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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 | 1 Comment

Birth of an Imagi-Nation

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Nathan

The Silver Princess in Oz, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – It’s the eightieth anniversary of the publication of this book, which I used as an excuse to give it a reread. This isn’t really one of my favorites, despite having … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged anuther planet, freyja, ginger, gludwig the glubrious, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, planetty, prince pompadore, pumperdink, racism, rebellion, red jinn, slavery, the purple prince of oz, the silver princess in oz, thun, vanadium, voral staff | 4 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

Loyalty to Royalty

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Nathan

I like to make connections between pretty much everything and the Oz books, although usually the parallels aren’t that close. It works out better when I connect them to The Simpsons. People are saying the show predicted President Trump, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, Current Events, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged boolooroo of the blues, dick tater, donald trump, election 2016, faleero, flatheads, glinda of oz, gludwig the glubrious, jinjur, jinxland, john dough and the cherub, kaliko, king ato, king bal loon, king kleaver, king krewl, kinglet of phreex, kwytoffle, loonville, lord googly-goo, nome king, nomes, ozma, pirates in oz, public opinion, pumperdink, queen coo-ee-oh, racism, rash, rinkitink in oz, sky island, the enchanted island of yew, the hungry tiger of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, utensia, witches, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

Save Our Slaves

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Nathan

As a fan of the Oz books and someone who has often taken comfort in them, I don’t always like pointing out the negative aspects of them. Still, they’re there, and it’s probably better to confront them head-on than to … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, arabian nights, bungle of oz, carrie bailey, dearest mother, emerald city mirror, giants, ginger, gludwig and the red hair, gludwig the glubrious, herku, j. l. bell, jinn, ozma, patch, patchwork girl, racism, red jinn, samandra, slavery, suds, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz | 4 Comments

Unheard History of Oz

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Nathan

Two more Oz book reviews for you lucky readers today. Yes, I’m kind of surprised that there are still some I hadn’t yet read, too. The Tales of Yot, by Adam Nicolai – A collection of three short stories that … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, bungle of oz, carrie bailey, fairy beavers, glinda, gludwig and the red hair, gludwig the glubrious, international wizard of oz club, john dough and the cherub, julia inglis, princess ozana, ragbad, red jinn, ruprecht the castaway king, the magic ruby of oz, the magical mimics in oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the shaggy man of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tales of yot, tote's blemished blossom, wam, wizard of wutz, yottabecquerel | 5 Comments

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Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign

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