O.Z. Diggs Himself Out

Ron Baxley, Jr.'s Southern background figures in his work, as does his love of Oz and his faith. He received a lifetime membership from the International L. Frank Baum and All Things Oz Foundation in 2016 in Chittenango, New York for his work as an author related to the Wizard of Oz, work which dates back to 1999 when the First Edition of his book "The Talking City of Oz" was published. Ron has been a special guest, guest, and visiting author at Oz festivals and cons since 2010. Ron also likes most anything related to Disney, fantasy, and science fiction which he has also published. He, in addition, helped his late father with a side satellite dish business when he was a youth and was encouraged by his father, a techie, to get interested in computers; he equates all of this with furthering his interest in science fiction.He lived in Columbia, S.C. for most of his life outside of university but also lived for a few years in Groton and Charlton, Massachusetts while working for an outdoor education program and for a few in Charleston, S.C. and Prosperity, S.C. After working on his certification and being an educator for 15 years in various capacities away from his home-town, Ron returned there in 2015 to become a care-giver and to work as a part-time correspondent for the Orangeburg, S.C. Times and Democrat, returning to an earlier career which he had for two years as a reporter at The Aiken Standard upon graduation from USC-Aiken in 1998. Eventually Ron began selling different types of Disney vacations through a travel agency on the side.In 2016, he and Vincent Myrand, the artist for this graphic novel, had a tour for a preview version of this graphic novel in Massachusetts and New York, and later in Michigan at two Oz festivals and other locations."Ziggy Zig-Zags the Light and Dark Fantastic" by Ron Baxley, Jr., a published author for 27 years, is the second book published by YBR Publishing. His 2018 novel "O.Z. Diggs Himself Out", which combines Southern literature with Oz fantasy, was his first through YBR.He considers his rescued Corgi, Ziggy, to be his child and even a fur-angel, and the dog figures largely in a lot of his work, being a minor character in "O.Z. Diggs Himself Out" and the title character in this graphic novel. For more information on Ron, see his author page at rbaxley37.wixsite.com/ronbaxleyjrofoz or do a web-search for "WIX" and "Ron Baxley."