The Wonderful Wizard of Oz |  | Authors: Eric Shanower, Skottie Young, L. Frank Baum
Publisher: Marvel Books
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Sales Rank: 5112
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 7.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0785129219
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780785129219
ASIN: 0785129219
Publication Date: September 2, 2009
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Product Description
The premiere American fantasy adventure gets the Merry Marvel treatment! Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) teams up with fan-favorite artist Skottie Young (New X-Men) to bring L. Frank Baum's beloved classic to life! When Kansas farm girl Dorothy flies away to the magical Land of Oz, she fatally flattens a Wicked Witch, liberates a living Scarecrow and is hailed by the Munchkin people as a great sorceress...but all she really wants to know is: how does she get home?
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 Marvel's Adaptation - Wonderful Wizard of Oz November 6, 2009
Adam Christman (California)
"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," by L. Frank Baum and adapted by both Eric Shanower and Skottie Young, is one of the best adaptations of a classic work that has ever come into graphic novel format. Shanower's text has the flow of a professional and the simplicity to draw in any-aged reader. Young's art is just fantastic: each character is drawn so as to display their personality with a single frame. More than that, Young's style is both modern in flavor but enduring in appeal.
Any fan of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" should pick this book up for themselves, their kid(s), or a friend.
Bonus: included is Skottie Young's pencils of the central characters as their form was developed. Not a huge gold mine, I know, but a nice addition to a good collection.
overall a pleasure, but some artistic hang-ups October 23, 2009
Matthew A. Crotts (st petersburg, fl)
one thing for mr. skottie young, and a couple for the colorist -
1. gotta pour through your copy text, or at least the book your art's based off of, before you even start designing the characters, much less coloring the panels! i noticed that the scarecrow has sewn-on ear shapes in your design, but the copy says that he has them painted on. also, the copy says his eyes are blue - there's no blue on your design! and i'm only a few pages through the book so far. and at the very beginning of the book, the wicked witch of the east 'dries up in the sun' after the house falls her, as the copy says, but her body's in shade the whole time, according to your representations. a bit sloppy!
but, i still give it a 4 out of 5, despite these unfortunate distractions (hope i don't find more as i continue to read!) the drawing, compositioning, values and color are fantastic! a true inspiration with every panel!
one more bit - the texture isn't so much of a texture as it is some screened brush strokes, which most of the time works fine. they get a bit distracting here, though - mostly because of their thin, stroky nature - because they had such a similar stroke weight as the photoshop color, the eye gets a little confused at times as to where the lighting and the atmospheric effects end and the texturing begins!
 most awesome October 20, 2009
A. Wilkinson
love love loved this comic!
the coloring and character designs are very unique while the storyline stays true to the original book. a must read/have for any Wizard of OZ fan
A great book for all ages October 7, 2009
Charles J. Waldrop
I am 32 years old and love comics and art. This book was absolutely fantastic! I loved the way the story was put together and the art style makes you feel like you are in the fantasy. It's a well done book and is one of the best purchases I have made in a long while. Can't wait for the next series. Thank you so much for this.
A completely new vision of an old classic October 6, 2009
Jersey Girl
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
As a long time Oz fan and a bit of a purist, my vision of L. Frank Baum's Oz is tied to the illustrations of W. W. Denslow, John R. Neill, and Eric Shanower, whose style honors the content of the original Oz illustrators yet manages to feel fresh and contemporary at the same time. Frankly, I could not have imagined a different Oz aesthetic that would satisfy as much as the original or a faithful adaptation thereof, like Shanower's Adventures in Oz. This collaboration between Shanower and Young, however, blew me away.
Quite simply, this book is gorgeous and although it breaks the mold, it is a completely convincing new vision of Oz. The script by Eric Shanower does a beautiful job of distilling Baum's prose into the economical form needed for the comic book/graphic novel genre. Yet episodes and details unique to Baum's original text - crossing a river on a raft, meetings with the stork, the Kalidahs, the Hammerheads, the China Country, the Witch's golden cap, are all there. Most importantly Baum's tone, humor, and kindly philosophy shine through.
Skottie Young's artwork is extraordinary. I especially like his Dorothy. Denslow's Dorothy always seemed a bit pudgy and humorless. Neill's is too often insipid and girly. This Dorothy is cute as a button with lots of spunk and emotional range - wonder, awe, fear and rage as appropriate, it's all there. She practically leaps off the page. And she is so winsome that it's easy to imagine why her companions take to her and become her devoted friends. The Tin Woodman has a wonderful mustache reminiscent of either W. W. Denslow or Baum himself. The Scarecrow has a vaguely zombie aesthetic, especially after he gets his pins and needles brains. The Lion looks like a cuddly stuffed toy - until he roars and then watch out! The good witch of the North is a delightful bubble head and the Wicked Witch of the West is truly terrifying. The Wizard looks a simultaneously malevolent and mischievous grandpa with his too short trousers belted high over the bulge of his belly and his glasses that are unfashionably large. Relatively minor characters like the Munchkin with the injured leg and the field mice get a fresh new spin.
The color palette is also a delight to the eye. Baum's color scheme as Dorothy moves through the different regions of Oz is retained but in a subtle way.
If you have any affection for Oz at all, run to your nearest bookseller and buy this book. You will not be disappointed. I'd give it six stars if I could.
I am eagerly awaiting the sequel, The Marvelous Land of Oz, by this talented team.
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