If Watusi ever makes it back to Wonder Valley, I bet he’ll miss the celebrity treatment a dog gets in Oz…
Author: Smeary Soapbox Press
Handcrafted comics since 1985!
“The empty city”
This week’s episode is my little tip of the hat to one of my favorite parts about epic movies (such as Ben Hur, GWTW, Dr. Zhivago): seeing what was a glamorous setting in the early acts revealed to be a deserted ruin in the final reel …
(To save you having to look it up, this is the strip where Watusi first arrived in the Emerald City. Of course, feel free to scroll back through the archive…)
“I’ll stand by you”
Wondering why that is? Find out next time…
“Music to his ears”
Well, that’s reassuring!
“Star struck”
But is it “welcome” … or “welcome” (to a trap)?
“The view from on high”
Oh, that Kitsch– he’s always got something up his sleeve!
“Return to the Emerald City”
Looks like our cast has completed their journey … only to end up (as in many Oz books) back where they started!
(As with the other double-page spreads in this story, this episode can be viewed at a larger size if you’re interested (or want to read the text easier)– just click on the image.)
“Hearts & minds”
People often assume that my all-ages comics are meant to teach kids “values”; while that’s not my intention (and shouldn’t that be their parents’ job?), I guess there might be a lesson to be found in them from time to time anyway…
“Let’s do it again”
Needless to say, Jinjur and the Scarecrow share a rather contentious history. Baum wrote a whole book about it, in fact: The Marvelous Land of Oz, which you can read here courtesy of classics-illustrated.com.
(As with the other double-page spreads in this story, this episode can be viewed at a larger size if you’re interested (or want to read the text easier)– just click on the image.)
“First-paw knowledge”
One more stop (and guest star intro) before Emerald City!
Watusi the Talking Dog 