Vol. 37, no. 2 (Autumn 1993)
| Editor-in-Chief | Lynne Smith |
| Production Editors | Dan 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, David Moyer, Jim Vander Noot |
Front cover art by Dick Martin (Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Merry Go Round)
Back cover photo by Dick Martin (Reilly & Lee poster)
Autumn 1993 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.
Suggested Titles for 1924 Oz Book
Several of Ruth Plumly Thompson‘s early proposed titles for the book that became Grampa in Oz, accompanied by a pencil study by John R. Neill of Grampa.
The Road from Merry Go Round to Forbidden Fountain
Eloise Jarvis McGraw recalls the creative process behind the two Oz books she co-wrote, Merry Go Round in Oz and The Forbidden Fountain of Oz. This text was originally presented by McGraw as a speech at multiple Oz conventions during the 1992–93 year. Includes unpublished drawings by Dick Martin for Merry Go Round in Oz.
Twenty Years of The Annotated Wizard of Oz
Daniel K. Smith interviews Michael Patrick Hearn about the decision to create this seminal text, and how he came to write it.
Jack Burgitt’s Honor (Part 1)
The first half of an original short story by L. Frank Baum, written around 1895 but not published until 1905 as a syndicated newspaper story. The second half would be published in the Winter 1993 issue.
In Memoriam
Martin Williams (writer, publisher of A Kidnapped Santa Claus, and early Oz Club member) and William D. Eubank (artist, Baum Bugle production editor, and Oziana illustrator).
Reviews
Judy Garland: World’s Greatest Entertainer by John Fricke (non-fiction; reviewer Elaine Willinghan and Stephen J. Teller)
L. Frank Baum’s The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by Michael G. Ploog (graphic novel; reviewer Eric Shanower)
The Blue Witch of Oz by Eric Shanower (graphic novel; reviewer Marcus Mébès)
Invisible Inzi of Oz by Virginia and Robert Wauchope (fiction; reviewer Ryan Bunche)
An L. Frank Baum Program (silent films on VHS; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
Sugar and Spice: The Wizard of Oz (animated film on VHS; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)