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Ostriches and Old Ones and Vampires, Oh My!

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Nathan

I’ve read a few new-to-me Oz books recently, and I’d like to share my thoughts on them. There are potential SPOILERS for all of them. The Rubber Ostriches of Oz, by Marin Xiques and Chris Dulabone – Greg Hunter’s “Unc … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Prejudice | Tagged and justice for oz, bees, candy country, china princess, cowardly lion, cthulhu, cthulhu invades oz, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dorothy of oz prequel, fighting trees, flutterbudgets, frogman, fuddles, greg hunter, h.p. lovecraft, jester, john dough and the cherub, lark vandergrace, legends of oz: dorothy's return, lollipop guild, marshall mallow, nikki kay richardson, ostriches, ozga, oziana, phyllis ann karr, r.k. lionel, rigmarole town, robots, roger baum, sam milazzo, scarecrow, shaggy man, the braided man of oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the rubber ostriches of oz, tin woodman, travis gibb, two terrific tales of oz, unc nunkie and the white king of oz, vampires, wiser the owl | 2 Comments

It’s All About the Shoes

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Nathan

On Facebook, there’s been some argument on the cover of the latest Baum Bugle, which I haven’t received. It’s possible my membership has lapsed, because it seems like I never get warnings about that. It isn’t a great design, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a foolish fable from oz, betsy bobbin, boots, braided man, carter green, clothing, deadly desert, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, enilrul, glinda, great book of records, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, karyl carlson, laura jane musser, magic belt, mercury, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oz and the three witches, oziana, ozish, ozlection, pingaree, quick sandals, r.k. lionel, realbad, return to oz, rinkitink in oz, roger baum, Ruby Slippers, shoes, silver shoes, sky island, snufferbux, tappy town, technicolor, the baum bugle, the braided man of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the romance of the silver shoes, the runaway in oz, the silver shoes of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wam, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 3 Comments

As Many Questions As I Dare

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Nathan

It’s only a little over a week before I leave for OzCon, and the theme this year is The Tin Woodman of Oz. I took another look at the book a few months ago, and here I’m just going to … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places | Tagged dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dragons, gayelette, jinjur, loons, mombi, mr. yoop, nimmie amee, oogaboo, polychrome, roger baum, scarecrow, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tommy kwikstep, wicked witch of the east, witches, woot the wanderer | 2 Comments

I Can Read Your Mind from Half a Mile

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Nathan

To continue on the topic I brought up last week about Ozian magic that affects minds, it’s worth noting that, in The Emerald City of Oz, the Wizard claims to be “working out a magic recipe to fuddle men’s brains, … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bitty bit, dorothy of oz, henry blossom, invisible barrier, jester, mentalism, mind reader, mombi, mrs. yoop, ozoplanes, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, pigasus, roger baum, the blue emperor of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, wizard of oz, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

Gaming the System

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Nathan

I already wrote a post about sports and games in the Oz series, but I had a few more ideas along those lines that I thought I could develop somewhat. Characters in the books are frequently seen playing games, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Chess, Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Games, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports | Tagged a queer quest for oz, baseball, croquet, dorothy of oz, game preserve, game river, jack pott, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lucky bucky in oz, ozmapolitan, ploppa, polo, queen zixi of ix, roger baum, ruth morris, ruth waara, scrabble, sir hokus of pokes, snakes and ladders, spinner, sticks and stones, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the flying bus in oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the royal book of oz, the rundelstone of oz, umbrella island in oz | 4 Comments

Legends of Obscure Characters

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Nathan

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return didn’t contain very many references to the larger Oz series, even when they appeared in the source material. The China Country and the field-mice were there, as was a smaller version of the Sawhorse; but … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged baron belfaygor of bourne, chinda, dorothy of oz, general blotz, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jester, kabumpo in oz, legends of oz: dorothy's return, pumperdink, queen else of somewhere, roger baum, samandra, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the runaway in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tune town, twigs, who's who in oz | Leave a comment

My Future Lies Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Nathan

The Yellow Brick Road has become one of the most famous fictional roads in history, largely because of the song in the MGM movie that consisted almost entirely of the words “follow the Yellow Brick Road” over and over again. … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged boq, cream city bricks, dick martin, donald abbott, dorothy of oz, emerald city, good witch of the north, henry littlefield, how the wizard came to oz, james e. haff, paul dana, peter schulenburg, roger baum, scarecrow, the forbidden fountain of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hollyhock dolls of oz, the magic umbrella of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, wicked witch of the east, yellow brick road, yip harburg | 6 Comments

Return to Philmland

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Nathan

Oh, I see. Legends of Oz was a flop because of a vast Hollywood conspiracy to take it down. “Here’s to the failure of another movie promoting those Magic Belt thieves!” You know how I know that isn’t true? Because … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged captain fyter, china country, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, dr. pipt, glinda, good witch of the north, ku-klip, legends of oz: dorothy's return, lord of the rings, mombi, nimmie amee, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, ozma of oz, peter jackson, return to oz, roger baum, the hobbit, the marvelous land of oz, the road to oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius | 34 Comments

I’m Just a Jester Gesturing

Posted on May 18, 2014 by Nathan

Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return – Based on the book Dorothy of Oz by Roger Stanton Baum, that was also its working title. I can only figure they changed it in hopes of launching a franchise, but since the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged billie burke, candy country, china country, china princess, dorothy gale, dorothy of oz, glinda, jesters, legends of oz: dorothy's return, marshall mallow, oz: the great and powerful, queen of the field-mice, roger baum, sawhorse, the wizard of oz (1939), tin woodman, tugg, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, wiser the owl | 33 Comments

Don’t Pester the Jester

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Nathan

Continuing with the April Fools’ theme, I thought I’d look at some court fools in the Oz series. There’s some overlap here with the poets and rhymers. For instance, the Rhyming Dictionary was the Book of Royalty’s jester until he … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bamboula, book of royalty, bunnybury, china country, clowns, corumbia, dorothy of oz, emerald city, fools, gayelette, grampa in oz, hah hoh, happy toko, jesters, kimbaloo, king capers, king cheeriobed, martin hopwell, melody grandy, monday mountain, mr. joker, palumbo, patchwork girl, peter pun, play, queen celestia, rhyming dictionary, rimmers, roger baum, sapphire city, scarecrow, silver island, speedy in oz, summer saltin, the emerald city of oz, the giant horse of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tippetarius in oz, town crier, umbrella island, wicked witch of the west | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: roger baum

Ostriches and Old Ones and Vampires, Oh My!

It’s All About the Shoes

As Many Questions As I Dare

I Can Read Your Mind from Half a Mile

Gaming the System

Legends of Obscure Characters

My Future Lies Beyond the Yellow Brick Road

Return to Philmland

I’m Just a Jester Gesturing

Don’t Pester the Jester

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