Hello Readers! You may recall back in my Paul Granger post that I had an edition with his illustrations from 1992 and published in Spain. Well, it turns out there was more to that than initially met the eye. Thanks to a recent eBay purchase, I found some more information that I found pretty interesting.…
Happy Sunday! So, one of the things that also slowed down my progress on the blog was a new project I've started. I began the plotting back in the fall and started it in earnest in January and I've been calling it "The Oz Project." Some background first. As many of you probably know (and…
Hello everyone! I'd like to start this post out with an apology. I have neglected this blog for nearly 6 months. Around the time I made plans for a different post, some personal drama entered my world and sort of turned me off on the blog and a few other things. I will strive to…
Happy Sunday! Here at "The Art of Oz," I've been slowly trying to plan out the illustrators to discuss and if there's a specific order to it. The answer is no. There is no order. There is however a first post! Growing up, there are three artists that seemed to be everywhere: Michael Hague, Charles…
Happy Friday Everyone! This is the first installment in "Foreign Language Friday." I don't promise to have one *every* Friday (I only have so many books and all), but at least once a month I will be featuring a Foreign edition of one of the Oz books. Generally, these will be editions of Wizard, since that's…
Happy Monday Everyone! Today marks the first in an occasional series that I'm calling "Multi-Toys Monday." Starting in 1988 and lasting into 1993 or so, the Multi-Toys Corporation released a slew of Oz merchandise in time for the 50th Anniversary. Now, for a kid like me, this was a HUGE HUGE HUGE deal. In fact,…
So, I felt like it would be appropriate to discuss my first copy of the book for my first real blog post. Back in 1991, we were at North Hills Mall. It was a local mall that we frequented fairly often on Friday nights. We'd meet my Dad after work and go to Luby's Cafeteria.…
Hello Everybody! Welcome to "The Art of Oz!" This blog is meant to be part supplement to my YouTube Videos as well as a place for me to share some artwork I love, some research on different editions, and various other random things related to Oz. Some background information about me: I'm 31. I've been…
The Art of Oz 