Dorothy Of Oz Prequel #1
Written By Denton J. Tipton
Art by Blair Shedd
Colors by Joana Lafuente
Letters by Neil Uyetake
Cover by Eric Shanower
Variant covers: variant CGI character art
IDW Publishing
Release Date: March 28, 2012
Cover price: $3.99

Upon receiving my copy of Dorothy Of Oz Prequel #1, aside from obviously having a connection to The Wizard Of Oz, I was thinking of how this title sounded really familiar. Then I remembered that we covered the panel at last summer’s San Diego Comic-Con for the upcoming animated film Dorothy Of Oz, which has a great voice cast with actors like Patrick Stewart, Dan Aykroyd, Martin Short, and Kelsey Grammer. The animated film is based on the book of the same name by writer Roger S. Baum, who’s the great-grandson of original Oz creator L. Frank Baum.

In the animated film, everyone’s favorite gal from Kansas, the young Dorothy, returns home to her tornado-ravaged town after her magical journey to Oz and then finds a way to make it back to Oz. Dorothy Of Oz Prequel, which is the first installment in a four-issue miniseries from IDW Publishing, is a prelude to the events of the film and tells the tale of what happened in Oz after Dorothy left, which makes it necessary for her to return.

Listen up all you Southern Californians! Here’s certainly something to “woo woo” about! April 1st at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia is April Stooge Day, in parlance with the upcoming release of the Farrelly Brothers new film, The Three Stooges!

And this exciting news is also something to “nyuk, nyuk” about as well, as they are giving the first 500 people waiting in line that day access to enter the park one hour before opening. Those lucky folks will be also be able to ride the new thrill ride, “Curly’s Colossus” and the first 10 people will also be the fortunate ones to get to the head of the line. Is dressing up as your favorite Stooge of the legendary trio also encouraged? “Why Soitainly!”

As part of Amazon’s monthly $5 MP3 album deal for March 2012, The Human League‘s Essential is on sale for only $5.

If you’d like a physical copy of Essential, the CD version is available for $15.08.

Bop around memory lane with this 15-track best-of compilation from one of the forerunners of British New Wave electronica. The Human League dominated the charts in the 1980s with such hits as “Don’t You Want Me, Baby,” “Human,” and “(Keep Feeling) Fascination” and have been sampled by such varying artists as George Michael and KMFDM, and notable dance music samplers, Utah Saints and Ministry of Sound.

Browse the main sale page to see the other 99 albums on sale for only $5 each in MP3 format through the end of March 2012.

The $10 t-shirt deal of the day over at RIPT Apparel today is the Supernatural-themed shirt called “To Hell and Back” by Mandingo.

The shirt went on sale at RIPT today, Thursday, March 29, 2012, at midnight CST, and will continue for 24 hours from then, and once it’s over, it will not be sold on the site anymore.

The Gold Box deal of the day over at Amazon today is a Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire for only $139 (refurbished usually sells for $169); a new full-color Kindle Fire ebook reader is typically $199.

Note – this deal is valid only for today, Thursday, March 29, 2012, til 11:59pm PST while supplies last.

Per Amazon:

Limit 5 per customer. A Certified Refurbished Kindle Fire is a pre-owned Kindle that has been refurbished, tested, and certified to look and work like new. They come with the same one-year limited warranty as a brand-new Kindle Fire.