Vol. 59, no. 1 (Spring 2015)
| Editors | Craig Noble and Cynthia Twohy Ragni |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Contributing Editors |
Jane Albright, Angelica Carpenter, Jared Davis |
Front cover art by W. W. Denslow (“Denslow’s Scarecrow and the Tin-Man”)
Back cover art by Bill Thompson (grid of Denslow books)
Spring 2015 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.
Reigning as King on Denslow Island
Jane Albright essays the brief period in which a mid-life Denslow, seeking a lifestyle change, owned and lived on a four-acre island in the Bermudas.
Denslow’s Development: The Winding Road to Wizard
Bill Campbell chronicles the development of Denslow’s artistic style leading up to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Includes many illustrations and examples, including two pages in full color.
W. W. Denslow and His Weekly “Bounce”
Michael Patrick Hearn introduces and provides context for two of Denslow’s Billy Bounce comics—”Billy Bounce Takes the Postman’s Place on Valentine’s Day” from February 1902, and “Billy Bounce is Sent to Bring Back the Pieman” from March 1902—which are then reproduced in the succeeding pages.
The Denslow Archives Mysteries
Michael Gessel attempts to document the fate of Denslow’s personal archive, which accounts for the large amount of his original art, sketches, proofs and other ephemera that survive in collections to this day.
A Little Journey to East Aurora: In Search of W. W. Denslow
Cynthia Twohy Ragni recalls.
A Checklist of Denslow Postcards
Lens on Denslow: Denslow’s Picture Book Series
Denslow’s Advertising Trade Cards of the 1880s: New Finds
A trio of short narratives by Holly Dennis-Lucas, Bill Thompson, and Cynthia Twohy Ragni, each well-illustrated and the first two followed by extensive checklists, provide collectors with information about some of the more esoteric Denslow work sought by collectors.
W. W. Denslow: A Checklist Update
Bill Thompson updates the checklist of major Denslow work—including books, pamphlets, book covers, magazines, posters, and prints—that was originally presented (supplanting earlier such lists) in the Autumn 1992 issue.
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W. W. Denslow and the Roycrofters
Cynthia Twohy Ragni tells the story of Denslow’s association with Elbert Hubbard and the Roycroft artists’ community in East Aurora, New York. Followed by a checklist of Denslow’s Roycroft work.
The Oz Illustrator
A recurring feature in which a celebrity or fan artist demonstrates how to draw one Oz character. Here, illustrator Donald Abbott draws the Wicked Witch of the West and the Wizard.
In Memoriam
Leonid Viktorovich Vladimirsky (illustrator and author, the Russian Magic Land books).
Reviews
Dorothy Must Die Stories by Danielle Paige (fiction; reviewer Dee Michel)
The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige (fiction; reviewer Dee Michel)
Annie’s Stories by Cindy Thomson (fiction; reviewer Angelica Shirley Carpenter)
The Army Alphabet / The Navy Alphabet Pumpernickel Pickle (fiction; reviewer unknown)