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They’re Gonna Put Me in the Movies

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Nathan

The 1979 Oziana starts out by saying three stories “seems to be a typical number,” which is generally true, although the previous one had four. The cover illustration by Rob Roy MacVeigh shows the Scarecrow in a cornfield, with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Humor, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, emerald city, geoffrey l. gould, glinda, gloma, greg gick, hank and the scarecrow of oz, hank the mule, horses, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, jim the cab-horse, journal of a journey, mary rakestraw, oziana, rob roy macveigh, robert pattrick, ruth berman, scarecrow, school of hard knocks, shaggy man, stephanie hawks, the deadly desert around oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the real critics, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), toto, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, witches, wizard of oz, zeb hugson | 3 Comments

Companimals

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Nathan

Animal companions are a recurring theme in the Oz books, starting with Dorothy’s dog Toto. Kids reading the books were likely used to pets, so it makes sense. Since animals talk in Oz, however, some animal characters are more equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, billina, bunnybury, camels, cats, catty corners, chalk, civilization, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, david perry, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka, frogman, glinda, griffins, grumpy, handy mandy in oz, hank the mule, high boy, horses, humpty bumpty, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, kabumpo, keretaria, king skamperoo, nickadoodle, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, nox the ox, ozma, ozma of oz, patch, patchwork girl, percy the personality kid, peter brown, pets, pigasus, pigs, pinny and gig, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, pumperdink, rabbits, seebania, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snufferbux, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, toto, yankee, yankee in oz, zeb hugson | Leave a comment

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 | 4 Comments

The Immigrant Post

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Nathan

I was recently thinking about two things that inspired this post. One was how, in the Narnia books, Aslan basically tells the Pevensies they’re too old to keep coming to Narnia. The other is how Oz always appealed to me … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aslan, betsy bobbin, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, hank the mule, immigration, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, journal of a journey, mary rakestraw, nome king, ozga, ozma, peter brown, sawhorse, shaggy man, the deadly desert around oz, the hidden valley of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, tik-tok of oz, zeb hugson | 4 Comments

Keeping the Palace Running

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Nathan

As egalitarian as Ozma and her court might try to be, it is a sad fact that the palace staff is largely ignored, with the occasional exception of Ozma’s personal maid Jellia Jamb. The most complete count of the staff … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged allison mcbain, betsy bobbin, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ghosts in oz, gilbert sprague, hugh pendexter, jellia jamb, jim the cab-horse, marie candler richardson, masquerade in oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the nome king's shadow in oz, the road to oz, the wishing horse of oz, wooglet in oz | 5 Comments

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 Real Horses of Oz

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Nathan

L. Frank Baum tells us in a few different books that there are no horses in Oz, aside from the magically animated wooden Sawhorse. This seems to be an idea that he developed over time, however. In The Wonderful Wizard … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged anuther planet, bitty bit, chalk, chris dulabone, corumbia, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, eloise jarvis mcgraw, emerald city, fred, greg gick, gules, halidom, high boy, horses, jim the cab-horse, joe king, john r. neill, journal of a journey, king skamperoo, l. frank baum, lauren lynn mcgraw, lenith law, mary rakestraw, merry go round in oz, mules, planetty, red jinn, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, skampavia, speedy, stampedro, the deadly desert around oz, the giant horse of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thun, view-halloo, voral staff, white city, world's columbian exposition, zeb hugson | 6 Comments

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