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Shanower Shorts

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve ever done a proper review of The Salt Sorcerer of Oz and Other Stories, by Eric Shanower, and I’m not sure I’m entirely doing so here either. I’ve recently written about two of the tales, “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Families, Humor, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, abby, bladgaar, bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, clank, conjo, dorothy gale, emerald city, fardels, flicker, forest of gugu, glenn ingersoll, gugu and the kalidahs, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kalidahs, king gugu, lake quad, ma-dul-ma-dun, merfolk, multiplying overcoat, mushrooms, oziana, ozmapolitan, parts unavailable, patchwork girl, quaddle, queen piopelp, scarecrow, shroom city, shrooms, speedy in oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the final fate of the frogman, the flying girl, the ice king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the shaggy man of oz, the silver jug, tik-tok, trot griffiths, trot of oz, twiffle, twink and tom jones, waddy, woozy, world war ii, zyzzwyzz | 1 Comment

The Mistress of Misdirection

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Nathan

In my Oziana reread, I thought I might say a bit more about the 2012 issue, made up of a round robin story based on the brief fragment known only as “An Oz Book.” Robert Stanton Baum credited it to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Authors, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Dick Martin, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Maps, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Tom Holt | Tagged aging, ahriman, an oz book, betsy bobbin, carter green, chow bird, dorothy gale, emerald city, gilbert and sullivan, glinda of oz, good witch of the north, h.p. lovecraft, john wellington wells, kabumpo, kim mcfarland, krumbic witch, lake quad, lurline, magic belt, magic dishpan, magic picture, mike conway, mycroft mason, nikki haladay, oziana, ozma, paul dana, paul ritz, percy the personality kid, queen coo-ee-oh, red jinn, robert stanton baum, ruddigore, sam milazzo, shawn maldonado, the baum bugle, the boy baronet in oz, the green dolphin of oz, the hollyhock dolls in oz, the lost princess of oz, the sorcerer, tik-tok of oz, time travel, witches, yips, yith | 5 Comments

You Oughta Be in Pictures

Posted on August 20, 2021 by Nathan

When I wrote my review of The Wonder City of Oz, Marc Berezin mentioned that he thought John R. Neill had written some of it to make use of pre-existing art. Repurposing his art is definitely a thing Neill did; … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Celtic, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, captain salt, cayke the cookie cook, comfortable camel, davy jones the wooden whale, dorothy gale, emerald city, fairies, firefly fairies, glinda of oz, guardian of the gates, jellia jamb, jenny jump, jinjur, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo, kelpies, lake quad, leprechauns, lucky bucky in oz, mushrooms, nomes, number nine, ojo in oz, omby amby, ozma, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, psychopompus, sir hokus of pokes, snufferbux, sorcerers, spy-ders, the baum bugle, the runaway in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the voice of bong, the wonder city of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok, trot griffiths, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

Get Out of Town

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Nathan

There are a lot of characters who come to live in Ozma’s palace, or sometimes elsewhere in or near the Emerald City. Is the city becoming overcrowded? Probably not, considering that it has the same population in L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aunt em, belfaygor, bob up, bourne, bucky jones, bungle the glass cat, captain fyter, carter green, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, davy jones, dorothy gale, doubtful dromedary, emerald city, frogman, glinda of oz, grampa in oz, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, kabumpo, kiki aru, lake quad, lucky bucky in oz, mount munch, much ado about kiki aru, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pumperdink, ruth waara, scarecrow, sean patrick duffley, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, speedy in oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tin woodman, toto, unc nunkie, uncle henry | Leave a comment

What Would Baum Do?

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Nathan

The Autumn 2019 Baum Bugle has an old article by the late Fred Meyer, which I think I’d seen some version of before, postulating on what L. Frank Baum might have written if he’d lived longer. Obviously we can never … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz book, captain fyter, forest of gugu, fred meyer, frogman, glinda of oz, great waterfall, kingdom of dreams, lake quad, oziana, policeman bluejay, polychrome, rinkitink in oz, skeezers, the baum bugle, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tik-tok of oz, twinkle tales, yips | Leave a comment

When I Get Back to Emerald County

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Nathan

Way back in the first Oz book, we learn that there’s an area around the Emerald City that’s green in color instead of matching any of the color-coding of the quadrants surrounding it. The people wear peaked hats like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged emerald city, james e. haff, lake quad, mark haas, notta bit more, the emerald mountain of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz | 2 Comments

The Wonderful Waterways of Oz

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Nathan

From pretty early on, Oz was established as having two major rivers, the Munchkin and Winkie, both of which flow into a lake outside the Emerald City, later named Lake Quad. Whether this means the city is on low ground … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz book, david hulan, great waterfall, lake quad, lakes, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, nonestic ocean, oziana, ozmapolitan, rivers, stiff river, the enchanted island of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost king of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, tickley bender, toto of oz, trick river, yankee in oz | 5 Comments

Are We Having Fungus Yet?

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Nathan

Between the original books and more recent sequels, just about every substance has been made into a character or group of characters in Oz. Mushrooms are no exception, appearing in two of Eric Shanower‘s stories. Both of these appeared in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Games, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Video Games | Tagged bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, dorothy and the mushroom queen, dorothy gale, dungeons and dragons, eleanor cameron, emerald city, flicker, glenn ingersoll, lake quad, ma-dul-ma-dun, matango, mushroom people, myconids, oz-story magazine, queen piopelp, rottug, shroom city, shrooms, stels, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, trot griffiths, trot of oz | 3 Comments

Oz Fish

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Nathan

Although L. Frank Baum wrote a fantasy taking place under the sea and referenced it a few times in the Oz books, he really didn’t say that much about aquatic life in Oz and its surrounding nations. In Glinda of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a-b-sea serpent, captain salt, captain salt in oz, crimson-tailed quipperug, emerald city, fish, flying fish, glenn ingersoll, glinda of oz, king arthur, lady water lily, lake orizon, lake quad, loch ness monster, lucky bucky in oz, masquerade in oz, mermaids, monkey-fish, narwhal, nonestic ocean, octopuses, octopuss, patchwork girl, quaddle, quiberon, rattlesnake, roger the read bird, sea serpent, seeweegia, sherwood smith, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the secret island of oz, tin woodman, turtles | 2 Comments

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