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Ho Ho, Kerumph!

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Nathan

Kabumpo in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – You get two Oz posts in a row this week, because I’ve finished rereading this book for its hundredth anniversary. Thompson’s second Oz book is a clear improvement over her first, and Kabumpo … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dolls, elephants, emerald city, fairies, faleero, glegg, gnomes, illumi nation, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, luis ricardo falero, marriage, nome king, nomes, ozma, peg amy, prince pompadore, pumperdink, puns, rabbits, rith metic, tin woodman, trees, trot griffiths, twigs, wag the rabbit, water of oblivion, witches, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

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 | 6 Comments

Why Won’t You Die?

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Nathan

It would become a thing in the Oz books that no one in that fairyland could die, but it wasn’t immediate. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz mentions the threat of death quite often, in fact. The first book to establish … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged capital punishment, combinoceros, death, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, dragons, eureka the pink kitten, gigaboo, glegg, glinda of oz, immortality, immortals, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo in oz, kalidahs, kaliko, lions, lurline, nomes, ojo in oz, ozma, ozma of oz, prince fiddlecumdoo, prince jollikin, private jo files, purple dragon, realbad, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, snoctorotomus, snufferbux, tazzywaller, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant garden of oz, the good witch of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master crafters of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches | 3 Comments

The Magic of the Written Word

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Nathan

Last week, I discussed signs that appear in the Oz series. This time, I’m going to look at a related topic, that of magical items or characters producing printed (or written; I don’t think it’s generally specified) messages, or accepting … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill bored, clocker, dorothy gale, footpath, glegg, glinda, good witch of the north, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, hurry-canes, kabumpo in oz, magic mirror, menankypoo, merry go round in oz, nox the ox, pajuka, pirates in oz, post man, prince philador, prophecy, question box, quiberon, red jinn, scrolls, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thun, wishes | 2 Comments

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

Lovable and Not-So-Lovable Rogues

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve now read a few of the Best of the Baum Bugle volumes I just recently purchased, and there are some interesting articles in there, including some on the Nome King and L. Frank Baum’s other villains. I’ve already covered … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Focus on the Foes, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abrog, baum's other villains, bell-snickle, boolooroo of the blues, bortag, bustabo, c. warren hollister, chalk, conjo, crunch, dorothy and the wizard in oz, faleero, giants, glegg, gludwig the glubrious, grampa in oz, grand gallipoot, growleywogs, guph, gwig, handy mandy in oz, judy pike, kabumpo in oz, kiki aru, king skamperoo, king strutoovious vii, king terribus of spor, loxo the lucky, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, mimics, mombi, mooj, mustafa of mudge, nome king, ozma and the little wizard, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pirates in oz, prince marvel, queen ann soforth, quiberon, red rogue, roundelay, singra, sir greves, sky island, slyddwyn, speedy in oz, sultan of samandra, terp the terrible, the baum bugle, the best of the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the decline and fall of the nome king, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted apples of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the giant horse of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the purple prince of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the sea fairies, the shaggy man of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizard of wutz, zog | Leave a comment

Sizing Up and Down

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Nathan

Characters changing in size is a pretty frequent occurrence in the Oz books. It’s sort of a transformation, but not entirely, as someone exposed to such magic keeps the same shape. At least, that seems to be the case for … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baffleburg, big wigs, blinkie, bucketheads in oz, bunnybury, doorways, dwindlebury, ev, frogman, giants, glegg, glinda, growing, jack breton, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo in oz, larry breton, little dorothy and toto, little wizard stories of oz, loxo the lucky, magic muffins, mombi, nome king, ozma, peg amy, percy and the shrinking violet, percy the personality kid, polychrome, professor nowitall, professor wogglebug, rabbits, red jinn, red rogue, reddies, shrinking, skosh, snif the iffin, speedy in oz, terp the terrible, the cowardly lion of oz, the disenchanted princess of oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the final fate of the frogman, the gardener's boy of oz, the giant garden of oz, the good witch of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tippetarius in oz, waddy, wag, witches, wizard of oz, zim greenleaf | 4 Comments

The Royal Skills Assessment of Oz

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Nathan

Whether Ozma is actually any good as a ruler has been called into question by many fans of the Oz series. David Hulan wrote an article on the subject, but I’m not sure if it’s still available online. In her … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged david hulan, edward einhorn, eloise jarvis mcgraw, glegg, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, john r. neill, kabumpo in oz, l. frank baum, lauren lynn mcgraw, magic belt, magic picture, mari ness, mifkit, mombi, mrs. yoop, nome king, ozma, ozma fail, ozma of oz, paradox in oz, ruth plumly thompson, scarecrow, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz | 8 Comments

Glegg Avenue

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Nathan

As far as evil wizards in the Oz series go, Glegg didn’t get a whole lot of book time, but what we learn about his behind-the-scenes work makes him an intriguing character. Since I can’t really talk about his deeds … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged glegg, nome king, peg amy, prince pompadore, pumperdink, sun top mountain, tozzyfog | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: glegg

Ho Ho, Kerumph!

The South Will Oz Again

Why Won’t You Die?

The Magic of the Written Word

A Dictionary of Ozian Marriage

Lovable and Not-So-Lovable Rogues

Sizing Up and Down

The Royal Skills Assessment of Oz

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