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Spectacle Spectacular

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Nathan

I find it interesting that the Frogman in The Lost Princess of Oz is said to wear “great spectacles with gold rims, not because his eyes were bad, but because the spectacles made him look wise.” I don’t know how … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexample, blink, character marker, cowardly lion, demon of electricity, dunkiton, emerald city, expectacles, faleero, foxes, foxville, frogman, glasses, grand duke hoochafoo, guardian of the gates, handy mandy in oz, jim the cab-horse, kabumpo, king kik-a-bray, king renard iv of foxville, looking glasses, monocle, nome king, our landlady, pirates in oz, potaroo, red jinn, spectacles, the cowardly lion of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost princess of oz, the master key, the purple prince of oz, the road to oz, the royal book of oz, the runaway in oz, the silver princess in oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, w. w. denslow, wise donkey, wizard of oz, wumbo | 2 Comments

How Is Education Supposed to Make Me Feel Smarter?

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Nathan

As I’ve said before, the Oz books don’t say a whole lot on education in the fairyland. When the Wogglebug, who becomes educated by listening to the lectures at a country schoolhouse, is given the post of Public Educator by … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Chris Dulabone, Education, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Melody Grandy, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged alexample, college of art and athletic perfection, dr. pipt, education pills, herby the medicine man, mixed magic makes misery, mombi, ozma, ozma of oz, professor grunter swyne, professor nowitall, professor wogglebug, randy hoffman, ruggedo and the school of magic, the emerald city of oz, the magic tapestry of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the marvelous land of oz, the runaway in oz, the seven blue mountains of oz, tippetarius in oz, wicked, wise donkey, witches, wizard of oz, wumbo | Leave a comment

Ain’t No Party Like a Kuma Party

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Nathan

I’ve already discussed disembodied but still living heads in the Oz series, but what about other body parts? Well, in Ruth Plumly Thompson’s The Lost King of Oz, the enchanted Pastoria has ears that can separate from his head, fly … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, March Laumer, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged abominable no-man, fred otto, hammer-heads, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, kuma party, nome king, ojo in oz, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, peter brown, reachard, the axman's arm, the frogman of oz, the gnome king of oz, the invisible fairy of oz, the lost king of oz, wicked witch of the east, winged monkeys, wumbo | 4 Comments

Having a Ball

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Nathan

Remember the Wicked Witch of the West’s crystal ball from The Wizard of Oz? Like when Dorothy sees Aunt Em in it, only for her to be replaced with the Witch herself? As anyone who’s read the book can tell … Continue reading →

Posted in Eloise Jarvis McGraw, L. Frank Baum, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged big lavender bear, crystal balls, crystal city, dorothy gale, glinda, glinda of oz, gloma, magic picture, merry go round in oz, mombi, nome king, ojo, ojo in oz, oracle, ozma, pigasus, professor marvel, realbad, red jinn, the gnome king of oz, the lost princess of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the wishing horse of oz, the wizard of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the west, wumbo, yankee in oz | Leave a comment

The Ozfathers

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Nathan

Happy Father’s Day! I know I usually make Oz posts on Mondays and Tuesdays, but I’m posting this today in honor of the holiday. It’s a list of fathers in the Oz series, not comprehensive by any means, but hopefully … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Holidays, Oz | Tagged betsy bobbin, big wigs, bini aru, books, bordermoor, cap'n bill, corabia, corumbia, crystal city, dorothy gale, down town, dr. pipt, ev, fathers, gloria, good witch of the north, halidom, jinxland, kapurta, karyl carlson, kiki aru, king cheeriobed, king evoldo, king fumbo, king pompus, king randywell, kuma party, march laumer, molto rallentando, mooj, nome king, number nine, ojo, oogaboo, ozwold, pastoria, patchwork girl, phyllis ann karr, pizzicato furioso, pon, prince philador, prince pompadore, prince tatters, princess pajonia, pumperdink, queen ann soforth, ragbad, realbad, regalia, salye soforth, scarecrow, septentria, septimius septentrion, sherwood smith, silver island, speedy, toby bridlecull, troopadours, trot, umbrella island, unc nunkie, wumbo | 6 Comments

The Wide World of Wizards

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Nathan

A while back, I wrote a series of posts on the witches and other female magicians of Oz. Now, I think it’s about time to do the same for the men. So, here are the male magicians of Oz and … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Oz | Tagged boglodore, books, clocker, conjo, gwig, kadj, love magnet, mangaboos, mombi, nome king, nomes, ozamaland, ozamandarins, ozwoz, patchwork girl, peter brown, potaroo, repairman, shaggy man, silver island, slyddwyn, tititi-hoochoo, trickolas om, umbrella island, umbrellaphant, waddy, wam, wizard of mo, wizard of oz, wizards, wumbo | 10 Comments

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