Tag Archives: the magic of oz

Pendexter’s Laboratory

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Nathan

Today, in my ongoing look at obscure Oz books, I’m looking at the work of Hugh Pendexter III. He dives into some unanswered questions from the series and includes quite a few references, although he mostly uses his own characters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Greek Mythology, Hugh Pendexter, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Places, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged cap'n bill, curtis dunham, dogs, donald abbott, dorothy and the wizard in oz, dorothy gale, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, elephants, ev, farhold island, forest of gugu, great gillikin forest, how the wizard came to oz, johnny dooit, mombi, morrow, nine tiny piglets, oz and the three witches, ozma, paul clarendon west, robots, saturn, shaggy man, silico, tales of the crocheted cat, the crocheted cat in oz, the golden goblin, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the pearl and the pumpkin, the road to oz, the sea fairies, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winged monkeys, witches, wizard of oz, wooglet in oz | Leave a comment

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Nathan

I’ve previously reviewed the 2016 Oziana, which consists of fifteen different alternate endings for Rinktink in Oz. I thought I should say a little more about each one, however, so here we go. Susan Johnson starts out by going in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Food, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jared Davis, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a child's garden, aaron solomon adelman, andrew heller, baruch adelman, bilbil, christopher m. diket, dorothy gale, eggs, eleanor kennedy, ev, fix city, flattown, george van buren, gilgad, goats, high faluting city, how to be good, invisible inzi of oz, jackdaws, james bond, john w. kennedy, karen diket, king anko, king gos of regos, king rinkitink, kuik blackbab, maggie lockett, magic belt, mariah b'forre, mermaids, musicton, nikobob, nome king, nome kingdom, ouija board, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, ozmapolitan, patchwork girl, pearls of pingaree, prince bobo of boboland, prince inga of pingaree, puns, queen aquareine, queen cor of coregos, rinkitink in oz, robin hess, roodnite, sarah hadley, scarecrow, susan johnson, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway of oz, three trick caverns, toto and the cats of oz, tune town, virginia and robert wauchope, walkingbury, water of oblivion, wizard of oz, wizards, zog | 4 Comments

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

Something for the Ruler with Everything

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Nathan

The 1998 Oziana has even less original art than the last issue. Aside from the front cover by Ron Zhang, showing an MGM-inspired Wicked Witch of the West menacing the familiar four (five, including Toto) and a picture of Ozma … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Games, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a princess of oz, barsoom, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, bunnybury, corabia, corumbia, cowardly lion, dave hardenbrook, david hulan, dorothy gale, edgar rice burroughs, elephants, firestones, gayelette, glinda, golden cap, j. l. bell, jellia jamb maid of oz, john carter, kabumpo, kabumpo finds a frond, lonesome duck, magic belt, mars, mike turniansky, oziana, ozma, ozma's swap party, ozzy digest, patchwork girl, prince corum of corumbia, princess marygolden of corabia, puzzles, quelala, rabbits, robin olderman, ron zhang, samandra, scarecrow, sir hokus of pokes, the astonishing tale of the gump of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gauds of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the shortest book of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, trot griffiths, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, woodchucks | 2 Comments

Dark and Shuttered

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Nathan

This week, we’re taking a look at the 1991 Oziana. Well, what else did you expect after the 1990 issue? The cover by Chris Sterling shows the Scarecrow and Tin Woodman putting on a puppet show, with each one controlling a … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Families, Fred Otto, Humor, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a cozy castle in oz, afterlife, beach blanket babyloz, big enough mountain, charles martensen, chris sterling, christopher wayne buckley, death, earl abbe, ev, fairness, fred otto, glinda, great book of records, haiku, johnny dooit, kabumpo in oz, loxo the lucky, mission impozible, nome king, nomes, omby amby, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pyrzqxgl, ray bradbury, robin olderman, scarecrow, shutter town, something wicked this way comes, speedy in oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden cave of grapelandia, the giant horse of oz, the magic of oz, tik-tok of oz, timmy and the shutter faces in oz, tin woodman, water of oblivion, who's who in oz, woot the wanderer | 1 Comment

Gone with the Northeast Wind

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Nathan

The 1988 Oziana has a game on both the front and back cover, derived by Fred Meyer and drawn by Bill Eubank. For each of fifty different transformations, the player has to guess who was transformed into what. I like … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Camilla Townsend, Characters, Conspiracy Theories, Eric Shanower, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Poetry, Relationships, Star Trek, Technology | Tagged a computer wizard in oz, a side view of the nonestic islands, angela garvey garvey, army, aunt em, betsy bobbin, bill eubank, break dance, corwin davison poe, dorothy gale, fairies, fred meyer, frogman, h.p. lovecraft, hungry tiger, king evoldo of ev, li-mon-eags, limericks, magic belt, martha cornog, mcwogglebug, military, neal wilgus, omby amby, oziah prendergast gillikin iiii, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, patchwork girl, polychrome, professor wogglebug, scarecrow, smith and tinker, spock, stuff and nonsense, the blue raindrops of oz, the computer wizard makes a comeback, the magic of oz, the northeast wind in oz, thorgose, tik-tok, timothy perper, tin woodman, tollydiggle, trot griffiths, two's of a kind, typhonic, ventilation, wendy roth, winds, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Threadneedle, Frost, Brown, and Smith, Limited

