The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Graphic Novel) - Softcover

Eric Shanower; L. Frank Baum

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0785145907 ISBN 13: 9780785145905

Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, 2010

Synopsis

The premier 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 Wicket Witch, liberates a 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?

COLLECTING:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1-8

About this title

Review:

For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not with Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" but with W. W. Denslow's exceedingly odd line drawings for the original editions of Baum's Oz series. The Viennese artist Lisbeth Zwerger, however, goes a long way toward providing a new and refreshed set of images for the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the humbug wizard. These illustrations are often cockeyed, with occasional realistic details thrown in, like a crow with a corncob in its beak in the first portrait of the Scarecrow. The characters have a poignance and oddity that escaped the makers of the Oz movie.

Book Description:

The Wizard of Oz is a beloved American classic.  This edition, with fine illustrations from internationally acclaimed artist Lizbeth Zwerger, has been reformatted as a readaloud edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0785145907
• ISBN 13: 9780785145905
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216
• Illustrator: Skottie Young