Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz facts for kids
Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz was a newspaper comic strip. It was written by L. Frank Baum, the author of the Oz books. The pictures were drawn by Walt McDougall, a cartoonist.
This comic strip appeared in newspapers like the Philadelphia North American and the Chicago Record-Herald. It ran from August 28, 1904, to February 26, 1905. The stories followed the adventures of several famous Oz characters. These included the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Woggle-Bug, Jack Pumpkinhead, and the Sawhorse. They traveled to different cities in the United States. They flew there with the Gump. This comic strip even led to a book called The Woggle-Bug Book in 1905.
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Finding the Oz Comic Strip Again
Over the years, these Queer Visitors stories have been published again in different books. This lets new readers enjoy the classic adventures.
Early Reprints of Oz Stories
In 1960, a book called The Visitors from Oz was released by Reilly and Lee. This book included about half of Baum's original comic strip stories. They were rewritten and had new pictures by Dick Martin.
Complete Collections of the Comic Strip
Later, in 1989, all 27 Queer Visitors stories were put into a book. It was called The Third Book of Oz by Buckethead Enterprises. This edition also included "The Woggle-Bug Book." The pictures for this version were drawn by Eric Shanower.
Hungry Tiger Press later released a corrected version. They used the title The Visitors from Oz, like the 1960 book.
Original Comic Strip Format
In June 2009, Sunday Press Books published a special collection. It showed the newspaper strips exactly as they first appeared. This meant they had their original colors and format. This book also featured other comic strips. It included Denslow's Scarecrow And Tin-Man by W. W. Denslow. It also had other works by Walt McDougall, W. W. Denslow, and John R. Neill.
