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Shanower Shorts

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Nathan

I don’t think I’ve ever done a proper review of The Salt Sorcerer of Oz and Other Stories, by Eric Shanower, and I’m not sure I’m entirely doing so here either. I’ve recently written about two of the tales, “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Eric Shanower, Families, Humor, Jack Snow, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Monsters, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, abby, bladgaar, bungle the glass cat, cap'n bill, clank, conjo, dorothy gale, emerald city, fardels, flicker, forest of gugu, glenn ingersoll, gugu and the kalidahs, hungry tiger, kabumpo, kalidahs, king gugu, lake quad, ma-dul-ma-dun, merfolk, multiplying overcoat, mushrooms, oziana, ozmapolitan, parts unavailable, patchwork girl, quaddle, queen piopelp, scarecrow, shroom city, shrooms, speedy in oz, the balloon-girl of oz, the final fate of the frogman, the flying girl, the ice king of oz, the purple prince of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the salt sorcerer of oz and other stories, the shaggy man of oz, the silver jug, tik-tok, trot griffiths, trot of oz, twiffle, twink and tom jones, waddy, woozy, world war ii, zyzzwyzz | 1 Comment

Heffalumps and Woozies

Posted on July 23, 2022 by Nathan

After two years when it just wasn’t possible, we finally had an in-person OzCon International this year. It was in Pomona, California again, and it was one day and some change, so I initially thought it wouldn’t make sense to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Atticus Gannaway, Celebrities, Characters, Eric Shanower, Food, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, american fairy tales, ashley chase, billina, bunbury, butterflies, cindy ragni, colin ayres, cowardly lion, dina schiff massachi, dogs, dorothy gale, eric gjovaag, erica olivera, freddy fogarty, geoffrey l. gould, glenn roberson, insects, j. l. bell, judy garland, kabumpo in oz, liberace, nate barlow, naya rivera, oz film manufacturing company, ozcon international, oziana, ozma of oz, polychrome, prince pompadore, return to oz, sam milazzo, steve cox, the emerald city of oz, the glass dog, the master key, the patchwork girl of oz, the real critics, the tik-tok man of oz, the wiz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, toto, woozy | 7 Comments

Purple Horse, Pink Goat, Blue Woozy

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Nathan

Scan by Jared Davis The 1992 Oziana gives us a rather striking cover illustration, a picture by Eric Shanower of the Wicked Witch of the East as she realizes she’s about to be crushed by a house. “A Christmas Tree … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Christmas, Comics, Eric Shanower, Holidays, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a christmas tree for dorothy, afterlife, bill eubank, blue emperor, brent peddy, christmas trees, cindy jen, daniel han, david maxine, deepa mehta, dorothy gale, dorothy's christmas tree, emerald city, everett avila, fred meyer, gayelette, goats, henry blossom, high boy, horses, joe mcsweeney, kabumpo, kabumpo in oz, kingdom of dreams, krizzle kroo, lurline, magic mistake bag, nicole bent, oziana, ozma, pastoria, professor nowitall, ricky blount, robin olderman, sandman, santa claus, scarecrow, shaune anderson, stars, the blue emperor of oz, the giant horse of oz, the journey, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the silver princess in oz, the tail of the pink goat, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tin woodman, w. w. denslow, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards, woozy | 2 Comments

Coping with Immortality

Posted on April 6, 2022 by Nathan

We’re up to the 1978 Oziana, with a cover by Bill Eubank that appears to be partially based on a John R. Neill illustration from Kabumpo in Oz. Then there’s an Oz-E-Gag by Eubank, comparing The Wizard of Oz to … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Comics, Games, History, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, March Laumer, Melody Grandy, Music, Mythology, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Religion, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Star Wars, Winnie-the-Pooh | Tagged atlantis, bears, bees, beyond the rainbow, bill eubank, bronson pinchot, clara jean curzon, daniel k. cox, dave billman, deadly desert, dorothy gale, emerald city, ereol, espa, fairies, forest of burzee, george lucas, george van buren, gili bar-hillel, glinda, glinda of oz, great detective, harry mongold, how ducky!, hugo ball, immigration, immortality, in other lands than oz, jay delkin, jenny jump, joe bongiorno, johanna buchner, joseph campbell, julius caesar, kabumpo in oz, latin, lau shiu fan, luke skywalker, lurline, magic belt, magic picture, menankypoo, number nine, ojo, orks, oz-e-gags, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, paul ritz, pillars of hercules, pin-up, pixies, plato, princess leia, queen coo-ee-oh, queen zixi of ix, red jinn, sawhorse, scraps' ditty, shaggy man, sherlock holmes, talking heads, the adventure of the missing belt, the green dolphin of oz, the lost king of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, the woozy's sticky end, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, tippetarius in oz, tollydiggle, toto, transformation, vincent ward, water of oblivion, wizards, woozy, zim greenleaf, zimbo and the magic amulet, zimboobo | 4 Comments

