The Blue Witch of Oz [Paperback]

Eric Shanower (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 46 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse Comics; 1ST edition (March 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878574442
• ISBN-13: 978-1878574442
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Shanower is the Eisner Award-winning and New York Times best selling cartoonist of Age of Bronze, a graphic novel retelling of the Trojan War. Age of Bronze is a work in progress. Three volumes have been published and the story is more than one-third complete. When finished, Age of Bronze will tell the entire story of the legendary war at Troy, weaving into one the many tellings and permutations of the story throughout the centuries.

As a child, Shanower fell in love with the Oz books by L. Frank Baum and their illustrations by John R. Neill. Shanower decided to write and illustrate his own Oz books someday. Goal accomplished. Shanower's long list of contributions to the world of L. Frank Baum's Oz includes Marvel Comics' Eisner Award-winning, New York Times best selling current adaptations of Baum's Oz books with cartoonist Skottie Young.

Shanower's illustrations have appeared in magazines, in childrens books, and on television. His comics have been published around the world and include such works as his Oz graphic novel series (currently collected as Adventures in Oz), An Accidental Death with writer Ed Brubaker, The Elsewhere Prince with writers Moebius and R-JM Lofficier, and the introductions to Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor. He resides in San Diego with his partner. When he's not writing or drawing, he's often swimming, dancing, or reading, usually not all at the same time.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great Oz adventure by the greatest living Oz author, June 29, 2000

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F. Orion Pozo "Orion Pozo" (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Blue Witch of Oz (Paperback)

In this, the last of a series of five graphic novels "founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories of L. Frank Baum," Eric Shanower tells the story of Abatha, the Good Witch of the East. Dorothy and the Scarecrow set off to break the enchantment that has kept Abatha imprisoned in the Great Gray Gilliken Swamp for countless years. Abatha's story and Dorothy's adventures finding her make great reading. Eric Shanower's drawings, as they are throughout this series, are superb. Eric Shanower brought Oz to life in a daring new way with this series. If you have ever loved Oz, this series is for you.