Dickinson P. Martin (June 29, 1927 – February 14, 1990) was an artist from

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who wrote and illustrated a number of books in and related to the ''Oz'' series.

Career

Martin was an active Oz fan, serving as

The International Wizard of Oz Club The International Wizard of Oz Club, Inc., was founded during 1957 by Justin G. Schiller, a then thirteen-year-old boy. The sixteen charter members, some of whom continue to make valuable contributions to the club, were garnered from the mailing ...

as president, vice-president, director, and editor of its magazine, ''

The Baum Bugle ''The Baum Bugle: A Journal of Oz'' is the official journal of The International Wizard of Oz Club. The journal was founded in 1957, with its first issue released in June of that year (to a subscribers' list of sixteen). It publishes three times pe ...

''. Martin illustrated '' Merry Go Round in Oz'' (1963), the 40th title in the regular ''Oz'' series. Martin's illustrations received positive notice in a review in the ''Chicago Tribune''. He was co-author of ''The Oz Scrapbook'' (1977). A '' Library Journal'' review of ''The Oz Scrapbook'' called it "a superb production". He wrote and illustrated '' The Ozmapolitan of Oz'' (1986). He designed new opening titles for the 1990s

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rerelease of ''

His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz ''His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz'' is a 1914 American silent fantasy adventure film directed by J. Farrell MacDonald, and written and produced by L. Frank Baum. It stars Violet MacMillan, Frank Moore, Vivian Reed, Todd Wright, Pierre Coud ...

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Selected works

* ''The Visitors from Oz'' (1960) as illustratorMacFall, Russell. "Ozmen in America." ''

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''. 25 Sep 1960: d14. Via Proquest. *''Merry Go Round in Oz'' (1963) as illustrator *''The Oz Scrapbook''. Random, 1977. as co-author *''The Ozmapolitan of Oz'' (1986) as author

References

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* American illustrators 1927 births 1990 deaths Oz (franchise) {{US-illustrator-stub