Vol. 8, no. 3 (Christmas 1964)
Editors | Dick Martin and Fred M. Meyer (uncredited) |
Layout and cover design by Dick Martin
Wraparound cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from art by Walt McDougall (Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz)
Christmas 1964 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.
Oz Advertising
Fred M. Meyer provides an overview of early Oz advertising techniques, including the Ozmapolitan, A Day in Oz, and the Siegel & Cooper shop window for The Marvelous Land of Oz in 1904. Includes a photo of the shop window.
How the Tin Woodman Became a Fire Hero
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1905.
Gulliver in Oz
Ruth Berman finds inspirations from Dean Swift’s classic work in Baum’s Oz books.
Bibliographia Oziana
Dick Martin collates bibliographical data about the early printings of the Oz books. This installment focuses on Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz.
Age in Oz
John C. Tower discusses the various ways in which age is approached in the Oz books.