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Nathan

The 1987 Oziana contains four stories, one much shorter than the others, all of which are of the sort that complement the main series. The front cover shows Melody Grandy’s illustration of Robin Olderman’s idea for the Quadling flag. A note … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Board Games, Characters, Dice, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Games, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Maps, Melody Grandy, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Pachisi, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bill eubank, bill stillman, blankenburg, button-bright, button-bright and the knit-wits of oz, chris sterling, cookywitches, dorothy gale, flags, fred meyer, fuddlecumjig, glinda, jack frost, james e. haff, jim vander noot, knit-wits, knitting, laughing valley of hohaho, oziana, parcheesi, peter brown, pirates in oz, polychrome, professor wogglebug, puns, robin olderman, stichwell j. threadneedle, sugarene, the blizzard of oz, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the ice king of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost king of oz, the lost tales of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the other searches for the lost princess, the runaway shadows, the two peters, the woggle-bug's new clothes, thumbumbia, tippetarius, tyler tichelaar | 5 Comments

Conquest by Computer

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Nathan

The 1986 Oziana is the first issue I ever read, even though it was around 1993 when I did so. I just started out by ordering the earliest one the Oz Club was offering at the time. The cover here … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Christmas, Games, Holidays, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a computer wizard in oz, bini aru, blair boudreau, corwin davison poe, easter bunny, edgar allan poe, emerald city, fairies, forbidden fountain, frosty the snowman, glinda, grinch, how the grinch stole christmas, hungry tiger, jack pumpkinhead, kabumpo in oz, kiki aru, laughing valley of hohaho, little bun rabbit, mother goose in prose, mount munch, mrs. claus, much ado about kiki aru, nome king, north pole, old mother hubbard, oziah prendergast gillikin iiii, oziana, ozma, pyrzqxgl, richard capwell, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, santa claus, santa claus in oz, sean patrick duffley, sir hokus of pokes, smith and tinker, the easter bunny of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic of oz, tik-tok, tim hollis, trot griffiths, water of oblivion, wilbur canard, wizard of oz | 6 Comments

The South Will Oz Again

Posted on April 20, 2022 by Nathan

As mentioned in the introduction, the cover picture of the 1980 Oziana, as drawn by Albert Chronic, references a passage in Captain Salt in Oz, specifically when the Captain says that the Wizard of Oz is building airships that would … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Food, Games, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a study in orange, agga-groo, albert chronic, appearance, captain salt in oz, colonel cotton in oz, cowardly lion, dixie, edith hollister, g. mohrman, glegg, grampa in oz, great detective, how the cowardly lion met the hungry tiger, hungry tiger, judy bieber, kabumpo in oz, king gugu, miss cuttenclip, ozamaland, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, question box, ragbad, ragej, railroads, samandra, sherlock holmes, the magic of oz, the sea fairies, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tim hollis, toto | 5 Comments

Standing Tall on the Wizard’s Dreams

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Nathan

The 1976 Oziana is the first with Jay Delkin as editor. The cover has an Oz alphabet designed by Bill Eubank. I know The Baum Bugle used these to start articles for a while, and at the time I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Celebrities, Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Onyx Madden/Jim Nitch, Oz, Oz Authors, Phyllis Ann Karr, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology, Television | Tagged bee zum, bill eubank, books of wonder, bronson pinchot, charles schulz, david hulan, donald abbott, dorothy gale, electricity, emerald city, golden cap, great detective, how the wizard came to oz, how the wizard came to oz and what he did there, i-wish-i-was, jack pumpkinhead, jay delkin, joe bongiorno, jojee, linus van pelt, magic flower, michael patrick hearn, nathan flower, nomes, ojo, ojo in oz, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, ozmonga, peanuts, perfect strangers, richard paul smyers, sawhorse, scarecrow, sherlock holmes, snoopy, the adventure of the cat that did not meow in the night, the annotated wizard of oz, the baum bugle, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gauds of oz, the lost sawhorse, the magic of oz, the mysterious chronicles of oz, the road to oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, w.w. denslow, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, x. pando | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: the magic of oz

Pendexter’s Laboratory

Been a Long Time Since I Rinkitinked

You Can See ‘Em Work

Something for the Ruler with Everything

Dark and Shuttered

Gone with the Northeast Wind

Threadneedle, Frost, Brown, and Smith, Limited

Conquest by Computer

The South Will Oz Again

Standing Tall on the Wizard’s Dreams

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