Vol. 50, no. 3 (Winter 2006)
| Editor-in-Chief | Sean P. Duffley |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Joe Bongiorno |
| Contributing Editors | Angelica Carpenter |
Front cover art by Marcus Mébès, adapted from John R. Neill (John Dough and the Cherub)
Back cover art by Lin Shiu Fan (Anna Laughlin as Dorothy, 1902’s The Wizard of Oz)
Winter 2006 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.
“Home-Made Bread by the Best Modern Machinery”: An Appreciation of John Dough and the Cherub
J. L. Bell closely analyzes L. Frank Baum’s 1906 fantasy novel, taking in the ethnic stereotypes, the “trendiness” of incubators, John Dough’s existential angst, and comparing it to other Baum books of the period. Includes vintage advertising.
Baum Under Scrutiny: Early Reviews of John Dough and the Cherub
Sean P. Duffley looks at reviews of John Dough contemporary with its original publication.
Not to Be Miff’d: Mapping Phreex and Mifkets/Mifkits
Ruth Berman examines the evidence left by Baum, as well as theories proposed in earlier Bugle articles, and attempts to establish cartography for many small countries in the regions surrounding Oz, including those from John Dough and the Cherub.
Flying Off the Shelves: A Brief, Highly Selective History of the Flying Pig in Literature
Atticus Gannaway looks at the possible origins of Ruth Plumly Thompson’s Pigasus.
The Oz Sketchpad
John R. Neill‘s original sketch of John Dough, Chick the Cherub, and Para Bruin arriving at Ozma’s birthday party in The Road to Oz.
In Memoriam
Peter Cervenak (creator, Rob Roy MacVeigh Memorial Endowment) and Mark Haas (Oz Club member and pastiche author).
Reviews
Disney Treasures: Your Host, Walt Disney (DVD set; reviewer Jane Albright)
Toto of Oz by Gina Wickwar (fiction; reviewer Nathan Mulac DeHoff)
Toto of Oz by Gina Wickwar (fiction; reviewer M.A. Berg)
The Discontented Gopher: A Prairie Tale illustrated by Carolyn Digby Conahan (fiction; reviewer Barbara S. Koelle)
The Oz Odyssey by Roger S. Baum (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
Annabel Hungry Tiger Press edition (fiction; reviewer Suzanna E. Henshon)
The Wonder Book introduction by Ruth Berman, Oz Club edition (fiction; reviewer Barbara S. Koelle)
Time in Oz by Jeremy Steadman (fiction; reviewer Nathan Mulac DeHoff)
Dorotee Kap Ozma Haeng Oz (Dorothy and Ozma of Oz) translated into Thai by C. J. Hinke (fiction; reviewer Peter E. Hanff)