The Baum Bugle

A Journal of Oz

Autumn 2007 / Vol. 51, no. 2

 

 

The Autumn issue of the Baum Bugle celebrates the golden anniversaries of the International Wizard of Oz Club and its official journal with a fond look backward via reminiscences and photographs of those who contributed to the growth of the Club.

 

Features

  • Founder Justin G. Schiller provides his heartfelt introductory remarks from the 2007 Winkie Convention, an event that celebrated fifty years of the Oz Club.
  • Charter member and professional writer Martin Gardner (who inexplicably found himself identified in the first issue of the Bugle as "Chairman" of the "Board of Directors") offers his memories of the Club's earliest years in "How the Oz Club Started."
  • Another charter member, David L. Greene, served as Editor-in-Chief of the Baum Bugle from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s. During these formative years, the Bugle blossomed from an informal newsletter to a semi-scholarly journal running to twenty or more pages. David shares his experience with us in "The Early History of the Baum Bugle."
  • "Oz Club Milestones: Fifty Years on the Road to Oz" traces the evolution of the Club and the Bugle over the past five decades, accompanied with comments by current and former Oz Club officers and Bugle editors.

 

Departments

  • "The Oz Bookshelf" includes reviews of the Hungry Tiger Press edition of The Wish Express by Ruth Plumly Thompson; Drama! The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis; and the first two issues of the Oz/Wonderland Chronicles comic series from Buy Me Toys.com.
  • "The Magic Picture" reports on the ceremonies attending the Munchkins' receipt of their long awaited star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; the annual "Autumn at Oz" event on the site of the Land of Oz amusement park in North Carolina; and the 2007 Winkie Convention.
  • One of the earliest known examples of an Oz-themed political cartoon, from a January 1901 Syracuse (New York) newspaper, is an intriguing "CuriOzity."
  •  The Bugle's regular departments include "Oz & Ends" (a potpourri of the very latest in Oz news, events, products and publications) and an updated Oz Calendar.

Previous Issues




Vol. 51, no. 1
Spring 2007

Vol. 50, no. 3
  Winter 2006

Vol. 50, no. 2
Autumn 2006

Vol. 50, no. 1
Spring 2006


History

The Baum Bugle, the official journal of the International Wizard of Oz Club, first appeared in June 1957 and has been published continuously ever since. The Bugle, which is issued three times each year (Spring, Autumn, and Winter), specializes in popular and scholarly articles about Oz and its creators, with biographical and critical studies, and first edition checklists. Research into the people and places within the Oz books appears frequently. There are also features on Oz films and stage shows, reviews of new editions of books about Oz or its authors, and current Oz (or associated) news. The magazine is illustrated with rare photographs and drawings, and the covers are usually in full color. Material on the MGM Wizard of Oz movie appears on a regular basis, and special issues focus on Oz authors, illustrators, and other themes. Updated bibliographical studies of the Oz books and other Baum writings are published as new information comes to light.

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