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Shopping O-Z

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Nathan

I wrote about traveling salesmen in Oz last week, but I forgot about one. That was none other than Ruggedo, the former Nome King, who was a peddler of sunglasses at the beginning of Pirates in Oz. Now, I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged choose day, cut and assemble the emerald city of oz, dictionopolis, down town, dragons, emerald city, evangeline, fashion plate mesa, fix city, handy mandy in oz, humpy, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jenny jump, lucky bucky in oz, madam chic chic, margaret berg, nome king, norton juster, number nine, oz cream, pajuka, pastoria, peter brown, pirates in oz, road shop, shops, snip, style shop, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, The Phantom Tollbooth, the royal book of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, turn town, turn-style | Leave a comment

Every Modern Convenience and Comfort

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Nathan

I’ve been thinking a little more about the level of technology in Oz. I’ve written about this subject before a few times, but there are a few things I wanted to add. We know that Oz has electricity to some … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Dick Martin, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged appliances, box brownie, cameras, captain battery batt, civilization, communication, demon of electricity, dorothy and the wizard in oz, eastman kodak, electra, electracity, electricity, emerald city, fairies, fruitcake island, great detective, gussun, henry blossom, jay delkin, king transformer, light, mermaids, michael patrick hearn, mixmaster, mo, mossolb, oziana, ozmapolitan, photography, prince zingle, raoul dufy, santa claus, santa claus in oz, speaking tube, sunbeam products, telephones, the adventure of the cat that did not meow in the night, the annotated wizard of oz, the blue emperor of oz, the electricity fairy, the lost king of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master key, the ozmapolitan of oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the sea fairies, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, tim hollis, wizard of mo, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Half-Civilized

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Nathan

When Dorothy first comes to Oz, the Good Witch of the North tells her, “In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left; nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians. But, you see, the Land of Oz has never … Continue reading →

Posted in Environmentalism, Fairy Tales, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Science, Technology | Tagged agriculture, aunt em, china country, cities, civilization, dorothy gale, electricity, emerald city, fairies, garden of eden, good witch of the north, gump, munchkins, ozma, phonograph, pollution, professor wogglebug, sapphire city, science fiction, shaggy man, telegraph, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of yew, the marvelous land of oz, the master key, the patchwork girl of oz, the road to oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, victor columbia edison, who's afraid, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, winkies, witches, wizard of oz | 1 Comment

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 | 4 Comments

Tin Hands Are Ku-Klip’s Workshop

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Nathan

So, I’m back from OzCon International, which was pretty Oz-some. It’s kind of disappointing that it’s over, but nice to get home again. When I first started going to Oz conventions, it was often one of the few chances I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Characters, Eric Shanower, Feminism, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes | Tagged andy mangels, angelica shirley carpenter, cosplay, david maxine, dina schiff massachi, filmation, j. l. bell, jack haley, james ortiz, jellia jamb, journey back to oz, judy bieber, lesba, loonville, mrs. yoop, ozcon international, polychrome, prissy pingle, puppetry, ray bolger, raymond wohl, robert payes, robin hess, scarecrow, the fate of a crown, the lost tales of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the woggle-bug, the woodsman, til loon, tommy kwikstep, w. w. denslow, woot the wanderer | 3 Comments

Oz Above, So Below

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Nathan

Although not in the book, MGM’s idea to have counterparts for all the main Oz characters in Kansas was popular enough to feature in pretty much every other major Oz film. Something interesting that I heard in the Hungry Reader’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dreams, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged china country, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, dr. worley, glinda, gump, jack pumpkinhead, mombi, nome king, nurse wilson, oz: the great and powerful, ozma, return to oz, Ruby Slippers, the marvelous land of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, walter murch, winged monkeys, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Insect Aside

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Nathan

L. Frank Baum is never entirely clear on whether ALL animals in Oz can talk, or whether animals eat each other there. For instance, are insects there sentient? Well, the Wogglebug is, but that’s after he’s been Highly Magnified and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged anteaters, ants, bears, bees, billina, bucketheads in oz, cap'n bill, gili bar-hillel, grampa in oz, grasshoppers, insects, jack breton, jitterbug, larry breton, lucky bucky in oz, mosquitoes, ojo in oz, ozma of oz, peter schulenburg, professor wogglebug, snufferbux, sullivanthauros, the disenchanted princess of oz, the emerald city of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ork in oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin castle of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the woggle-bug book, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's tale, thunderbugs, tin woodman, wasps, wicked witch of the west, woozy, yankee in oz | 4 Comments

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