“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.

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“Tough crowd”

One of the things about this story I regret not playing up more is the fact that dogs are not a native species to Oz, and so Watusi should’ve enjoyed more of a celebrity status than he did. Guess that’s price he paid for trying to keep a low profile while on the lam …

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“Steppin’ out”

There are times when Dale the writer doesn’t play to Dale the artist’s strengths …  and a crowd scene like this is one of those times! If this goes on for too long, Dale the artist may just quit!

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