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Ian

@ian.westhoff

Active 2 years, 9 months ago
Is anyone a fan of the comic book Fables? I’ve been rereading them since the series will be coming out again in June & I’ve been enjoying them, especially the Oz references that happen later on in the series. View
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    Ian posted an update in the group Group logo of Oz BooksOz Books 3 years ago

    Any fans of illustrator William Stout’s Oz work?

    I really love his art (hence my profile picture, my favorite character). His work on other things, like dinosaurs and dragons are incredible, and his Oz work just has this beauitful quality to it. I actually interviewed him for a podcast I did and while we never got to discussing Oz (the interview was about a fellow artist and friend of his) he is the nicest guy ever, so friendly and full of great stories.

    I’d like to see Craig P Russell illustrate Oz books, I think his art would make a nice addition to the celebrated Oz artists.

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      Garrett replied 2 years, 11 months ago
      I actually really love his artwork a lot. I would love to see him tackle the original series in full.

      I also thought his design work for Muppets Wizard of Oz was the only good thing about it.

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          Ian replied 2 years, 11 months ago
          He’s honestly one of the nicest people I ever met. I had the pleasure of interviewing him once & I could’ve spent hours just going over his career. So much of the films he worked on were favorites of mine from childhood. Not only that, I love how he draws dragons and dinosaurs. Such a talented artist.

          Muppet Wizard of Oz…that should’ve been a home run. With their Christmas Carol & Treasure Island it could’ve been worthy of the theatre but it seemed like Disney just did nothing right with it.

          I’d like to see a Muppet Wizard of Oz done right now that I think of it…

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              Garrett replied 2 years, 11 months ago
              I know Muppets Wizard ran into issues with WB and gutted most of what they had. But Disney really has never figured out quite what to do with them.