The Library of Oz

September 18, 2006 12:27 PM

The Oz Library:a (almost) complete readable online library of OZ magazines [previously]
posted by brundlefly (8 comments total)

Holy crap that's awesome. [this is good].
posted by loquacious at 12:57 PM on September 18, 2006

Thanks a bunch, brundlefly.

There was a time I was obsessed with Oz & these issues (even photocopied reproductions of same) were rarer than hen's teeth. To have them all (or almost all) available in one place like this is almost too much - as well as being a poignant reminder to me of just how amazing the internet really is.
posted by stinkycheese at 1:43 PM on September 18, 2006

fyi, torrents of the complete MAD are floating around.

(what's the emoticon for tapping the side of your nose?)
posted by sonofsamiam at 1:48 PM on September 18, 2006

There was a time I was obsessed with Oz & these issues (even photocopied reproductions of same) were rarer than hen's teeth

Sadly, I'm old enough to have owned most of them when they first came out. The first one I ever bought was the one with the Robert Crumb Honeybunch.

Sadly, I never kept any. I say sadly, because even in the early seventies, Schoolkids Oz sold for upwards of £50. Today it must be worth an absolute fortune.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:55 PM on September 18, 2006

I used to have to go to microfilm for some of these... Thankyou.
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 2:59 PM on September 18, 2006

Oh, and if any of you are in Australia and want to see these in the original paper version, try a university library. Adelaide Uni, at least, has all of the Australian ones in its special collection (although the UK ones are in microfilm).
posted by A Thousand Baited Hooks at 3:07 PM on September 18, 2006

very cool--thanks! : >
posted by amberglow at 7:10 PM on September 18, 2006

very groovy, i should say ; >
posted by amberglow at 7:10 PM on September 18, 2006