

I enjoyed how the Flying Monkeys would answer the Wicked Witch as she called out orders.

If you are a fan of the Flying Monkeys, they play a big role in Crossing. In one scene, Dorothy remarks to Alice, “You’ve completely lost your mind. Crossing is packed with clever and hilarious references to the classics. It’s important to remember that certain rules of one world do not apply to another. To understand this graphic novel, you need some familiarity with the original classic stories by L. Captain Hook enters the fray and becomes an ally of the Wicked Witch of the West. What ensues is a battle that impacts Oz, Neverland, and Wonderland. Dorothy and Miss Poole figure out a way to cross over to Oz, in hopes of bringing the other two home. In Weir’s story, the Wicked Witch of the West is not dead after all, which spells trouble for Wendy and Alice.

Wendy and Alice wind up in, you guessed correctly, the Land of Oz. Wendy catches her using Dorothy’s shoes and tries to stop her, but Alice had already activated the power of the shoes. However, Alice wants nothing to do with his research interests and attempts to escape. The ladies are astonished to learn that Rutherford believes they can travel to other worlds. Ernest Rutherford, his colleague named Lem, and Miss Poole, the nanny. They meet for the first time at Cheshire Crossing, a facility run by Dr. It turns out that the three young ladies haven’t adjusted to the regular world and have been sent off to various institutions to be treated for dissociative disorder. Andy Weir ( The Martian) developed the story of this graphic novel geared toward young adults, with illustrations by cartoonist Sarah Andersen.Ĭrossing focuses on Dorothy, Wendy, and Alice in 1910, several years after their respective adventures.

If you ever wondered what would happen when you combine The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland, one convincing outcome would be Cheshire Crossing.
