Polite Dissent

As a pleasant surprise, Dorothy #5 came in the mail this week. It’s another intriguing issue of this fumetti-style modern retelling of The Wizard of Oz. In this issue, Dorothy finds herself in Munchkinland, where the Scarecrow brought her after her bout with infection in the previous issue. Dorothy meets with the Munchkins and their allies to learn what exactly is expected of her — and she doesn’t like what she hears. All she wants is to get back to Kansas. Meanwhile, the Wicked Witch explains some of her plans and what she has in store for Oz and the Emerald City.

This is an enjoyable book for comic book fans as well as those who don’t regularly read comic books. The art is approachable and everyone is familiar with the basic story of The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy is one of the few comics the Polite-Wife, a non-comics person, will actually sit down and read. (For the record, the others are Courtney Crumrin, the recent Mouse Guard, and the occasional light romantic comedy manga such as Love Hina.)

If your local store does not carry Dorothy, check out the Dorothy website. All five issues are available there as well as a trade collection of the first four issues (and I can vouch for the store having bought the first several issues there myself.)