This chapter of the graphic novel covers the events of the later part of the novel's chapter, "Old Mombi indulges in Witchcraft," and all the following chapter, "The Prisoners of the Queen." Here we see the return of the Queen of the Field Mice from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz



The title illustration is a recreation of a scene from the first book. As anyone familiar with Oz knows, the gang unwittingly crosses through the Deadly Poppy Field, which puts Dorothy, Toto, and the Cowardly Lion to sleep. The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman are immune, as they are not made of meat.

In the 1939 MGM movie, Glinda saves them, but in the book, our heroes enlist the help of the Queen of the Field Mice and her subjects to pull the Cowardly Lion to safety since he is too heavy to lift. The poppies supposedly don't affect the mice because they're too short for the fumes to reach them? Don't worry about the logic too much. It's a fairy tale.

I love how Denslow's Cowardly Lion has an enormous head, so my version has a head as tall as young Dorothy. I colored him yellow because that color suits his nature.