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Spectacle Spectacular

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Nathan

I find it interesting that the Frogman in The Lost Princess of Oz is said to wear “great spectacles with gold rims, not because his eyes were bad, but because the spectacles made him look wise.” I don’t know how … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexample, blink, character marker, cowardly lion, demon of electricity, dunkiton, emerald city, expectacles, faleero, foxes, foxville, frogman, glasses, grand duke hoochafoo, guardian of the gates, handy mandy in oz, jim the cab-horse, kabumpo, king kik-a-bray, king renard iv of foxville, looking glasses, monocle, nome king, our landlady, pirates in oz, potaroo, red jinn, spectacles, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the master key, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, wise donkey, wizard of oz, wumbo | 2 Comments

Names for the Nameless

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Nathan

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, there aren’t that many characters with proper names. Even the ones who do have them tend not to have last names. The stage play gave Dorothy a last name and the Tin Woodman a … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Fred Otto, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Peter Clarke, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged adam nicolai, alexander volkov, aunt em, captain fyter, cayke the cookie cook, charles phipps, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, dr. pipt, eric gjovaag, fairy beavers, frogman, good witch of the north, guardian of the gates, henry blossom, hungry tiger, james howe, jim vander noot, john dough and the cherub, kalidahs, karyl carlson, lin carter, mark haas, names, nine tiny piglets, paul dana, queen zixi of ix, rob roy macveigh, scarecrow, shaggy man, the emerald city of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the road to oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, uncle henry, wam, winged monkeys, wizard of oz | 6 Comments

Coronation Cameos

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Nathan

I first watched Return to Oz around when it came out on video, and while I quite enjoyed it, I wasn’t familiar with the source material at that point. Now, of course, I’m very familiar with it, and one interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged allegro da capo, billina, braided man, bumpy man, button-bright, cap'n bill, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, glinda, guardian of the gates, gump, jack pumpkinhead, king rinkitink, magic flower, mr. joker, notta bit more, ozma, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, professor wogglebug, return to oz, scarecrow, shaggy man, the cowardly lion of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the wizard of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, toto | 5 Comments

We Live in the City of Dreams

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Nathan

The Hidden History of Oz, Book Two: Crown of the Dreamer, by Tarl Telford – The second volume in this series continues the tale of how the Wizard had the Emerald City built and established his power in Oz. Glinda … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Oz | Tagged chumpocles, crown of the dreamer, dr. nikidik, emerald city, glinda, guardian of the gates, kalidahs, mombi, pastoria, tarl telford, the hidden history of oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), wicked witch of the east, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Best Friends Forever and Even Longer

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Nathan

We’ve established that there aren’t very many ROMANTIC couples in the Oz books, but there are a whole lot of best friend pairs. Some people choose to make them romantic pairings as well, because that’s what fans of pretty much … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, guardian of the gates, hank the mule, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo, little wizard stories of oz, ojo, omby amby, ozma, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, sawhorse, scarecrow, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths | 7 Comments

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