Vol. 62, no. 1 (Spring 2018)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sarah K. Crotzer |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Reviews Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Oz Gazette Editor |
Nick Campbell |
| Contributing Editor | Jared Davis |
Front cover photograph by an unknown photographer (Mesner Puppets’ The Wizard of Oz)
Interior front and back cover art by an unknown artist (The Wonderful Game of Oz)
Back cover photograph by an unknown photographer (Dorothy and the Prince of Oz)
Spring 2018 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.
Behind the Curtain with the Mesner Puppets’ Wizard of Oz!
Jane Albright takes a backstage look at an exciting new adaptation by renowned puppeteers in Kansas City.
Pulling Strings (Part 1)
Jane Albright begins a two-part look at Ozian puppet productions around the world. This first installment focuses on early productions up through the 1960s, with many rare photographs. Part 2 is presented in the Winter 2019 issue.
Nick Campbell reacquaints readers with The Baum Bugle‘s supplement for children, which appears with this issue for the first time in more than a decade.
W. Neal Thompson presents a comprehensive, organized guide to identifying variants of the first licensed Oz board game, Parker Brothers’ The Wonderful Game of Oz in 1922. His conclusions were later updated and expanded online in the version available on our website.
In Memoriam
Dorothy Barrett (actor, MGM’s The Wizard of Oz); Miriam Goldman (Winkie convention regular); Marian Higbee (Oz Club member and convention regular); John B. “Jack” Koelle (husband of former Bugle editor Barbara S. Koelle); Jerry Maren (actor, MGM’s The Wizard of Oz); and Dr. Samuel Sackett (author, Adolf Hitler in Oz).
Reviews
Dorothy and the Prince of Oz (ballet; reviewer Scott Cummings)
The Wizard of Oz at Syracuse Stage (theater; reviewer Blair Frödelius)
Pushed Aside: Reclaiming Gage (opera; reviewer Blair Frödelius)
Bibliographia Baumiana by W. Neal Thompson (non-fiction; reviewer Paul R. Bienvenue)
King Rinkitink by L. Frank Baum and Andrew J. Heller (fiction; reviewer Mari Ness)
Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of The Wizard of Oz by Michael Morpurgo (fiction; reviewer Nick Campbell)
The Prankster of Oz by John R. Rose (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Marc Platt (audio drama; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Complete Collection (anime; reviewer Garrett Kilgore)