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You Can See ‘Em Work

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Nathan

For the 2004 Oziana, John Bell took over as editor, as well as the author of one of the stories. The cover picture, which wraps around, was drawn by Don Marquez, and includes his takes on many different established characters. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Book Reviews, Characters, Families, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ray Powell, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a bungled kidnapping in oz, a wonderful journey in oz, alexi francis, brains, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, cap'n bill, don marquez, dorothy gale, ev, evrob and the nomes, great book of records, greg hunter, henry blossom, j. l. bell, john mundt, kaliko, magic umbrella, margaret berg, mister flint in oz, mozel tozv, new moon over oz, nome king, nome kingdom, nomes, nymphs, oziana, ozma, ozroar, professor wogglebug, scare city, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the glass cat of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic carpet of oz, the magic of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, tik-tok of oz, time travel, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, water of oblivion, wheelers, wishing pills, wizard of oz, zif | 5 Comments

Jinnicky’s Body

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Nathan

We’re now up to the Oziana from the year I was born, 1977. The front cover shows the royal palace of Oogaboo, as drawn by Albert Chronic. The introductory page has a political cartoon by Bill Eubank that isn’t really that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a map for ruth plumly thompson, albert chronic, bill eubank, boboland, button-bright, dennis anfuso, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dragonettes, dragons, ev, glinda, glinda and the red jinn, hotsnaps, hyenas, jay delkin, juggins, magic umbrella, nome king, nome kingdom, oogaboo, orks, oziana, ozma of oz, polychrome, president jimmy carter, professor wogglebug, red jinn, red top mountain, rinkitink in oz, robert pattrick, ruth berman, santa claus, ski-dad'l, slavery, smith and tinker, stanley worden, the curious cruise of captain santa, the disenchanted princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius, two friendships, what if they had taken the other path?, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

Button-Bright Illumination

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Nathan

The other day, I came across a link to this bit of Oz fanfiction about Polychrome finding Button-Bright in Philadelphia and taking him to Mo. It fills in some gaps in his story, since The Scarecrow of Oz has him … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged american fairy tales, button-bright, christmas in oz, grandma natch, jack frost, jeremy steadman, magic umbrella, margaret berg, martin gardner, mary poppins, ojo, outsiders from oz, p.l. travers, paul dana, polychrome, red jinn, robin hess, snow queen, the emerald ring of oz, the glass dog, the lost boy of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the visitors from oz, twin properties, Vaughn Smythe | 5 Comments

Goodhearted and Good Fellowing, We Gaily Go Umbrellowing

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Nathan

The Magic Umbrella of Oz, by Paul Dana – The follow-up to The Law of Oz sees Button-Bright and Ojo further developing their magic, and trying to fight off the nasty Piper who had created the Phanfasms. The Piper recruits … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Dick Martin, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged button-bright, carl barks, his majesty the nome king, images of oz, j. l. bell, jinnicky saves christmas, lurline, magic umbrella, mrs. yoop, ojo, paul dana, phanfasms, professor wogglebug, scrooge mcduck, shawn maldonado, the law of oz and other stories, the magic umbrella of oz, the ransom of button-bright, tititi-hoochoo, Vaughn Smythe, w. w. denslow, wag, wicked witch of the east | 7 Comments

Gotta Get Back in Time

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Nathan

I’ve written before about Tempus, the time-traveling Parrot-Ox from Edward Einhorn’s Paradox in Oz. While this is probably the best-known Oz time travel story, however, it is far from the only one. All of these tales are apocryphal, however, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Chris Dulabone, Edward Einhorn, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a wonderful journey in oz, dorothy and the wizard in oz, jeremy steadman, magic umbrella, paradox in oz, paul dana, sinister gases in oz, the colorful kitten of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the fairy circle in oz, the land before oz, the magic tapestry of oz, the time travelers of oz, time in oz, time travel, time-travelling in oz | 1 Comment

Please Share My Umbrella

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Nathan

In Sky Island, we’re first introduced to Button-Bright‘s Magic Umbrella. This is an old and tattered-looking umbrella with a red elephant’s head on the handle, that has been in his family for generations. The family considers it to be lucky, … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a wonderful journey in oz, button-bright, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jeremy steadman, magic umbrella, red jinn, sky island, the emerald ring of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the umbrellas of oz, time-travelling in oz, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | 6 Comments

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You Can See ‘Em Work

Jinnicky’s Body

Button-Bright Illumination

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Gotta Get Back in Time

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