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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 | 3 Comments

All Yooped Up

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Nathan

The 2002 Oziana brings back some of the same authors as the last issue, but with less original art. Melissa Bay Mathis supplied the cover art, a picture of the Patchwork Girl riding Pigasus, which is relevant to one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Art, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, Food, Fred Otto, Games, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz cliffhanger, armadillos, button-bright, cap'n bill, cat and mouse in oz, cats, catty corners, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy gale, dot and tot of merryland, emerald city, giants, glinda, hawks, hungry tiger, j. l. bell, joe bongiorno, lin carter, magic picture, margaret koontz, margie deemer, melissa bay mathis, mermaids, merryland, mice, milk, mr. yoop, mrs. yoop, opodock, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozma sees herself, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, pigasus, pingaree, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, rabbits, sawhorse, scarecrow, sky island, the lost emeralds of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the merry mountaineer of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the road to oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tippetarius in oz, tititi-hoochoo, truth pond, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, woot meets yoop, woot the wanderer, zim greenleaf | Leave a comment

Coping with Immortality

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Nathan

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo | 4 Comments

Moving to a Magical Monarchy

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Nathan

Happy birthday, Ozma! It seems common among Oz fans to consider Ozma to be, in a way, our monarch, and Oz as a place we’d like to escape to someday if it were at all possible. C. Warren Hollister’s essay … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged behave yourself, belfaygor, c. warren hollister, glinda, grampa in oz, great book of records, immigration, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lord high humpus, magic picture, marriage, monarchy, oz and the fifth criterion, ozcon international, ozma, patriotism, perhaps city, prince tatters, princess pretty good, refugees, ritual, shirley sunshine, the tin woodman of oz | 1 Comment

Magical Buildup

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Nathan

I’ve occasionally seen the question as to whether it was morally questionable for Dorothy to take the Magic Belt from the Nome King. I think she really didn’t have much choice, as he was determined to keep Ozma and her … Continue reading →

Posted in L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy gale, dr. pipt, grab bag, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, hardy-hood, kaliko, love magnet, magic belt, magic picture, much ado about kiki aru, nome king, ozma, ozma of oz, pirates in oz, powder of life, question box, sean patrick duffley, silence stone, silver hammer, standing-stick, the emerald city of oz, the magic of oz, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wishing pills, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

Fantastic Function Follows Form

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Nathan

Hugh Pendexter III’s article on magic in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Oz books, which was printed in the Autumn 1978 Baum Bugle, notes, “It seems wise to distinguish between magical technology, in which magic tools and devices imitate the advances of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Fairy Tales, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aphrodite, big wigs, brooms, great book of records, invisibility cloaks, ku-klip, looking glasses, magic belt, magic dishpan, magic picture, margaret berg, masquerade in oz, mustafa of mudge, percy and the shrinking violet, puns, queen zixi of ix, rash rubies, seven-league boots, shrinking violets, silver hammer, silver shoes, talismans, the baum bugle, the giant horse of oz, the magic of oz, the tin woodman of oz, thinking cap, tools, umbrellas, wicked witch of the east, wishes, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

Princess of Power

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Nathan

In case you didn’t know, Ozma’s birthday was on Sunday, so I should probably write an Ozma-centered entry. I know I’ve discussed the ruler’s magical powers in the past, but I can’t find a post where I did so. Since … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged conjo, david hulan, dot and tot of merryland, fairies, fairy beavers, general blug, general guph, glinda of oz, high ki of twi, jellia jamb, kabumpo in oz, king terribus of spor, magic picture, magic wands, mimics, mrs. yoop, nomes, ozma, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, polychrome, prince marvel, queen aquareine, queen dolly, rinkitink in oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the lost king of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the sea fairies, the shaggy man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonder city of oz, tommy kwikstep, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer | 3 Comments

Where Virtue Is Victorious

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Nathan

When looking at a Tor article about mapping fantasy lands, which I previously looked at here, I noticed that the description for post-Wizard Oz gave it a Virtue level of two, defined as “Overriding harmony in world, active championing of … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Chronicles of Narnia, Fairy Tales, Harry Potter, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Trek, Star Wars | Tagged aslan, glinda, good vs evil, great book of records, magic belt, magic picture, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, prince caspian, status quo, the horse and his boy, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lion the witch and the wardrobe, the marvelous land of oz, the silver chair | 5 Comments

Having a Ball

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Nathan

Remember the Wicked Witch of the West’s crystal ball from The Wizard of Oz? Like when Dorothy sees Aunt Em in it, only for her to be replaced with the Witch herself? As anyone who’s read the book can tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged big lavender bear, crystal balls, crystal city, dorothy gale, glinda, glinda of oz, gloma, magic picture, merry go round in oz, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oracle, ozma, pigasus, professor marvel, realbad, red jinn, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, wumbo, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

The Age of Ozlectricity

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Nathan

When I was working on an Oz story back in high school (which, by the way, I never finished, although I incorporated some of the ideas from it into my rough draft for The Royal Crab of Oz), and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes | Tagged abby, david hulan, dorothy gale, electricity, jack pumpkinhead, leon the neon, magic picture, ozma, percy the personality kid, plumbing, singra, the disenchanted princess of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wicked witch of oz, zim greenleaf | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: magic picture

The Mistress of Misdirection

All Yooped Up

Coping with Immortality

Moving to a Magical Monarchy

Magical Buildup

Fantastic Function Follows Form

Princess of Power

Where Virtue Is Victorious

Having a Ball

The Age of Ozlectricity

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