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ROAD TO OZ #1

• When dusty Kansas roads suddenly turn into magic highways, it’s a safe bet that one of them is the road to Oz, but which one?

• Dorothy’s off on another fantastic adventure, and Toto is back, too.

• This time their companions are strange—an old homeless guy with a magic magnet and a mentally-challenged child named Button-Bright.

Story by Eric Shanower
Art by Skottie Young
Colors by Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Letters by Jeff Eckleberry
Cover by Skottie Young & Eric Shanower

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  1. If you’ve never read an Oz comic, and only ever seen the 1939 movie, how accessible are these comics? I think my girlfriend would enjoy the series, but my graphic novels from the earlier collections are still circulating among friends. Thoughts?

    • The movie was my only experience with Oz before I started reading the various minis by this creative group. I’ve found them all to be fairly accessible, and they all contain a youthful whimsy that should appeal to any demographic.

    • I agree that they’re extremely accessible.. I’m reading the first one they did, which is based on the same novel as the movie, and I’m also reading this one. Neither one seemed to require any background info.. I’d say any #1 of an Oz series by Shanower and Young is a perfect jump on point for anyone regardless of experience with the material, age, gender, etc. I’m a 28 year old guy and the art and the characters make it a lot of fun.

      Also.. I was curious as to how close it was to the original novels, so i read some of the first chapter and found that most of the dialog and narration is taken directly from the original or slightly reworded. All of the imagery described is in the art. It’s a much more faithful adaptation than the film. It would be perfectly reasonable to read this series even with no exposure to the film at all.

  2. Skottie Young is an awesome artist, all his drawings are full of visual energy.

    Okay, this will sound weird but Button Bright is my favorite Oz character. I never read him as mentally challenged though, just a reallly young grade school kid. I’m not sure I would want to change my vision of him, in the same way I don’t want to read Ultimate comics to change my vision of what Captain America is. Neither one is a bad interpretation but I would not get the same feeling as when I first read the character. But maybe this will be an opportunity for diversity?

    • I say read it and also read those Ultimate Comics. Maybe you’ll find you enjoy another artist’s interpretation.
      As fo Cap.. his Ultimate version is so different its not even the same character.. it wouldnt confuse you or change your view of cap classic

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