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The Baum Bugle: Spring 2016

Vol. 60, no. 1 (Spring 2016)

Editor-in-Chief Craig Noble
Production Editor Marcus Mébès
Bibliography Editor Peter E. Hanff
Reviews Editor Atticus Gannaway
Contributing Editors Jane Albright, Angelica Carpenter, Jared Davis

Front cover art by Marcus Mébès, adapted from John R. Neill (Thompson characters)

Back cover art by Vincent Myrand (“The Flight of the Fugitives”)

Spring 2016 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 Boys from Philadelphia

Barbara Koelle looks at three Baum and Thompson characters who originate from Philadelphia, the setting of the Oz Club’s 2016 National Convention: Button-Bright, Bob Up, and Peter Brown. 

 

The Oz Illustrator: An Interview with Oz “Maine-iac” Vincent Myrand

Ron Baxley, Jr. interviews fan artist Vincent Myrand, whose work is featured on this issue’s back cover. 

 

In Memoriam

Richard Paul Smyers (Ozmapolitan convention regular and Baum Bugle reviewer); Margaret Berg (pastiche author and Baum Bugle reviewer).  

 

Reviews

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Wizard of Oz on tour (theater; reviewer Bill Thompson)

Polychrome: A Romantic Fantasy by Ryk E. Spoor (fiction; reviewer Alan Wise)