCon International. Originally, the International Wizard of Oz Club was going to hold its national convention in upstate New York this weekend, but that … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Games, L. Frank Baum, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Playing Cards, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video | Tagged aaron adelman, anthony whitaker, colin ayres, dina schiff massachi, dorothy gale, eliza wren, garrett kilgore, gayelette, home from oz, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, jane albright, jessica south, joseph south, margolotte, nandywog, patchwork girl, pons maar, return to oz, ryan jay, sarah crotzer, sarah crozter, scott cummings, scraps, spirit of oz, strange tale of nursery folk, the purple prince of oz, the runaway shadows and other stories, the wiz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, to oz? to oz!, wheelers, zoe o'haillin-berne, zoom | Leave a comment

Sorting Out Sorcery

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Nathan

One running theme in Glinda of Oz is that there are several different types of magic in Oz, all of which have their specialties, but none of them can do everything. L. Frank Baum contrasts the fairy magic of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemy, Characters, Etymology, Games, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Theosophy | Tagged abrog, akbad, belfaygor, blinkie, conjo, cookywitches, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dr. pipt, dungeons and dragons, fanny the weather witch, flatheads, gayelette, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, gorba, grampa in oz, great book of records, gwig, handy mandy in oz, imperial squawmos, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kadj the conjurer, krumbic witch, magicians, mangaboos, miserable mesmerizer, mombi, mooj, necromancers, ojo in oz, oz magic, oziana, ozma, ozwoz, paul dana, peter brown, pirates in oz, potaroo, prophecy, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert pattrick, rora flathead, soob the sorcerer, soothsayers, sorcerers, speedy in oz, supreme dictator of the flatheads, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the runaway in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, three adepts at magic, ugu the shoemaker, unexplored territory in oz, waddy, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, wizards, wozards, wumbo, yookoohoos | Leave a comment

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Nathan

There was a discussion on marriages in Oz at this year’s OzCon International, partially inspired by how The Tin Woodman of Oz includes two seemingly bad marriages. Mrs. Yoop is glad her brutal, uncouth husband, who used to kick her … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Economics, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, abuse, aunt em, chopyft, down town, dr. pipt, flatheads, gayelette, glegg, grampa in oz, grand duke hoochafoo, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jo cone, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king dad, king evoldo, king fumbo, king gos, king randywell, king sizzeroo, king theodore iii, lazy quadling, lord googly-goo, margolotte, marriage, mogodore, mr. yoop, mrs. sew-and-sew, mrs. yoop, nimmie amee, nome king, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pastoria, peer haps, peg amy, pigs, planetty, pon, prince inga of pingaree, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess gloria, princess pajonia, professor grunter swyne, queen adora, queen cor, queen fi nance, queen isomere, queen kabebe, queen orin, quelala, realbad, rinkitink in oz, rora flathead, speedy in oz, squealina swyne, stratovania, strut of the strat, supreme dictator, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, uncle henry, weddings, wumbo | 2 Comments

As Many Questions As I Dare

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Nathan

It’s only a little over a week before I leave for OzCon, and the theme this year is The Tin Woodman of Oz. I took another look at the book a few months ago, and here I’m just going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places | Tagged dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dragons, gayelette, jinjur, loons, mombi, mr. yoop, nimmie amee, oogaboo, polychrome, roger baum, scarecrow, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep, wicked witch of the east, witches, woot the wanderer | 2 Comments

Sorcerous Servitude

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Nathan

I don’t know where the idea of supernatural beings assisting magicians originated, but perhaps the most prominent example are the jinn that will serve anyone who releases them from bottles. King Solomon is said to have had a ring that … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Atticus Gannaway, Fairy Tales, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, aladdin, alexander volkov, dearest mother, demon of electricity, demons, dinner bell, gayelette, ginger, gludwig and the red hair, golden cap, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, imps, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jikki, jinn, johnny dooit, kabumpo, king solomon, opodock, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, silver hammer, the disenchanted princess of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the master key, the queen of quok, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the silver sorceress of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, torpedo town, torpedodo, whistles, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wunchie, yankee in oz | 1 Comment

Regional Ruler Report

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Nathan

While I’ve written before about the current rulers of the four main countries of Oz, as well as how these countries developed throughout the series, I haven’t said that much about the rulers of these places before the coming of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged david hulan, dorothy gale, four views of general jinjur, frank joslyn baum, gayelette, gillikins, glenn ingersoll, glinda, gloma, greg hunter, gump, henry blossom, joe bongiorno, king cheeriobed, king gil of gilkenny, mombi, munchkins, mycroft mason, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess azarine, princess cozytoes, quadlings, queen isomere, queen orin, queen pierita of amberly, realbad, seebania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the red desert of oz, the road to oz, the triumph of the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, unc nunkie, wicked witch of the west, winkies | 10 Comments

The Royal Ships of Oz

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Nathan

While I don’t think shipping has ever been quite as common for Oz as for many other fandoms, it’s definitely been gaining prominence as of late. Not surprisingly, one of the main targets is the beautiful and powerful Ozma, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Relationships, Ron Baxley Jr., Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aaron adelman, bad lads, betsy bobbin, button-bright, carter green, charles phipps, cowardly lion, david hulan, dorothy gale, emerald city mirror, forever in oz, frogman, gayelette, glinda, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, jay v. groves, jellia jamb, jenny jump, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king kerry of keretaria, king rinkitink, maybe the miffin, nero zeero: snoz of oz, nimmie amee, number nine, ojo, oz kids, ozma, patchwork girl, polychrome, polychrome a romantic fantasy, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, princess gureeda, princess truella, professor wogglebug, queen ann soforth, queen orin, quelala, red reera the yookoohoo and the enchanted easter eggs of oz, richard g. quinn, rinkitink in oz, romance, ruth waara, ryk e. spoor, salye soforth, scarecrow, shaggy man, shipping, snif the iffin, speedy, speedy in oz, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the engagement of ozma, the giant horse of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the umbrellas of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, toto, trot griffiths, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, wag, wizard of oz, zeb hugson, zella, zim greenleaf | 17 Comments

Tag Archives: gayelette

Something for the Ruler with Everything

Purple Horse, Pink Goat, Blue Woozy

Get Reel

Zooming with the Wizard

Sorting Out Sorcery

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

As Many Questions As I Dare

Sorcerous Servitude

Regional Ruler Report

The Royal Ships of Oz

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