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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

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

Dorothy’s Adventures Under Ground

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Nathan

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young – The series of graphic adaptations continues with this fourth Oz book, which was never one of my favorites. Perhaps it’s because of how the Emerald City … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Eric Shanower, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged braided man, dorothy and the wizard in oz, eureka the pink kitten, gargoyles, gwig, jim the cab-horse, mangaboos, skottie young, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

The Wide World of Wizards

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Nathan

A while back, I wrote a series of posts on the witches and other female magicians of Oz. Now, I think it’s about time to do the same for the men. So, here are the male magicians of Oz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged boglodore, books, clocker, conjo, gwig, kadj, love magnet, mangaboos, mombi, nome king, nomes, ozamaland, ozamandarins, ozwoz, patchwork girl, peter brown, potaroo, repairman, shaggy man, silver island, slyddwyn, tititi-hoochoo, trickolas om, umbrella island, umbrellaphant, waddy, wam, wizard of mo, wizard of oz, wizards, wumbo | 24 Comments

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