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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

A Pound of Man’s Tin

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Nathan

I didn’t get a chance to write about the 1993 Oziana last week, so I’m doing that now. I quite like the cover this time, Bill Eubank’s version of Mount Rushmore with the big four characters, drawn in MGM style. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, William Shakespeare | Tagged bill eubank, chris sterling, chuck sabatos, clouds, cowardly lion, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, everett avila, fairies, glinda, jack pumpkinhead, jubulut, margolotte, money, mount rushmore, nome king, oziana, ozma, peter schulenburg, polychrome, queen zixi of ix, robin olderman, scarecrow, shylock, sky island, smith and tinker, the merchant of oz, the merchant of venice, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the road to oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the silver jug, the tin castle of oz, tin woodman, unicorns, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

The New Ugu

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Nathan

I guess it’s time for Oziana 1984. The cover by Melody Grandy shows a typical inhabitant of the Pink and Blue Countries of Sky Island, which is relevant to the first story. The introduction explains that, since L. Frank Baum’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Camilla Townsend, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, alexander pope, boolooroo of the blues, brownies, cats, confido, corabia, david hulan, david ingersoll, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, dunciad, eureka in oz, eureka the pink kitten, ev, fairies, general guph, gili bar-hillel, glenn ingersoll, great detective, jay delkin, kalidahs, nine tiny piglets, oziana, ozma, philip john lewin, pigmentation, rain king, robin olderman, sky island, the blue raindrops of oz, the colorful kitten of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mystery of the missing ozma, the piglets' revenge, the pronunciad, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, ugu, ugu the shoemaker, wishing pills, wooglet in oz | 1 Comment

Baum’s Birthday Blowout

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Nathan

Yesterday was L. Frank Baum’s birthday, and the day before that, Michael Booth set up a virtual event to celebrate. There weren’t that many attendees, but it included presentations, and I’m too disorganized and socially awkward to arrange something like … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Campbell and Irwin Terry, Characters, Chris Dulabone, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aging, death, enilrul, hank and the scarecrow of oz, immortality, imps, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead and the sawhorse, little dorothy and toto, lurline, michael booth, ojo and the woozy, oz film manufacturing company, ozma and the little wizard, philip john lewin, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, robert pattrick, sky island, squirrel king, the lavender bear of oz, the little wizard stories of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the patchwork girl of oz, the three imps of oz, tim tucker, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Fact Within Fiction

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Nathan

It’s a strange thing to me that a world presented in a work of fiction can be basically just like ours, except without that work, and often related ones, existing in it, even if it’s very popular in the real … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Comics, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged barry klein, becky klein, bob up, button-bright, david hulan, david perry, dorothy gale, emerald city, glinda, jenny jump, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lucky bucky in oz, lucky bucky jones, marvel comics, nome king, notta bit more, ojo in oz, ozma, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, peter brown, polychrome, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, red jinn, shaggy man, sky island, spider-man, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the glass cat of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, tik-tok of oz, tippetarius in oz, tompy terry, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, walt mcdougall, wizard of oz, yankee, yankee in oz | 6 Comments

The Offbeat Officials of Oz

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Nathan

The Oz books have a lot of small royal courts with unusually-titled officials. This is something we see much more often in Ruth Plumly Thompson, but L. Frank Baum did have a few examples. In John Dough and the Cherub, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chronicles of Narnia, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aladdin, alibabble, baffleburg, bamboula, blufferroo, captain salt in oz, chick the cherub, chief chow chow, chief dipper, chief scarer, chief scorner, chief scrapper, chinda, dwarves, giants, gilbert and sullivan, grampa in oz, grand advizier, grand bozzywoz, grand chew chew, grand counter of the imperial spoons, hah hoh, handy mandy in oz, head booleywag, high coco-lorum, high qui-questioner, hippolorum, imperial persuader, jack pumpkinhead of oz, john dough, john dough and the cherub, kabumpo in oz, kimbaloo, king cheeriobed, king rinkitink, king sizzeroo, lord high humpus, lord high this and that, lord high upper dupper, mogodore, nox the ox, octagon isle, ojo in oz, out keeper, ozma, pat the prime patter, patch, perhaps city, peter brown, pirates in oz, pokes, preservatory, prime moneyster, prime piecer, prime preserve, prime pumper, pumperdink, red jinn, rinkitink in oz, royal scribbler, samandra, sapphire city, sauce box, scare city, sevenanone, silver island, silver mountain, sky island, smerker, snorpus, speedy in oz, sultan of samandra, supposyville, supposyville goes toboganning, swing city, the cowardly lion of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the horse and his boy, the lost king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the mikado, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the yellow knight of oz, thi, tighty, toddledy, town crier, town laugher, umbrella island, unicorners, unicorns, vizier | Leave a comment

Rings and Things

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Nathan

A lot of jewelry appears in the Oz books, but I can only think of a few magic rings. I believe the first one mentioned in the expanded Oz universe, albeit not in an official Oz book, is the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged beach blanket babyloz, boolooroo of the blues, christopher wayne buckley, circlets of halidom, david hulan, dorothy gale, fairies, glinda, glinda of oz, halidom, hind horn, jeremy steadman, jewelry, lurline, magic rings, mermaids, merry go round in oz, mood rings, mustafa of mudge, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma, puns, queen aquareine, rash rubies, realbad, rings, ruby of naught, sky island, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald ring of oz, the glass cat of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the sea fairies, the seven blue mountains of oz, the wizard of oz, time travel, tippetarius in oz, tir na nog, trot griffiths, wishing rings, wizard of oz, zim greenleaf, zim greenleaf of oz | Leave a comment

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

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

We’ll Get Lost in Hoztory

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Nathan

The Lost Tales of Oz, edited by Joe Bongiorno – I guess this doesn’t count as a traditional review. I’m in this book, so of course I’m going to recommend it. I do want to take a closer look at … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, David Tai, Eric Shanower, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Relationships, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged 1939 world's fair, ali cat in oz, allegro da capo, andrew heller, baseball, betsy bobbin, button-bright, catty corners, chop, chopfyt, dave hardenbrook, diplomatic immunity, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, forever in oz, glinda, good witch of the north, henry blossom, in flesh of burnished tin, j. l. bell, jellia jamb, joe bongiorno, lost histories from the royal librarian of oz, lulea, lurline, lurline and the talking animals of oz, margaret berg, mombi, mudge, nimmie amee, ogres, ojo, ojo and the woozy, ozma and the orange ogres in oz, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, paul dana, princess langwidere, quiet victory, red jinn, rigmarole town, ruth morris, sam sackett, sawhorse, sky island, the emerald city of oz, the flying bus in oz, the giant horse of oz, the great and terrible oz mystery, the lost princess of oz, the lost tales of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the other searches for the lost princess, the patchwork girl of oz, the puppet-mistress of oz, the road to oz, the scrap bag circus of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the trade, the witch's mother of oz, the wizard in new york, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tititi-hoochoo, tommy kwikstep, tommy kwikstep and the magpie, trot griffiths, tsathoggua, vaneeda of oz, victor columbia edison, wam, wicked witch of the east, wizard of oz, woozy, yookoohoos | 16 Comments

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All Yooped Up

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The New Ugu

Baum’s Birthday Blowout

Fact Within Fiction

The Offbeat Officials of Oz

Rings and Things

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I Like Birds

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