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Ozama Care

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Nathan

Since I’m sure you’ve had enough talk about Osama bin Laden, what about some on Ozamaland instead? This country shows up in Captain Salt in Oz, although it had a brief mention in the earlier Pirates in Oz as well. … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged amaland, boglodore, camels, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chunum the sheik, crescent moon, elephants, john r. neill, ozamaland, ozamandarins, ozma, patrippany island, pirates in oz, snakes, tarara, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the umbrellaphant, the umbrellaphant in oz, umbo the umbrellaphant, white city of om | 11 Comments

Before the Umbrella

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Nathan

Much of the plot of Speedy in Oz takes place on Umbrella Island, a land that flies through the air under the power of a magical umbrella. We’re told that this was not always the case, however. According to Waddy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Magic Items, Oz, Places | Tagged captain salt in oz, david perry, john r. neill, kachewka, kingdom of rinkitink, l. frank baum, loxo the lucky, nonestic ocean, ojo in oz, pansy the watch cat, pingaree, rinkitink in oz, ruth plumly thompson, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the enchanted island of oz, tik-tok of oz, umbrella birds, umbrella island, umbrella trees, waddy | 3 Comments

Making Life Out of Nothing at All

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Nathan

One thing for which Oz is known is its collection of magically animated beings. In that fairyland, anything from a scarecrow to a footstool to a painting can come to life, always with its own distinct personality. The first book … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Magic Items, Oz | Tagged benny, bill the weather-cock, blue bear rug, bungle the glass cat, china country, conjo, cuttenclips, deadwood oaks, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, general of phreex, glinda, gump, humpy the dummy, jack pumpkinhead, jack snow, john dough and the cherub, john r. neill, l. frank baum, magic land, patchwork girl, pineville, powder of life, princess ozana, ruth plumly thompson, sawhorse, scarecrow, tales of magic land, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, theseus' paradox, tin woodman, trippsy, twiffle, urfin jus, victor columbia edison, wam | 8 Comments

Back to Boboland

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Nathan

When I wrote about the protagonists of Rinkitink in Oz, I mentioned that one of them turned out to be Prince Bobo of Boboland under the enchantment of an evil sorcerer. So what is Boboland? Well, really all L. Frank … Continue reading →

Posted in Oz, Places | Tagged bilbil, boboland, emerald city, groanos, jenny jump, john r. neill, l. frank baum, light-heads, nota-bells, ozma, prince bobo, puckerts, return to boboland, rinkitink in oz, ruth berman, sugar pyramids, the scalawagons of oz, wizard of oz | 6 Comments

Witch-ay Woman

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Nathan

While the Wicked Witch of the West is a somewhat significant character in the Oz books, it’s really the MGM movie that thrust her into super-stardom. It’s Margaret Hamilton in green makeup and black clothes who makes lists of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged cowardly lion, dorothy gale, gillikins, golden cap, gregory maguire, john r. neill, l. frank baum, mgm, mombi, munchkins, nome king, rachel cosgrove payes, ruth plumly thompson, singra, the wicked witch of oz, the wizard of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, winkies | 6 Comments

Monsters’ Ball

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Nathan

I figured an appropriate Ozzy topic for this time of year would be the ferocious monsters that live there. I’ve already covered a few of them, including the Kalidahs, the Hip-po-gy-raf, and Quiberon. Here are some of the others that … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged captain salt in oz, chiss, choggenmugger, combineroceros, dennis anfuso, dick martin, dorothy gale, gigaboo, goblins, guardian of the muffin tree, john r. neill, kabumpo, king anko, king ato, king randywell, l. frank baum, mo, mombi, monsters, nikobob, ojo, ojo in oz, oogaboo, pingaree, prince jollikin, princess melody, private jo files, purple dragon, rachel cosgrove payes, rak, realbad, red jinn, regos, rinkitink in oz, roc, scarecrow, sea serpent, snoctorotomus, snufferbux, the astonishing tail of the gump of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the oz-wonderland war, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tyrannicus terrificus, weenix | 12 Comments

Enter the Young

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Nathan

The Marvelous Land of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, adapted by Eric Shanower and Skottie Young – The follow-up to their successful comic adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this continues the series in the same fashion. It features … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Comics, Oz | Tagged eric shanower, jinjur, john r. neill, l. frank baum, marvel comics, mombi, ozma, professor wogglebug, skottie young, the marvelous land of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz | 2 Comments

Drifting Off to Dreamland

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Nathan

If you look at the map of the countries surrounding Oz from the endpapers of Tik-Tok of Oz, you’ll notice that the area just to the east (which is left on this map for some reason) of the Growleywogs’ territory … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Oz, Places | Tagged alexample, castle in the air, charmed gardens of oz, dori, everett avila, growleywogs, john r. neill, kabumpo in oz, kingdom of dreams, l. frank baum, maps, march laumer, michael patrick hearn, oziana, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, phanfasms, popla, professor wogglebug, ruth plumly thompson, sandman, sherwood smith, the annotated wizard of oz, the runaway in oz, the tail of the pink goat, tik-tok of oz, trouble under oz, twinkler, whimsies | 6 Comments

Bringing Ozzy Back

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Nathan

Here are some reviews of a few Oz-related items: Adventures in Oz: Fantasy Roleplaying Beyond the Yellow Brick Road, by F. Douglas Wall – This the guidebook for an Oz role-playing game, an idea that I’ve seen come up from … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics, Games, Oz | Tagged adventures in oz, bungle the glass cat, donald abbott, f. douglas wall, field-mice, general riskitt, gonzalo martinez, how the wizard saved oz, john r. neill, kirk kushin, mombi, mr. tinker, ozopolis, pastoria, professor wogglebug, role-playing, sawhorse, tik-tok, w. w. denslow, wizard of oz, woozy | 5 Comments

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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Before the Umbrella

Making Life Out of Nothing at All

Back to Boboland

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