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Right City, Wrong World

Posted on October 1, 2021 by Nathan

One interesting aspect to Philip Jose Farmer’s A Barnstormer in Oz is his indication that the human inhabitants of Oz are descended from people who arrived there from our world, mostly Goths but also Celts and Native Americans. This sort … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Cartoons, Characters, Chronicles of Narnia, Donkey Kong, L. Frank Baum, Language, Mario, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged a barnstormer in oz, brooklyn, corumbia, diana ross, dinohattan, gypsies, kiltoon, mario kart tour, mifkets, mount mern, mushroom kingdom, narnia, nes open tournament golf, new donk city, new york city, philip jose farmer, silver island, sir hokus of pokes, super mario odyssey, telmar, the koopas are coming! the koopas are coming!, the wiz, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto of oz, uptown, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

No Talking, Just Animals

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Nathan

At the most recent OzCon International, I was on a panel about animals in Oz, discussing, among other things, whether they have the same rights as humans. It went off track a few times, but some interesting topics came up. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged baffleburg, bilbil, billina, combinoceros, dogs, donkeys, emerald city, ev, hank the mule, horses, immortality, ix, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kabumpo, king randywell, lions, mombi, ojo in oz, ozcon international, ozma of oz, peter brown, pita the sand witch, queen zixi of ix, realbad, rinkitink in oz, ruffles, samandra, snip, snoctorotomus, tazzywaller, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the gnome king of oz, the lost king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the silver princess in oz, the yellow knight of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto of oz, wizard of oz | Leave a comment

Slide Some Oil to Me

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Nathan

I suppose Oz must use fossil fuels to at least some extent. I mean, the Tin Woodman carries around an oilcan in order to lubricate his joints and keep them from rusting. L. Frank Baum’s father became rich through oil … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Technology | Tagged benjamin baum, flabber-gas, fossil fuels, grease, midnight oil, oil, oilville, ozallooning in oz, peli-cans, petroleum, scalawagons, the forbidden fountain of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the wonder city of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tin woodman, toto of oz | 1 Comment

Toto Recall

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Nathan

Dorothy’s pet Toto might well be one of the most famous dogs in literature, but how much do you really know about him? L. Frank Baum never specifies a breed for him, simply describing in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Gina Wickwar, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Marcus Mebes, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged billina, boston terrier, cairn terrier, cowardly lion, dingleberry, dogs, dorothy gale, eureka the pink kitten, frank kramer, george van buren, grampa in oz, nip and tuck, oziana, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, terriers, the emerald city of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magic tapestry of oz, the magical mimics in oz, the road to oz, the scarecrow of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, toto, toto and the truth, toto in oz, toto of oz, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the west, wizard of oz, yorkshire terrier, zimbo and the magic amulet | 4 Comments

Breaking In the New Royal Historians

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Nathan

I received a suggestion to compare and contrast Rachel Cosgrove’s two Oz books, The Hidden Valley of Oz and The Wicked Witch of Oz. This made me think of something I remember reading on the Regalia or Nonestica mailing list … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Edward Einhorn, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged dorothy gale, hungry tiger, jonathan andrew manley, leon the neon, percy the personality kid, scarecrow, singra, the hidden prince of oz, the hidden valley of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tin woodman, toto of oz, witches | 3 Comments

Bah! There’s Always a War!

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Nathan

In addition to Glinda’s army, there are a lot of armed forces that show up in minor Ozian countries. Many are simply palace guards, but there are some more specific military units as well. Utensia has the Spoon Brigade, made … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged another adventure with ann, armies, belfaygor, bell-snickle, captain fyter, corabia, corumbia, dorothy gale, emerald city, eric gjovaag, flatheads, general blotz, general quakes, glinda, glinda of oz, gloria, grampa in oz, halidom, invasion, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, jinjur, jinxland, karyl carlson, kiltoon, merry go round in oz, military, mogodore, mombi, nome king, oogaboo, ozma, ozoplaning with the wizard of oz, ozwoz, princess melody, private jo files, pumperdink, queen ann in oz, queen ann soforth, red top mountain, regalia, rimmers, samandra, skeezers, spoon brigade, the emerald city of oz, the gardener's boy of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the purple prince of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, tippetarius in oz, toto of oz, troth, utensia, war, zim greenleaf | 2 Comments

Gillikin Geography

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Nathan

I’ve already written about the other three (four, if you count the Emerald City territory) segments of Oz, and even though I haven’t gotten much if any response to them, I’ve had fun writing them. So here’s the last of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Maps, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Uncategorized | Tagged abra kadabra of oz, adventures in oz, bordermoor, forest of gugu, general quakes, gillikins, glinda of oz, gugu and the kalidahs, handy mandy in oz, hugh pendexter, james e. haff, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kalidahs, kimbaloo, king gugu, oziana, pumperdink, regalia, the blue witch of oz, the crocheted cat of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the giant horse of oz, the lost king of oz, the magic of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the purple prince of oz, the rundelstone of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto of oz, uptown | 5 Comments

The Wonderful Waterways of Oz

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Nathan

From pretty early on, Oz was established as having two major rivers, the Munchkin and Winkie, both of which flow into a lake outside the Emerald City, later named Lake Quad. Whether this means the city is on low ground … Continue reading →

Posted in Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Gina Wickwar, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged an oz book, david hulan, great waterfall, lake quad, lakes, lucky bucky in oz, merry go round in oz, nonestic ocean, oziana, ozmapolitan, rivers, stiff river, the enchanted island of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the glass cat of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the lost king of oz, the ozmapolitan of oz, the scalawagons of oz, the scarecrow of oz, tickley bender, toto of oz, trick river, yankee in oz | 5 Comments

All I Know Is What I Read in the Papers

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Nathan

The Ozmapolitan was an interesting promotional tool, first coming out in 1904 to advertise The Marvelous Land of Oz and the upcoming Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz comic series. It was presented as an actual newspaper from … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Dick Martin, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged emerald city, emerald city mirror, eric gjovaag, gina wickwar, hungry tiger press, international wizard of oz club, joe bongiorno, karyl carlson, newspapers, nome kingdom, oz-story magazine, ozma, ozmapolitan, queen ann in oz, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, the giant horse of oz, the gnome king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wicked witch of oz, the woggle-bug book, tik-tok, toto of oz | 5 Comments

Foster Children in Fairyland

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Nathan

Time for some Oz-related reviews! First of all, the International Wizard of Oz Club (I need to renew my membership in that, don’t I?) is offering an insert for Gina Wickwar’s Toto of Oz. It involves Button-Bright accidentally bringing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Dennis Anfuso, Fairy Tales, Gina Wickwar, Lewis Carroll, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged alan lindsay, button-bright, carlo collodi, cookie giraffe, hans christian andersen, humpty dumpty, international wizard of oz club, mother goose, oz house, pinocchio, rumpelstiltskin, toto, toto of oz | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: toto of oz

Right City, Wrong World

No Talking, Just Animals

Slide Some Oil to Me

Toto Recall

Breaking In the New Royal Historians

Bah! There’s Always a War!

Gillikin Geography

The Wonderful Waterways of Oz

All I Know Is What I Read in the Papers

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