Vol. 57, no. 3 (Winter 2013)
| Editor-in-Chief | Craig Noble |
| Production Editor | Marcus Mébès |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Atticus Gannaway |
| Contributing Editors |
Jane Albright, Angelica Carter, Jared Davis |
Front cover art by Marcus Mébès, adapted from a photograph by Maurice Seymour (Dick Martin)
Back cover photograph by Steve Cox (Margaret Pelligrini)
Winter 2013 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.
A Quiet Artist: The Life and Work of Dick Martin
Atticus Gannaway pens a comprehensive biographical narrative of the life of the fifth Royal Illustrator of Oz, Dick Martin, including details of his childhood, education, his involvement with Reilly & Lee, and of course his many years as editor of The Baum Bugle, convention auctioneer, and dryly witty stalwart of the Oz Club. Includes many illustrations and photographs, both within the world of the Oz Club and outside of it.
Grabbing the Brass Ring: The Writing of Merry Go Round in Oz
David Maxine tells the story of the inception, writing, and reception of Merry Go Round in Oz, which began with authors Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren Lynn McGraw deciding they could “write a better Oz book.” Along with an analysis of the book’s writing, evidence is also presented as to why the Reilly & Lee series did not continue thereafter. Includes several photographs, illustrations by Dick Martin, and an example of an early draft.
Oz Under Scrutiny: Merry Go Round in Oz
Craig J. Noble looks at reviews of Merry Go Round in Oz contemporary to its original publication.
The Oz Illustrator
A recurring feature in which a celebrity or fan artist demonstrates how to draw one Oz character. Here, illustrator Anna-Maria Cool draws the Sawhorse.
Margaret: The Magical Munchkin
John Fricke, Steve Cox, Barbara Evans, Colleen Zimmer, David Moyer, Elaine Willingham, Robert Baum, Clare Baum, and Bobb Cooper all pay tribute to Margaret Pellegrini, one of the best-loved of the MGM Munchkin actors to appear on the convention circuit.
In Memoriam
Hugh Pendexter III (author, Oz and the Three Witches) and Margaret Pellegrini (actor, MGM’s The Wizard of Oz). .
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz in 3D (feature film in 3D; reviewer Freddy Fogarty)
The Wonderful Remix of Oz by 13th Street Repertory Theatre (theater; reviewer David Moyer)
The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen by Yellow Brick Productions (theater; reviewer David Moyer)
Oz by Circus Juventas (theater; reviewer Bill Campbell)
The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary Edition (feature film on Blu-ray 3D; reviewer Ryan Jay)
Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond edited by John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen (fiction; reviewer Joe Bongiorno)
The Sorceress Villina’s Secret by Sergei Sukhinov, translated into English by Peter Blystone (fiction; reviewer Alan Wise)
The Sorcerer’s Sword by Sergei Sukhinov, translated into English by Peter Blystone (fiction; reviewer Alan Wise)
Eternally Youthful Stella by Sergei Sukhinov, translated into English by Peter Blystone (fiction; reviewer Alan Wise)
Nelebel’s Fairyland Pamami Press edition (fiction; reviewer Paul R. Bienvenue)
The Law of Oz and Other Stories by Paul Dana (fiction; reviewer Mari Ness)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz illustrated by Gavin L. O’Keefe (fiction; reviewer Dennis Anfuso)