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This Tornado Loves You

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Nathan

There was a bit of a theme in the early Oz books about Dorothy reaching fairyland by means of natural disasters. We all know about the cyclone, then there was a storm at sea in Ozma of Oz and an … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexander volkov, betsy bobbin, cap'n bill, cyclones, dorothy and the wizard in oz, earthquakes, glinda, good witch of the north, hurricanes, jeremy steadman, laura jane musser, lurline, magic land, michael patrick hearn, natural disasters, nome king, onsi, oziana, ozma of oz, peter brown, pirates in oz, prince pompadore in oz, sky island, storms, tales of magic land, the annotated wizard of oz, the gnome king of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the scarecrow of oz, the sea fairies, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of the emerald city, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, time in oz, tompy terry, tornadoes, trot griffiths, weather, whirlpools, wicked witch of the east, yankee in oz | 5 Comments

I Wanted Eternal Youth, But Not THAT Much Youth!

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Nathan

I remembered having read this Oz story before, but I forgot where I’d seen it. It’s an interesting take on the issue of aging in Oz, which I’ve tackled in the past without any definite conclusions. L. Frank Baum says … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Edward Einhorn, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, babies, david hulan, death, dorothy and the wizard in oz, fat babies, glinda, hungry tiger, immortality, immortals, joe bongiorno, kabumpo in oz, lurline, michael patrick hearn, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, paradox in oz, paul dana, pregnancy, royal timeline of oz, the annotated wizard of oz, the lost king of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the marvelous land of oz, the temptation of the hungry tiger, the tin woodman of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, time travelers of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Fairy Families

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Nathan

Although I can’t actually find a post where I do so, I believe I’ve written before about how The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus mentions near the beginning that “[a]ll the immortals are full-grown; there are no children among … Continue reading →

Posted in Camilla Townsend, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Families, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged elves, enilrul, fairies, frost king, gnomes, grampa in oz, hans christian andersen, ice king, immortals, iris, j. l. bell, jack frost, king anko, laura jane musser, light elves, lurline, margaret berg, mermaids, nomes, paul dana, polychrome, prince flash, prince twilight, queen aquareine, rain king, rainbow, santa's surprise, skadi, sky island, snow queen, terra obscura, the blue raindrops of oz, the crocheted cat in oz, the giant horse of oz, the ice king of oz, the law of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the northeast wind in oz, the road to oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the royal explorers of oz, the witch queen of oz, tik-tok of oz, tititi-hoochoo, twin properties, wendy roth, zephyrus | 4 Comments

OzConPhilly Back Again

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Nathan

It had been sixteen years since I last attended an Oz Convention, and now I’ve gone to two in the same year. The International Wizard of Oz Club‘s National Convention was in Philadelphia this year, so I could stay at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Eric Shanower, Feminism, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, bill thompson, blair frodelius, brynn williams, captain salt, charles santore, conventions, costumes, cowardly lion, dee michel, dorothy curtiss maryott, dorothy gale, fairies, international wizard of oz club, jane albright, john fricke, judy garland, lurline, matilda joslyn gage, michael patrick hearn, mummers, necile, oz convention, ozcon philly, ozma, patchwork girl, rebecca shimer, reilly & lee, scarecrow, sean barrett, sharif street, the life and adventures of santa claus, the oz project, the wiz, tin woodman, vincent myrand, w. w. denslow, walter krueger, william f. lee | 8 Comments

A Child’s Garden of Curses

Posted on August 3, 2016 by Nathan

While children’s media obviously tend not to contain many actual curse words, characters in them do often use milder swears. Sometimes they’re as simple as minced oaths like “darn” and “heck,” but other writers get much more creative. I’m sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television | Tagged a frog he would a-wooing go, a refugee in oz, billina, captain salt, captain salt in oz, carter green, curses, gili bar-hillel, gollywockers, grampa in oz, grumpy the bear, handy mandy, hippikaloric, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jellia jamb, jenny jump, john fricke, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kim mcfarland, kinkajou, krizzle kroo, lurline, nome king, nomes, notta bit more, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, peter brown, pirates in oz, red jinn, roger the read bird, sauce box, scarecrow, speedy, speedy in oz, swearing, the gnome king of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the woozy's tale, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, trumpkin, wag the rabbit, woozy, zim greenleaf | 4 Comments

From Olympus to Oz

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Nathan

As a fan of both the Oz books and classical mythology, I have an interest in works that combine the two. Such stories are often controversial, though, both for religious reasons and because crossovers always bring in a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, Hugh Pendexter, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Semitic | Tagged as the rainbow follows the rain, bifrost, eris, fairies, ganesh, immortals, iris, king anko, kole, krishna, lilith, lulea, lurline, lurline and the white ravens of oz, martin gardner, mount helicon, neptune, nymphs, polychrome, ragnarok, rainbow, saturn, the crocheted cat in oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the enchantment of oz, the golden goblin, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic tapestry of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the royal explorers of oz, the visitors from oz, wooglet in oz | 5 Comments

A Few Bad Fairies

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Nathan

It’s been established that fairies in mythology and folklore can be either good or bad, and in fact are often amoral. In L. Frank Baum’s fantasy, however, fairies are pretty much always good. When he wrote about the Immortals in … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Fred Otto, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged ak, audia, burzee, California, celestia, claudia, dubra, emerald city, enilrul, fairies, faleero, falingo, flying cloak of invisibility, follensby forest, fraudia, gigans, gnomes, groves of trom, hallita, immortals, jack frost, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kettywig, king randywell, knooks, lurline, mildred l. palmer, necile, nelanthe, nelebel, nelebel's fairyland, nomes, nymphs, ozma, patchwork girl, pumperdink, rimmers, ryls, scarecrow, the banishment of faleero, the forgotten forest of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the king who changed his mind, the life and adventures of santa claus, the master crafters of oz, the purple prince of oz, the red jinn in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the witch queen of oz, tippetarius in oz, water of oblivion, witches | Leave a comment

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