Vol. 70, no. 2 (Autumn 2026)

Editor-in-Chief	Sarah K. Crotzer
Production Editor	Sarah K. Crotzer (uncredited)
Bibliography Editor	Peter E. Hanff
Reviews Editor	Atticus Gannaway
Editorial Assistant	Christina Maffa

Front cover photo by Walt Disney Pictures (Fairuza Balk)

Interior cover art by Anna-Maria Cool (The Patchwork Girl of Oz)

Interior back cover art by Joseph Pierre-Nuyttens (The Flying Girl)

Back cover art by John R. Neill (Ozma of Oz)

Autumn 2026 Selected Contents

This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.

 

A Real-Life Smith and Tinker (Part One)

Editor-in-Chief Sarah K. Crotzer interviews Tim Rose, retired animatronics engineer and puppeteer Tim Rose, looking back at his extensive career and the production of Disney’s Return to Oz. Part Two appears in the Spring 2027 issue.

 

A Swing Into Action: How Neill Created a Dynamic Sense of Illustration

In the second of three essays, R. M. Graham examines the sense of movement in the illustrations of John R. Neill. The other two essays appear in the Spring 2026 and Spring 2027 issues.

 

Oz Oddity

William Stillman presents a unique series of handmade Oz paper dolls—in color!

 

Cyclone in the Air Lines: or, The Great Migration

Peter E. Hanff looks at the contemporary interest in aeronautics that inspired Baum’s pseudonymous novel, The Flying Girl.

 

Revised, Expanded, Re-Evaluated

Paul R. Bienvenue goes behind the scenes of the new, revised edition of his famed Book Collectors’ Guide to Baum and Oz.

 

In Memoriam

Gina Wickwar (author, The Hidden Prince of Oz and Toto of Oz, and LFB Award winner)

Anna-Maria Cool (illustrator, The Hidden Prince of Oz and Toto of Oz)

 

Reviews

The Land of Oz: Beyond the Page at the Richard H. Driehaus Museum (exhibit; reviewer Scott Cummings)

Ozma of Oz by Cloak & Dagger On the Air (theater; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)

Back to Oz at the Mark Taper Forum (theater; reviewers Evan I. Schwartz and Albert Day)

The Wizard of Oz at the Bristol Ballet (theater; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)

End of the Rainbow at the Soho Theatre (theater; reviewer Toby Sutton-Long)

Are You a Friend of Dorothy? by Kyle Lukoff (picture book; reviewer Angelica Shirley Carpenter)

UNO: Wicked (game; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)