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Krewl to Be Kynd

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Nathan

Here are two more in my ongoing series of Oz rereads: The Gardener’s Boy of Oz, by Phyllis Ann Karr – This is one of the better received apocryphal Oz books, which I guess isn’t too surprising as it’s by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Toys | Tagged bermuda triangle, bucketheads in oz, candy longtaw, captain edward dauntless, dolls, fairies, forbidden tube, gilbert and sullivan, glinda, great gulf, griffins, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinxland, kalidahs, kericot the considerate kalidah, king krewl, king kynd, king phearse, maybe the miffin, pon, rakpat, ruddigore, snif the iffin, sour notes, terrence oldshell, the boy baronet in oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the guardian dove, the hollyhock dolls in oz, the scarecrow of oz, tik-tok of oz, tititi-hoochoo, tizzland, ugu the shoemaker, winged monkeys | Leave a comment

I Spy a May Queen

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Nathan

I knew as a kid that the first of May was May Day, but it’s not something I ever celebrated. I don’t think it’s that big in the States, or at least not the part where I lived. The Wikipedia page … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Greek Mythology, may day, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aphrodite, baron belfaygor of bourne, baron mogodore, beltane, chloris, dionysus, fairies, flora, floralia, flowers, green man, hermes, jack in the green, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, maia, maid marian, maiouma, margaret berg, may king, may queen, maypole, midsommar, midsummer, nymphs, ovid, ozallooning in oz, peter brown, pleiades, puritans, robin hood, snif the iffin, the wizard of oz (stage play), virgin mary, walpurgisnacht | 1 Comment

Companimals

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Nathan

Animal companions are a recurring theme in the Oz books, starting with Dorothy’s dog Toto. Kids reading the books were likely used to pets, so it makes sense. Since animals talk in Oz, however, some animal characters are more equal … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bears, betsy bobbin, billina, bunnybury, camels, cats, catty corners, chalk, civilization, comfortable camel, cowardly lion, david perry, dogs, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka, frogman, glinda, griffins, grumpy, handy mandy in oz, hank the mule, high boy, horses, humpty bumpty, imogene the cow, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jim the cab-horse, jonathan andrew manley, kabumpo, keretaria, king skamperoo, nickadoodle, nine tiny piglets, notta bit more, nox the ox, ozma, ozma of oz, patch, patchwork girl, percy the personality kid, peter brown, pets, pigasus, pigs, pinny and gig, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, pumperdink, rabbits, seebania, sir hokus of pokes, snif the iffin, snufferbux, speedy, speedy in oz, terrybubble, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tompy terry, toto, yankee, yankee in oz, zeb hugson | Leave a comment

Birds of a Feather (and a Few Without)

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve ever really written specifically about the birds in the Oz series, and there are quite a few of them. When Dorothy first arrives in Oz, she sees “birds with rare and brilliant plumage” in the Munchkin … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arabian, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged balloon bird, balloon island, banana bird, barrel birds, birds, birds of paradise, bob up, bobolinks, captain salt, captain salt in oz, chapter three, chickens, cowardly lion, crows, dorothy and the wizard in oz, ducks, flittermouse, foolish owl, garden of eden, gluckbird, gooch, grand mo-gull, gulls, hummingbirds, hurrah birds, hurrah's nest, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jalapomp, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, lake orizon, lonesome duck, lucky bucky in oz, nickadoodle, notta bit more, orks, owls, oziana, patch, peli-cans, percy vere, peter brown, pirates in oz, policeman bluejay, reedbirds, rocs, roger the read bird, russet meagle, scissor bird, skyle of un, snif the iffin, stork scissors, storks, the cowardly lion of oz, the curious cruise of captain santa, the giant horse of oz, the little gingerbread man, the lost king of oz, the royal explorers of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, zazagooch | 1 Comment

