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The Baum Bugle: Autumn 1992

Vol. 36, no. 2 (Autumn 1992)

Editor-in-Chief Michael Gessel
Production Editors Dan Smith, Lynne Smith (uncredited)
Bibliography Editor Peter E. Hanff
Review Editor Stephen J. Teller
Contributing Editors John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund
Editorial Staff Marc Berezin, Drucilla G. Brown, Eleanor Kennedy, David Moyer, Jim Vander Noot

Front cover art by W. W. Denslow (poster for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

Back cover art by W. W. Denslow (“Denslow’s Scarecrow and Tinman at the Carnival in New Orleans”)

Autumn 1992 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.

 

The Other Father of Oz

Michael Gessel provides an overview of W. W. Denslow’s importance to the lasting legacy of Oz. 

 

A Peep into Bohemia: A Lewiston Man’s Evening with Denslow the Illustrator and His Friends

An extensive interview with W. W. Denslow himself, at home and with friends, as reprinted from the Lewiston Saturday Journal Illustrated Magazine in 1903. Presented with a brief introduction by Mark Griffin.

 

An Artist’s Appreciation of W. W. Denslow

Ernest Norcia delves into Denslow’s craft, examining his influences, development, and aesthetics from a fellow artist’s perspective (thus, an unusual article for the Bugle). 

 

W. W. Denslow: A Checklist

Douglas G. Greene presents the latest version of his checklist of Denslow works, supplanting those provided in the Autumn 1972 and Autumn 1980 issues. This new checklist would be updated in the Spring 2015 issue.

 

Reviews

The Fairy Alphabet of F. Y. Cory by Fanny Y. Cory (fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)

Oz Squad No. 1: The Internal Clockwork Morality Spring by Steve Ahlquist and Andrew Murphy (comic; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)

The Hidden Valley of Oz afterword by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Oz Club edition (fiction; reviewer David L. Greene)

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Books of Wonder edition (fiction; reviewer unknown)

The Road to Oz Books of Wonder edition (fiction; reviewer unknown)