Vol. 50, no. 2 (Autumn 2006)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sean P. Duffley |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Joe Bongiorno |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter, Dee Michel, David Moyer |
Front cover art by William Stout (unused cover art for The Emerald Wand of Oz)
Back cover photograph by Robert Barrett (Melissa Giuffre as Dorothy, Autumn in Oz festival)
Autumn 2006 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.
Sherwood Smith: A New Explorer of Oz
Marcus Mébès interviews Sherwood Smith, fantasy author and writer of two Baum Trust-authorized Oz books, The Emerald Wand of Oz and Trouble Under Oz. She discusses how she came to write the books and her creative process. This is followed by a bibliography of her novels and short stories.
William Stout in Oz: Acclaimed Illustrator Explores Oz
Marcus Mébès interviews William Stout, illustrator of Sherwood Smith’s two Oz books. He discusses his career, his love for Oz, his concerns over the first draft of The Emerald Wand of Oz, and his work designing The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz and the unproduced World of Oz theme park.
The MGM Scrapbook: TV Ads and Listings
John Fricke collates several pages’ worth of vintage TV listings and ads, stretching from 1959 to 1986.
Reviews
Journey Back to Oz (animated film and DVD release; reviewer Eric Gjovaag)
Yellow Brick Road (documentary; reviewer Dee Michel)
Trouble Under Oz by Sherwood Smith (fiction; reviewer Phyllis Ann Karr)
Adventures in Oz by Eric Shanower (deluxe graphic novel; reviewer Jeffrey Rester)
The Complete, Annotated Oz Squad: Volume One by Steve Ahlquist (graphic novel; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
Sam Steele: The Scream of the Sacred Ape Hungry Tiger Press edition (fiction; reviewer Blair Frodelius)