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Always Chasing Rainbows

Posted on May 6, 2026 by Nathan

Today, I’m reviewing two Oz books, one new to me and another that I first read a quarter of a century ago. The Black Rainbow of Oz, by David M. Keyes – The second book in the New Oz Chronicles returns … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Characters, Gina Wickwar, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Relationships, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a nightmare in oz, anna-maria cool, beak the parrot, betsy bobbin, bungle the glass cat, chief thundercloud, conventions, dr. nikidik, dr. pipt, emma lou, fairies, fred meyer, international wizard of oz club, kabumpo, ketzal, king gugu, leprechauns, mombi, new oz chronicles, ozma, paddy o'paint, parrots, penny the teacup poodle, polychrome, prince cyan, prince pompadore, princess vitrea of silica, pumperdink, rainbow, scarecrow, silica, sir hokus of pokes, the black rainbow of oz, the hidden prince of oz, tin woodman, vitriol of silica, vitrix of silica, zeebo | 1 Comment

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Nathan

Beth and I went to OzCon International again this year. I hadn’t felt like doing much of anything as of late, so I didn’t contribute anything to the program this time. Actually, I thought I’d submitted a story about Pastoria … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Awards, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Mario, Music, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Revisiting Disney, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged abba, alice in wonderland, amusement parks, andy sklar, anil tambwekar, aron toman, axel alonso, cesily collette taylor, cindy ragni, colin ayres, conventions, cosplay, costumes, craig miller, david diket, dick rutter, disneyland, dogs, dorothy gale, elphaba, emerald city, emkay shrader, freddy fogarty, frozen, giles crawford, glinda, greg ehrbar, gump, harry mongold, hel, international wizard of oz club, jeffrey mchale, jellia jamb, jen tracy, jim rutter, jordan monsell, king terribus of spor, lakitu, larry king, lyle conway, mario kart, merlin, mouseketeers, neil cuadra, nessarose, ozcon international, oziana, ozma, ozma of oz, pastoria, paul dana, peter hanff, polychrome, rainbow road, return to oz, rob roy macveigh, ruth cuadra, sam milazzo, sharon commins, tara tagliaferro, tarot cards, the enchanted island of yew, the lost king of oz, the marvelous land of oz, the rainbow road to oz, the wiz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tiffany sutton, tik-tok, tim hollis, tim tucker, tin woodman, tippetarius, tom thumb, toto, ultimate oz universe, victoria calamito, w.w. denslow, walt disney, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, writing | 1 Comment

Nothing Could Be Finer

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Nathan

We are back home from Oz. Well, not really from Oz, because if I could go there, it would be difficult to get me to leave. But we’re back from the CharlOz convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The events took place … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Education, Eric Shanower, Families, Feminism, Food, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Libraries, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Music, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Relationships, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amusement parks, amy chu, angelica shirley carpenter, batman, carol gilligan, carousel, carowinds, charloz, conventions, danielle paige, dina schiff massachi, domestic violence, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, eric gjovaag, fairy ring lights, gita dorothy morena, glinda, great book of records, gregory maguire, heather greene, hiroe suzuki, holly humes, in flesh of burnished tin, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, james ortiz, jane albright, janet k. lee, jason black, jeff walker, judy bieber, katharine kittredge, laurence brenner, magic picture, margaret hamilton, mark i. west, martin gardner, matilda joslyn gage, megan lynn isaac, monarchy, nimmie amee, nome king, oz the great and powerful, ozma, paige gray, president richard nixon, return to oz, roller coasters, scarecrow, sea sirens, sky island, the characters of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the woodsman, tin woodman, vibiana cvetkovic, visart video, visitors from oz, walter squire, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz | 4 Comments

Nonestic Promotion, Part 2: Didja Ever Hear of Oz?

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Nathan

While Ruth Plumly Thompson would eventually become frustrated at how little promotion Reilly & Lee did for the Oz books, they did make some attempts early on in her tenure as Royal Historian. One such promotion was a short play … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Characters, Gina Wickwar, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, bungle the glass cat, carter green, conventions, cowardly lion, dorothy gale, eric gjovaag, fix city, jack pumpkinhead, jack pumpkinhead of oz, norman sherred, oz centennial convention, oz convention, ozga, ozma, pastoria, patchwork girl, puns, scarecrow, scraps from oz, signs, sissajig and other surprises, the cowardly lion of oz, the hidden prince of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the lost king of oz, the royal book of oz, the wonder city of oz, tik-tok, tik-tok of oz, tin woodman, wizard of oz | 2 Comments

There’s No Convention Like Home

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Nathan

OzCon International was virtual again this year, kind of a shame when I’d been getting used to going annually. Still, better safe than sorry, and I believe the typical resort isn’t even open again yet. Colin Ayres and Erica Olivera … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Comics, Eric Shanower, Fairy Tales, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Prejudice, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Video | Tagged a barnstormer in oz, arabian nights, caitlin masters, colin ayres, conventions, david maxine, dogs, eric gjovaag, erica olivera, grampa in oz, j. l. bell, jack pumpkinhead of oz, karyl carlson, mari ness, marvel comics, mikey dee, ozcon international, ozroy chase, philip jose farmer, queen ann in oz, racism, red jinn, royalty, ryan jay, sam milazzo, skottie young, slavery, the purple prince of oz, the royal book of oz, the scarecrow of oz, the silver princess in oz, the tik-tok man of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), toto, yellow brick pod | 2 Comments

OzConPhilly Back Again

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Nathan

It had been sixteen years since I last attended an Oz Convention, and now I’ve gone to two in the same year. The International Wizard of Oz Club‘s National Convention was in Philadelphia this year, so I could stay at … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Atticus Gannaway, Characters, Edward Einhorn, Eric Shanower, Feminism, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Live Shows, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged a day in oz, bill thompson, blair frodelius, brynn williams, captain salt, charles santore, conventions, costumes, cowardly lion, dee michel, dorothy curtiss maryott, dorothy gale, fairies, international wizard of oz club, jane albright, john fricke, judy garland, lurline, matilda joslyn gage, michael patrick hearn, mummers, necile, oz convention, ozcon philly, ozma, patchwork girl, rebecca shimer, reilly & lee, scarecrow, sean barrett, sharif street, the life and adventures of santa claus, the oz project, the wiz, tin woodman, vincent myrand, w. w. denslow, walter krueger, william f. lee | 9 Comments

Tag Archives: conventions

Always Chasing Rainbows

Tik-Tok on the Clock But the OzCon Don’t Stop

Nothing Could Be Finer

Nonestic Promotion, Part 2: Didja Ever Hear of Oz?

There’s No Convention Like Home

OzConPhilly Back Again

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