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Dorothy Gale plunges into adventure again, this time with a talking chicken named Billina. Dorothy and Billina are washed off their sailing ship to face drowning, starvation - and screaming Wheelers, strange men with wheels instead of hands and feet. The multiple Eisner Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling team of Shanower and Young returns to Oz with this comics adaptation of L. Frank Baum's third Oz book! Collecting OZMA OF OZ #1-8
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Eric Shanower, the award-winning and New York Times bestselling cartoonist, author, and illustrator. His work has been widely published--from Marvel Comics to Random House, from Nickelodeon Magazine to BBC television. His current comics project, Age of Bronze, tells the complete story of the Trojan War in all its dramatic detail. Age of Bronze has been published by Image Comics since 1998, garnering two Eisner Awards, a Gran Guinigi, and a slew of nominations. The second volume, Sacrifice, was selected as one of the Best Books of 2004 by the editors of Publishers Weekly. In addition to English, Age of Bronze is published in Spanish, French, Polish, Italian, Croatian, and Indonesian.
Skottie Young has been an illustrator and cartoonist for over ten years working for companies such as Marvel, Warner Bros., Image, Upper Deck, Mattel and many more.
Skottie Young has been an illustrator and cartoonist for over ten years working for companies such as Marvel, Warner Bros., Image, Upper Deck, Mattel and many more.
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Dorothy Returns to Oz..., Sep 18 2011
By D. S. Thurlow - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Oz: Ozma of Oz (Hardcover)
"Ozama of Oz" is the third volume in Marvel Comics' superb production of Frank Baum's famous Oz fantasy series. Eric Shanower and Skottie Young turn in another terrific performance translating Oz into graphic novel format.As the story opens, Dorothy is accompanying her Uncle Henry on a voyage to Australia. A fierce storm blows Dorothy overboard, where she takes refuge in a floating chicken coop. She soon finds herself on the shores of the strange land of Ev, accompanied by a talking chicken named Billina and the wind-up mechanical man Tik-Tok. In order to return home, Dorothy will have to confront the fearsome Wheelers, the strange Princess of Ev, and finally the wicked Nome King. She will get help from old friends such as the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, but most of all from Ozma, the new Queen of OZ. At the end, Dorothy and Billina will have to solve a terrible riddle to save all their friends...
"Ozma of Oz" is very highly recommended to fans of Marvel Comics' adaptation of the Wizard of Oz novels by L. Frank Baum.
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A fresh look at an old story, Sep 13 2011
By Christopher Iller "The Chief" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Oz: Ozma of Oz (Hardcover)
I just love this series. This book in particular is great. And I'm not just talking about the story. I think this graphic novel adaption just brought an old story written about 100 years ago into the present. I read the Oz books when I was a kid, and now I'm reading them to my kid. Then I found out these graphic novel adaptions were in the works. Perfect timing. I wasn't sure about the Tin Man's new look, but everything else is awesome. The artist(s) really captured the feel of this story and made it even more interesting. I can't say enough. If you like the Oz books (and not just the Judy Garland movie), you will do yourself a favor and read these versions and get them for your collection. I see the next one is on the way, and would love to see them continue on with the series (although the original books started dwindling in story quality about 5 or 6 books in). I hope the graphic novels will help fix some of the quality problem (as well as some of the continuity that was thrown out the window in later books) without losing anything. Love it!
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Wonderful book, great retelling, May 27 2012
By MamaC - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Oz: Ozma of Oz (Paperback)
Skottie Young's artwork immediately captivated my 4 yr old and every day this week, she has sat quietly on the couch for 30 min at a time (a rarity), "reading" the book. She normally won't sit still for a chapter book at bedtime but we have read this one together twice now. This whole series is a terrific adaptation of Baum's novels, including just the right amount of dialogue and narration, and letting the excellent pictures do a lot of the storytelling. I enjoyed it, and anything that gets my child excited about reading gets an A+ in my book.
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