![]() Story by Eric Shanower, Art by Skottie Young, Color by Jean-Francois Beaulieu Though Marvel has published several Oz comics, their latest, the eight-issue Wonderful Wizard of Oz, is notable both for its fidelity to Baum’s first novel and for the beauty of Skottie Young’s art. ![]() Denslow (1904) to a manhwa version featuring clones and cyborgs (2006 – present). ![]() The success of this first Oz comic inspired dozens of subsequent projects, from a competing strip by original Oz illustrator W. With a script by Baum and drawings by Walt MacDougall, Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz ran for nearly one year in newspapers around the country. Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) has enjoyed phenomenal popularity, both in its original form and in hundreds of adaptations, from a Broadway musical (1902) and silent film (1910) to a Nintendo role-playing game, a 52-episode anime (1986), a soulful revue (1975), and, of course, an MGM vehicle for the young Judy Garland (1939). ![]() Since its debut over one hundred years ago, Frank L. ![]()
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