Dorothy Gale: Journey to Oz, #1 [Paperback]

Shane Kirshenblatt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2005

Dorothy is a young girl with her heads in the clouds, but her feet planted firmly in the ground that is her foster aunt and uncle's farm in Kansas. Her dreams and outrageous ideas are illustrated in magnificent detail in her sacred journal. It is the day of her 17th birthday when she and her troublesome friend Thomas meet a traveling merchant, who possesses something that Dorothy cannot resist. It may only be a simple blanket, but something tells her it is much more. Could it hold the key to a strange yet familiar place that seemingly only exists in her dreams.

Journey to OZ.

The entire volume will consist of 5 books. In this series, Shane will take the reader through a different world of Oz, one which is much more edgy and thought provoking. Follow Dorothy through her various trials and tribulations through Shane's beautifully illustrated pages and ethereal verse. A treat for all Oz fans.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Jack Lake Prod Inc (March 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 189499888X
• ISBN-13: 978-1894998888
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,951,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark days in Oz, January 8, 2010

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J. Alford (Atlanta, GA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dorothy Gale: Journey to Oz, #1 (Paperback)

Freefall Entertainment has been puting out a new series of mini-comic books titled Dorothy Gale-Journey To Oz by Shane Kirshenblatt. Acting as a modern day retake of the original Oz books, this starts out with young orphan Dorothy Gale living on a farm in Kansas with her adopted aunt and uncle. She keeps having strange dreams of another world and keeps a journal with drawings she's taken from them. Her best friend Thomas(aka: "Toto")takes her out for a walk where they run across a peddler named Edward who tries to sell them some used items. Toto makes off with what he thinks is a towel as a birthday present for Dorothy, but it turns out to be a map, and Edward comes after the two of them for stealing it. They all end up going down into a cellar which somehow leads them to the other world of Oz. Once there, they befriend some of the rowdy Munchkins who are under attack by the an army of zombie Scarecrows that work for the evil Wizard. Edward had apparently gotten the special map that the Wizard wants, and he sends his evil cronies, the pumpkinheaded Jack and the mechanical Tik-Tok to get it. Dorothy grabs a sword and helps free some of the Munchkins from the Scarecrows, but is suprised to see one of them looks exactly like herself. After the doppleganger goes missing, Dorothy, Toto, and Edward are ambushed by giant snakes, but a giant Tin Man chops them down. The axe-wielding metal man then seems to come after them, but they are saved by the Dorothy double, who is really her twin sister, Ozma. She believes Edward made off with Dorothy to our world when she was a baby, and killed their mother. Ozma is about to lay some revenge on him, but Dorothy convinces her to stop. Elsewhere, the Tin Man tracks them down, all while the evil Wizard sends more forces out to get the stolen map. This series was originally printed as two seperate volumes(#2 is actually twice the length of #1), and then both put online along with Volume #3. Copies of the first two books are still available for sale, with future issues in the works.

5.0 out of 5 stars So New, So Different, So Great!, March 11, 2005

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Julie (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dorothy Gale: Journey to Oz, #1 (Paperback)

I've never read or seen anything like it, a completely different take on the oz trials and tribulations. Awesome illustrations and a truly distinct storyline make this an amazing graphic novel...

it's hot!

Can't wait for the sequel

5.0 out of 5 stars One Word: Awesome!, February 20, 2005

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Nikki (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dorothy Gale: Journey to Oz, #1 (Paperback)

I've only just recetly become a huge fan of graphic novels and I must say this book is right up there with my favourites. The pages are immacuatly drawn and the story line is just as well thought out and interesting. I can't wait for the next book. Definately worth the $6.99, worth more really.