Otis Frampton is a writer and artist who works in comics, books, and animation. While best known in comic’s circles for Oddly Normal, (Image Comics), he debuted issue #1 of his newly written & illustrated The Patchwork Girl of Oz Jan. 22, 2025. His unique style brings Ojo the Unlucky, Scraps the Patchwork Girl, and Bungle the Glass Cat to comics for the first time since Walt Spouse adapted the book for his Wonderland of Oz comic strip in 1932. Thanks to Otis, fans of this delightful Oz book can again join Baum’s whimsical cast on an amazing quest that takes them from Munchkin Country to the Emerald City!
When asked if he could join us in Aberdeen, Otis’s enthusiastic reply said he’d love to be come. “L. Frank Baum is a huge hero of mine, and I know how important Aberdeen is in his story… Just let me know how I can be involved, and I’ll be there.” There territory is familiar; Otis’s wife Kate is from South Dakota and the couple currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Frampton’s Patchwork Girl of Oz is produced digitally, but he made an exception to create the cover of issue No. 8 traditionally. This original artwork is included in the Eclectic Oz art exhibit mounted in Aberdeen for our convention,
“I’ve been an Oz fan all my life, and finally getting to do an Oz comic is a dream come true,” he said. “I’m hoping to share that with other Oz fans in any way I can.”
The serialization of The Patchwork Girls of Oz is something he started “just because I wanted to.” Kate works on the comics with him as the “flatter” explaining that she “fills in the flat colors on the line art to prep it for me to color. I lucked into marrying someone who likes coloring book work.”
Join us in Aberdeen—and meet Otis—as we celebrate Baum’s life and legacy together.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz is published by Image Comics, each 32-page issue has a cover price of $3.99. The complete novel will be told in 20 issues.
Otis’s recent display at a local comic convention. He will have comics and prints available for sale in Aberdeen.
