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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

We Are Family

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Nathan

This post on the Merry Old Land of Oz Facebook group got me thinking about how most of the kids who visit Oz tend to be only children. Okay, to be fair, it’s possible they have siblings we don’t know … Continue reading →

Posted in Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Dick Martin, Families, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged acinad, alexander volkov, allison mcbain, annie smith, aunt em, betsy bobbin, button-bright, cap'n bill, cap'n bob, christmas in oz, clarence skillet, cory in oz, donald abbott, dorothy gale, dr. pipt, ellie smith, frank joslyn baum, fumaro, general riskitt, glinda, glinda of oz, greg hunter, guardian of the gates, handy mandy, how the wizard saved oz, jack pumpkinhead, jeff freedman, jellia jamb, joe weedles, kabina, kabumpo, lucky bucky in oz, magic land, margolotte, mombi, nine tiny piglets, nome king, notta bit more, number nine, omby amby, ozma, ozmapolitan, pastoria, patchwork girl, paul dana, pinny and gig, polychrome, prince philador, queen ann soforth, robin hess, salye soforth, scarecrow, septimius septentrion, shaggy man, tales of magic land, the enchanted gnome of oz, the giant horse of oz, the goat girls of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the mysterious pool of oz, the other searches for the lost princess of oz, the ozampolitan of oz, the shaggy man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), three adepts, tik-tok of oz, time-travelling in oz, tin woodman, trot griffiths, twink and tom jones, uncle henry, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Gnomic Utterances

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Nathan

I recently read Ruth Berman’s Dunkiton Pamphlet on Gnome Matters, including a history of gnomes, touching on their use in the Oz books. I’ve written about this topic before, like how the name might well have originated with Paracelsus, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Dulabone, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, German, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bucketheads in oz, delves, demons, dunkiton press, edward r. blanchard, elementals, enilrul, eva katharine gibson, fairies, fire fairies, frank joslyn baum, gnome king, gnome matters, gnomes, gnomides, goblins, gold panners, goldemar, greg hunter, isabel johnston, j. l. bell, jimmy bulber of oz, joe bongiorno, julia brown, kaliko, knarls, margaret berg, nome king, nomes, number-nip, nymphs, paracelsus, polychrome, quar, royal timeline of oz, rubezahl, ruth berman, sherwood smith, the emerald city mirror, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gnome king and the good fairy of the silver mine, the hidden prince of oz, the jeweled toad, the life and adventures of santa claus, the purple prince of oz, the reading tree of oz, the three threads, the tik-tok man of oz, the witch queen of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, william brough, zauberlinda the wise witch | 5 Comments

Regional Ruler Report

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Nathan

While I’ve written before about the current rulers of the four main countries of Oz, as well as how these countries developed throughout the series, I haven’t said that much about the rulers of these places before the coming of … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dennis Anfuso, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged david hulan, dorothy gale, four views of general jinjur, frank joslyn baum, gayelette, gillikins, glenn ingersoll, glinda, gloma, greg hunter, gump, henry blossom, joe bongiorno, king cheeriobed, king gil of gilkenny, mombi, munchkins, mycroft mason, ojo, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, peg amy, princess azarine, princess cozytoes, quadlings, queen isomere, queen orin, queen pierita of amberly, realbad, seebania, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the laughing dragon of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the red desert of oz, the road to oz, the triumph of the wicked witch of the west, the wonderful wizard of oz, unc nunkie, wicked witch of the west, winkies | 10 Comments

The Return of the Nome King Returns

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Nathan

The most frequently recurring villain in the Oz series is Ruggedo, originally known as Roquat, the former Nome King. I would imagine L. Frank Baum didn’t intend to use him so often, but ended up finding him convenient for several … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged a refugee in oz, a wonderful journey in oz, alliance of the elementals, atticus gannaway, chris dulabone, eva katharine gibson, forbidden fountain, george macdonald, glinda, gnomes, greg hunter, handy mandy in oz, himself the elf, kabumpo in oz, kaliko, kim mcfarland, king rinkitink, l. frank baum, little wizard stories, magic belt, nome king, nomes, ozma of oz, pirates in oz, prince inga of pingaree, prince silverwings, rinkitink in oz, ruggedo and the school of magic, ruth plumly thompson, sideshow bob, the deadly desert around oz, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted gnome of oz, the gnome king of oz, the magic of oz, the princess and the goblin, the simpsons, tik-tok and the nome king, tik-tok of oz, water of oblivion, zauberlinda the wise witch | 18 Comments

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