Little Adventures in Oz Vol. 1, The Enchanted Apples of Oz, Eric Shanower writer and illustrator, IDW Publishing, 2010, San Diego, CA
Shanower completed five graphic novel stories in his Oz Series. This is the first. The others are:
The Enchanted Apples of Oz
I really like these books, because in the illustrations and the dialogue, the creator captures the spirit of L. Frank Baum. However, he does not capture the wit, which I guess is harder to replicate. However it is the best, non-Baum story I have ready. This book deals with a struggling magician, Bortag, who wants to use magic to get love. His love happens to be the Wicked Witch of the South, and he steals the magic apples, which supply Oz with its magic, to waken her. She does waken, but does not return Bortag’s affections. However she has an unquenchable desire for more apples. This will completely leave Oz without magic. The witch grows in power as others fade. She gets the magic built that Dorothy wears. Bortag returns to fix things, but still leaves with the built, until he repents. The belt does not bring happiness, but he already has this in his friend Drox, a flying dolphin. The moral is given in the last picture, “True happiness is never far away.”
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