Truth or Sand Witches

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Nathan

The 1975 Oziana is the last one with Gary Ralph as editor, and the majority of it consists of one story, but it’s a good one. “The Romance of the Silver Shoes,” by Laura Jane Musser – A longer tale … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Greek Mythology, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Poetry, Roman, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged bill eubank, bungle the glass cat, daniel k. cox, deadly desert, dorothy gale, dorothy's dilemma, gary ralph, immortals, laura jane musser, mark deitch, mercury, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, polychrome, princess langwidere, progressia, rain king, robert lauer, sandrika, silver shoes, the romance of the silver shoes, the threat of civil-oz-ation, the wonderful wizard of oz, toto, wicked witch of the east, winds, witches, woozy | Leave a comment

This Was Once a Local, But It’s Now an Express

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Nathan

With the 1972 Oziana, we start with a cover drawn by Tony Moses, showing several Oz characters attending what appears to be a fair. The Cowardly Lion is sitting and reading The Annotated Alice, and the Woozy floating away with … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Characters, Humor, John R. Neill, Magic, Magic Items, Melody Grandy, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Prejudice | Tagged adrienne martinez, brian baker, cowardly lion, diana merryman, dragons, flying carpets, fred meyer, hedgehogs, it's tuesday this must be oz, jeff freedman, jokesville, kalidahs, magic carpet, mary reynolds, oziana, ozma, patchwork girl, racism, scraps and the cruel kalidah, sherwood smith, the disenchanted princess of oz, the magic dishpan of oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tin woodman, tony moses, wizard of oz, woozy | 2 Comments

Nonestic Promotion

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Nathan

One thing I think about occasionally is the promotion that the Oz books received in their heyday. L. Frank Baum had been a salesman and a contributor to a magazine about decorating shop windows, so it’s not too surprising that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged amusement parks, dorothy and the wizard in oz, fairylogue and radio-plays, john dough, john dough and the cherub, land of oz park, madame tussaud, martin gardner, mifkets, otis turner, oz convention, ozma, pedloe island, professor wogglebug, queer visitors from the marvelous land of oz, romola remus, selig polygraph company, the baum bugle, the oz-toy book, the patchwork girl of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wogglebug game of conundrums, the wonderful game of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, w.w. denslow, woozy, yankee in oz | Leave a 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 | 16 Comments

Woozy Memories

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Nathan

The origins of the Woozy are never addressed in the canonical Oz series, but there are a few apocryphal stories that propose different explanations. March Laumer gave his story in “The Woozy’s Tricky Beginning,” in which he’s the result of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Characters, Fred Otto, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors | Tagged a refugee in oz, a trip down memory lane, bees, dr. pipt, edmund zebrowski, gili bar-hillel, kim mcfarland, krizzle kroo, madou, mombi, mombi's pink polkadot vest, oziana, the emerald city mirror, the patchwork girl of oz, the woozy's tale, the woozy's tricky beginning, wicked witch of the east, woozy | 1 Comment

What’s the Punishment for Puns?

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Nathan

It’s well-known that L. Frank Baum was a notorious punster, and some of the authors who continued the Oz series were even worse in that respect. Puns are delivered in several different ways in the books, some being delivered intentionally … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Language, Magic, Magic Items, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged bunbury, dorothy gale, jellia jamb, king evoldo of ev, notta bit more, oogaboo, panta loon, patchwork girl, princess langwidere, private jo files, professor wogglebug, puns, queen ann soforth, scarecrow, the cowardly lion of oz, the emerald city of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the patchwork girl of oz, the royal book of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tik-tok of oz, tom atto, tommy kwikstep, utensia, wizard of oz, woozy, wordplay | 4 Comments

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Shanower Shorts

Heffalumps and Woozies

Purple Horse, Pink Goat, Blue Woozy

Coping with Immortality

Truth or Sand Witches

This Was Once a Local, But It’s Now an Express

Nonestic Promotion

We’ll Get Lost in Hoztory

Woozy Memories

What’s the Punishment for Puns?

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