Vol. 65, no. 1 (Spring 2021)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sarah K. Crotzer |
| Production Editor | Sarah K. Crotzer (uncredited) |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| News Editor | Zoe O’Haillin-Berne |
| Reviews Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Oz Gazette Editor | Nick Campbell |
| Editorial Assistant | Christina Maffa |
Front cover art by Robert Kline (Yellow Brixx Road)
Interior front and back cover art by Robert Kline (Yellow Brixx Road)
Back cover photograph by Paul Bienvenue (Woozy toy)
Spring 2021 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.
Feeling Woozy: The Marketing and Publicity of the Oz Film Manufacturing Company
Nate Barlow follows the short but glorious life of the very first Oz toy, the wooden Woozy, as it was featured in Hollywood promotion for The Oz Film Manufacturing Company during 1914. Includes many vintage clippings from trade magazines and newspapers of the period.
Road of Yellow Brixx: The Lost Filmation TV Series
Sarah K. Crotzer explores the available pitches and pilot scripts for Yellow Brixx Road, the syndicated weekday TV series developed by Filmation (Journey Back to Oz) for the 1980–81 season. Includes several examples of pitch art, some reproduced in color (including this issue’s cover).
Through the Tollbooth to Oz
Nick Campbell looks back on the life of famed children’s author Norton Juster (The Phantom Tollbooth) and the childhood inspiration he found in the Oz books.
Bucketheads & Tails: The Legacy of Chris Dulabone
Atticus Gannaway chronicles the history of Buckethead Publications / Tails of the Cowardly Lion and Friends, publishers of original Oz fiction from 1986–2021, and pays tribute to editor Chris Dulabone. Includes comprehensive checklist of published titles.
Reviews
The Wonderful Wizards of Art (art book; reviewer Sarah K. Crotzer)
The Voice of Liberty by Angelica Shirley Carpenter (fiction; reviewer Judy Bieber)
The Santa Claus Stories by L. Frank Baum (fiction; reviewer Jane Albright)