Sizing Up and Down

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Nathan

Characters changing in size is a pretty frequent occurrence in the Oz books. It’s sort of a transformation, but not entirely, as someone exposed to such magic keeps the same shape. At least, that seems to be the case for … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baffleburg, big wigs, blinkie, bucketheads in oz, bunnybury, doorways, dwindlebury, ev, frogman, giants, glegg, glinda, growing, jack breton, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo in oz, larry breton, little dorothy and toto, little wizard stories of oz, loxo the lucky, magic muffins, mombi, nome king, ozma, peg amy, percy and the shrinking violet, percy the personality kid, polychrome, professor nowitall, professor wogglebug, rabbits, red jinn, red rogue, reddies, shrinking, skosh, snif the iffin, speedy in oz, terp the terrible, the cowardly lion of oz, the disenchanted princess of oz, the eldritch horror of oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the final fate of the frogman, the gardener's boy of oz, the giant garden of oz, the good witch of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, tippetarius in oz, waddy, wag, witches, wizard of oz, zim greenleaf | 4 Comments

Ozma Seeks Council

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Nathan

As a ruler, Ozma of Oz doesn’t always seem to do much delegating of responsibility. We occasionally see her rushing into dangerous situations on her own, apparently without much thought of what would happen to Oz if she didn’t come … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a zen master in oz, aunt em, betsy bobbin, billina, bungle the glass cat, button-bright, cap'n bill, council, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, foolish owl, frogman, glinda, glinda of oz, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, kass stone, nome king, ojo, ozma, parliament, patchwork girl, pirates in oz, professor wogglebug, robin hess, sawhorse, shaggy man, snif the iffin, the ice king of oz, the martian invasion of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, toto and the cats of oz, trot griffiths, uncle henry, wise donkey, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

The Royal Ships of Oz

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Nathan

While I don’t think shipping has ever been quite as common for Oz as for many other fandoms, it’s definitely been gaining prominence as of late. Not surprisingly, one of the main targets is the beautiful and powerful Ozma, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, March Laumer, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Relationships, Ron Baxley Jr., Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aaron adelman, bad lads, betsy bobbin, button-bright, carter green, charles phipps, cowardly lion, david hulan, dorothy gale, emerald city mirror, forever in oz, frogman, gayelette, glinda, handy mandy, handy mandy in oz, jay v. groves, jellia jamb, jenny jump, kabumpo in oz, king cheeriobed, king kerry of keretaria, king rinkitink, maybe the miffin, nero zeero: snoz of oz, nimmie amee, number nine, ojo, oz kids, ozma, patchwork girl, polychrome, polychrome a romantic fantasy, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, princess gureeda, princess truella, professor wogglebug, queen ann soforth, queen orin, quelala, red reera the yookoohoo and the enchanted easter eggs of oz, richard g. quinn, rinkitink in oz, romance, ruth waara, ryk e. spoor, salye soforth, scarecrow, shaggy man, shipping, snif the iffin, speedy, speedy in oz, tazander tazah of ozamaland, the engagement of ozma, the giant horse of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the umbrellas of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, toto, trot griffiths, umbrella island, umbrella island in oz, wag, wizard of oz, zeb hugson, zella, zim greenleaf | 17 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

Poets Who Know It

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Nathan

One of the characters introduced in the 1902 stage play of The Wizard of Oz who wasn’t in the book was Sir Dashemoff Daily, the Poet Laureate of Oz. I’m not sure if it was L. Frank Baum or someone … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Poetry, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bookville, cap'n bill, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, emerald city, eureka the pink kitten, flittermouse, general riskitt, halidom, jack pumpkinhead, jenny jump, merry go round in oz, ojo, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, percy vere, pigasus, popla, professor wogglebug, rhyming dictionary, sir dashemoff daily, sir wiley gyle, sky island, snif the iffin, the hidden valley of oz, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the runaway in oz, the wizard of oz (stage play), the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, twinkler | 3 Comments

Going on a Hozliday

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Nathan

So, the 2013 issue of Oziana is out now, and I have a story in it. “Jinnicky Saves Christmas” was an idea I came up with around the holidays two years ago. The theme of this issue is described on … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Christmas, Gina Wickwar, Holidays, Jared Davis, Jeff Rester, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged belfaygor, cowardly lion, darrell spradlyn, ed mccray, emerald city, foiled by the iffin, gloma, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, jinnicky saves christmas, king rinkitink, luciano vecchio, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oziana, ozma, polychrome, prince inga of pingaree, professor wogglebug, snif the iffin, the harvest ball, the love-bug of oz, the ork in oz, the scalawagons of oz, the way of a lion, the wishing horse of oz, the woggle-bug book, thy fearful symmetry, tin woodman, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz | 5 Comments

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Krewl to Be Kynd

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

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