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I Like Birds

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Nathan

When I linked to my last Oz post on Facebook, people gave a few more examples of birds I hadn’t mentioned, including some people turned into birds and other birds from authors outside the Famous Forty. I believe the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, David Tai, Edward Einhorn, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, Hugh Pendexter, Jack Snow, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged barry klein, beak the parrot, becky klein, benny the gander, birds, borderbirds, bordermoor, bush-birds, canaries, chickens, corina, crows, cuckoo clocks, cuckoos, cyrune, david hulan, diplomatic immunity, dorothy gale, doves, ducks, eagles, falcons, faleero, ganders, geese, glinda of oz, golden witch, goldfinches, good witch of the north, grampa, grampa in oz, great grey gillikin swamp, hawks, imps, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kiki aru, little wizard stories of oz, magic belt, magpies, mimics, mogodore, mombi, mooj, nome king, ojo in oz, ostriches, owls, ozma, ozma and the little wizard, pajuka, paradox in oz, parrot island, parrots, patchwork girl, phanfasms, pirates, pirates in oz, pocotristi sostenuto, polychrome, prince bobo, queen coo-ee-oh, queen klurookuk, ravens, rinkitink in oz, seagulls, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, sky island, slyddwyn, snip, sparrows, swans, tempus the parrot-ox, the blue witch of oz, the crocheted cat in oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the lost tales of oz, the magic of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, thorns and private files in oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep and the magpie, transformation, trot griffiths, ugu the shoemaker, vultures, wizard of oz, woot the wanderer, yeksh | 2 Comments

Shopping O-Z

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Nathan

I wrote about traveling salesmen in Oz last week, but I forgot about one. That was none other than Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who was a peddler of sunglasses at the beginning of Pirates in Oz. Now, I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged choose day, cut and assemble the emerald city of oz, dictionopolis, down town, dragons, emerald city, evangeline, fashion plate mesa, fix city, handy mandy in oz, humpy, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, lucky bucky in oz, madam chic chic, margaret berg, nome king, norton juster, number nine, oz cream, pajuka, pastoria, peter brown, pirates in oz, road shop, shops, snip, style shop, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, turn town, turn-style | Leave a comment

The Magic of the Written Word

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Nathan

Last week, I discussed signs that appear in the Oz series. This time, I’m going to look at a related topic, that of magical items or characters producing printed (or written; I don’t think it’s generally specified) messages, or accepting … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill bored, clocker, dorothy gale, footpath, glegg, glinda, good witch of the north, great book of records, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, hurry-canes, kabumpo in oz, magic mirror, menankypoo, merry go round in oz, nox the ox, pajuka, pirates in oz, post man, prince philador, prophecy, question box, quiberon, red jinn, scrolls, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the silver princess in oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, thun, wishes | 2 Comments

Another Myself

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Nathan

In the December 1993 issue of The Emerald City Mirror, Marie Richardson (who seems to have disappeared from the Internet, by the way) had a story in which Roquat and Ruggedo turn out to be two separate Nomes. They’re brothers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged bilbil, captain fyter, chopfyt, emerald city mirror, good witch of the north, grampa in oz, hungry reader, identity, kabumpo in oz, kiki aru, marie candler richardson, mombi, nome king, nomes, ozma, ozma of oz, pajuka, pastoria, paul dana, peg amy, pocotristi sostenuto, prince bobo, princess marygolden, princess pretty good, rinkitink in oz, shaggy man, sir hokus of pokes, sky island, switcheroo spell, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the road to oz, the royal explorers of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius, yankee in oz | 3 Comments

Neill vs. Herring, Part 3: We’ve Got Thompson Covered

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Nathan

When writing my recent post on video game cover art, I remembered I was doing something similar with the Oz books six years ago, but never finished. I suppose it’s better late than never, so in hopes that you won’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor of bourne, benny, betsy bobbin, captain salt, carter green, chalk, cover art, cowardly lion, david l. greene, dorothy gale, emerald city, flyaboutabus, grampa, grampa in oz, high boy, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, king randywell, king skamperoo, michael herring, nickadoodle, nome king, notta bit more, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, pajuka, pastoria, peg amy, peter pun, pirates in oz, prince evered, princess gureeda, princess marygolden, professor wogglebug, realbad, regalia, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snip, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, umbrella island, urtha, x. pando | 3 Comments

Lonesome Duck Tales

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Nathan

One interesting character that I don’t think I’ve covered yet is the Lonesome Duck, who shows up in The Magic of Oz. This waterfowl is described as having plumage in many different colors. Baum wrote, “The feathers were of many … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged cap'n bill, ducks, kalidahs, l. frank baum, lonesome duck, pajuka, ruth plumly thompson, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, trot | 6 Comments

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