ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ (2010)

"(W) Tommy Kovac (A) Andy Hirsch Frank Fizzle wishes his writer father would have just a single original idea, but instead Jasper Fizzle sees himself as the new 'Royal Historian of OZ' as he insists on writing new OZ stories. When the failed writer discovers that Oz really exists, he makes an error in judgment that brands him a criminal in two worlds. Can Frank save the day and redeem the Fizzle family name, or will the drizzly ghost of the Wicked Witch of the West destroy them all?"

"(W) Tommy Kovac (A) Andy Hirsch Failed writer Jasper Fizzle has committed the desperate crime of stealing artifacts and creatures from the Land of Oz and bringing them to the mortal world. Now he and his teenage son, Frank, are on the run from the enforcers of the Official Oz Society in their traveling Oz museum. But unbeknownst to the Fizzles, otherworldly forces are appearing in the mortal world, drawn by the stolen magic in the Oz caravan. While Jasper is busy being museum curator and Oz historian, Frank and his new best friend Zik the winged monkey wander right into the path of danger!"

"(W) Tommy Kovac (A) Andy Hirsch Zik alerts Jasper to Frank's disappearance, but can't communicate it clearly enough to explain. An exasperated Zik (unable to communicate the kidnapping) leads Jasper to a ransom note."

"(W) Tommy Kovac (A) Andy Hirsch The Royal Historian of Oz reaches its penultimate issue as things start coming to a head. Witches galore and Frank Fizzle has to make a choice as his father's life possibly hangs in the balance."

"(W) Tommy Kovac (A) Andy Hirsch It's time to mobilize! Scraps the Patchwork Girl has been possessed by the soggy ghost of the Wicked Witch of the West, and has wrested control of the powerful magic on display in Jasper Fizzle's Oz Historical Library & Museum. Ozma and her immortal friends join forces with Frank Fizzle and travel to the mortal world (with the help of a giant space/time continuum-crunching friend) to right the tangled wrongs of two worlds. Is there any way for Jasper to redeem the Fizzle family name in the eyes of the citizens of Oz... or the literary snobs of the Official Oz Society? The pen may be 'mightier than the sword', but how mighty is a rickety old manual typewriter?!"