The October 2022 issue of DOLLS is 48 full-color pages and includes articles on BJD artist Judy Porter, the design duo behind Emperis Dolls fashion BJDs. In addition, this issue includes features on Jennie Hepler Takens, Marguerite Noschese, World of EPI, Ideal’s Tammy doll, and more!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features

8 Fashionable Flexibility

British BJD Design Duo Focuses on Beauty, Posability

By Wil Peterson

12 Kidding Around

Judy Porter’s BJDs Celebrate Children

By Stephanie Finnegan

17 Pumpkins on Parade

Jennie Hepler Takens Carves Out a Career in Halloween Art

By Jennie Hepler Takens

20 Tricks & Treats

Artists Share Their Halloween Creations

22 Halloween Spirits

Marguerite Noschese’s Dolls Combine Whimsy, Scariness, Humor

By Marguerite Surich Noschese

26 ‘Pinchable Moment’

World of EPI Pioneers New Techniques to Make Authentic ‘Black Panther’ Dolls

By Joyce Greenholdt

30 Tammy

The Ideal Teen

By A. Glenn Mandeville

34 The People of PUDDLE

Annual Gathering Sparked by the Love of Pullips

By Ashley Brooke Sero

Departments

6 Editor’s Notebook

37 Portraits

38 Doll Scene

40 Antique Q&A

42 Curious Collector

44 Paper Doll

46 Event Calendar

46 Classifieds

46 Advertiser Index