Mystaros
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In addition to Shanower and Moore's comics, there's a cool webcomic that touches on this...
http://www.cheshirecrossing.net/
http://www.cheshirecrossing.net/
Oz d20 - a world of Swashbuckling Adventure and High Weirdness
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Whizbang Dustyboots
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Although Shanower's books (actually, aren't all of his comics being collected in a big hardcover from Fantagraphics or Slave Labor soon?) are non-canonical, he was a big wheel in Oz fandom for a long time and the comics are VERY faithful. More than Ruth Plumly Thompson (the author the publishers had take over when Baum died) was, for my money.
Cthulhudrew
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Wow- when I saw Whizbang's response in this thread, I thought I'd get beaten to the punch, but-
You might also want to check out The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. He's also recently made a comic series connected to it, Hatter M.
Haven't read it yet myself, but from what I understand, it's almost a steampunkish take on Alice in Wonderland.
[EDIT- First time actually checking out the LGW site, and it's got some pretty cool trailers/commercials on it.]
You might also want to check out The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. He's also recently made a comic series connected to it, Hatter M.
Haven't read it yet myself, but from what I understand, it's almost a steampunkish take on Alice in Wonderland.
[EDIT- First time actually checking out the LGW site, and it's got some pretty cool trailers/commercials on it.]
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Mighty Halfling
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Over at RPGnow, I stumbled on to this: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3623& -- A Glinda of Oz write-up.
Searching for anything Oz-related on RPGnow proves a bit difficult because of a whole bunch of books with the word "Dozen" in the title.
Searching for anything Oz-related on RPGnow proves a bit difficult because of a whole bunch of books with the word "Dozen" in the title.
Slife
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Whizbang Dustyboots
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If you're interested in dropping money on the Baum books (I'd read through Road to Oz or Patchwork Girl of Oz, just to get a feel for his works), Books of Wonder has a great series of reprints that recreate the first editions in hardcover form, including Baum's Oz short story collection, which isn't often rereleased. For fans, it's well worth the expense, IMO.
Each also has some nice notes about the book at the end, explaining the circumstances around the writing of it. Baum tried to kill the series halfway through, but like Arthur Conan Doyle before him, was forced to keep on writing them, since that's what the masses wanted. Oz books were the Harry Potter books of the early 20th century.
Each also has some nice notes about the book at the end, explaining the circumstances around the writing of it. Baum tried to kill the series halfway through, but like Arthur Conan Doyle before him, was forced to keep on writing them, since that's what the masses wanted. Oz books were the Harry Potter books of the early 20th century.
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