1991-2016
Written by Stan Allen
Work of Various
31,500 pages (Paperback), published by MAGIC Magazine
Illustrated with photographs and drawings
Language: English
7,086 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Michael Close (reviewer) M.I.N.T. Volume 2 by Edward Marlo Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 75
Michael Close (reviewer) Encounters of the Close-Up Kind by Dan Fleshman Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 75
Mac King (reviewer) Jeff McBride: The Art of Card Manipulation by Jeff McBride Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 76
Mac King (reviewer) Paul Gertner's Steel and Silver Video Series: Volume I by Paul Gertner Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 77
Mac King (reviewer) Daryl's Expert Rope Magic Made Easy by Daryl Martinez
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 78
Michael Close (reviewer) Quintuplicate Coincidence: Revolutionary Routines with Aces by Scotty York Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 79
Michael Close (reviewer) Dr. Faustus by Tom Stone Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) Abacus by Al Smith Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) MO by Jon Racherbaumer Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Michael Close (reviewer) Facsimile Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 80
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 83
Finally Blackstone photograph
Vol. 5 No. 1 Sep. 1995 94
Stan Allen Why?
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 9
J. Peter Watt Fame
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Bill Smith, Jennifer Sils Why?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Jack K. Greenberg Thanks
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Rick Waterhouse It's About Wonder
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 13
Terry Lunceford Silly Addition
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Paul Rylander Different View
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Graham Stringer Here, Here to Crap
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Bram Charles Linetsky Unfocused
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 14
Michael Marlin Find Your Style
  • Insight/Incite
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 18
Darwin Ortiz Suspense vs. Surprise
  • Stronger Magic
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 21
Max Maven I'll Build A Stairway To Paradox
  • Parallax

  • Pimpromptu (On spontaneous requests for performance in informal situations; impromptu performances vs. formal performances)
  • Of Mice and Mentalism (On The Amazing Kreskin)
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 23
Kees Schoonenberg Motive
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 25
Scott Humston Confessions Of An Educated Entertainer
  • Guest Editorial
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 26
Scott Wells If You Billed It, They Will Come
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 31
Charlie Randall Midwest Magic Jubilee
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 31
Scott Wells Texas Association Of Magicians
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 32
Simon Lovell Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 35
Michael Gerson West Coast Wizards Magic Camp
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 35
Jim Flagg Tannen's Magic Camp
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 37
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 44
Stan Allen Heat Stroke of Genius Contest Winners winners of contest to come up with color-changing heat-sensitive paper
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 48
Martin Lewis Chromagrams selected card appears and vanishes on 3-D "Magic Eye" image in visual way, heat-sensitive paper, first place in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 48
Peter W. Tappan Coin Divination spectator holds up one of five coins and puts it back on plate, performer divines the coin, impression heat-sensitive paper, second place in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
Gary Darwin Bright Idea drawn light bulb on business card changes color visually, heat-sensitive paper, third place in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
Gordon Bean Sun, Sand and Wind stencil used to make sun-burn image on heat-sensitive paper, same design is burned onto performer's body, "Honorable Mention" in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
George Sprague I Knew That! one of two skull drawing of different colors chosen, it is predicted, heat-sensitive paper, "Honorable Mention" in "Heat Stroke of Genius Contest"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 49
Richard Kaufman The Handmade Books Of Masklyn ye Mage
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 50
David Charvet Beatrice Houdini
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 54
David Charvet Edward Saint
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 58
David Charvet Houdini: The Film That Perpetuated The Legend
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 64
Janet Leigh, David Charvet "Bess" Speaks: Janet Leigh talks about the making of "Houdini"
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 66
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out rule of three
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 71
Alexander de Cova Flash Restoration card torn into quarters which are placed on tabled deck, flat hand hits deck and card is restored instantly except one corner
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 72
Tim Ellis Cellular Telepathy spectator names card and then phones person on a business card, person on other end names card
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 74
Jon Racherbaumer Clean-Sweep Thought Penetration odd-backed, two packets of four Aces each, thought Aces transpose, repeat, by "The Boys of Bennigans" (Doug, Jason and myself)
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 75
Hiroshi Sawa Japanese Papercraft
  • Stand-Up Japan (Steve Cohen)
blank pieces of paper change into money, money multiplies repeatedly, large fan
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 77
Bob Farmer The Scam That Rocks The Cradle
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 80
Bob Farmer A Penny For Your Thoughts proposition bet with head/tails triplets
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 80
Bob Farmer Catch 23 wordplay where spectator has to answer three questions and loses money
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 81
Martin Gardner The Frustrating Papers
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
tearing a piece of paper into three pieces in one go
Related to Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 83
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 83
Michael Close The Dog Days Of Summer
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 85
Michael Close (reviewer) What's Up Deck? by Aldo Colombini
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 85
Michael Close (reviewer) The Ultimate Bill Switch by Kevin King Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 86
Michael Close (reviewer) Anti-Drug Routines for Magicians by Roger Linden Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 86
Mac King (reviewer) The Fun Approach to Children's Parties by John Cooper Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 86
Mac King (reviewer) Illusionworks 3, An Illusionist's Notebook by Rand Woodbury
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 87
Elizabeth Warlock (reviewer) A Candid View of Maskelyne's 1916-1917 by John Nevil Maskelyne (written by Anne Davenport, John Salisse) Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 87
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 89
Finally Houdini's grave photograph
Vol. 5 No. 2 Oct. 1995 98
Stan Allen Magic Works!
  • From the Editor
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 9
Danny Orleans, Bill Perron, Tom Dobrowolski Kid-Show Magic
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 15
Jarret Hastings, Stephen Kradolfer, Jon Racherbaumer I.B.M. Is Still H.O.T.!
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 15
Eric Mead The Nerve!
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 16
Graham Stringer How Do We Do It?
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 16
David Ashton Guardians of Magic?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 16
Brian L. Upton Help!
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 18
John R. Pullum Sounds Like...
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 18
Max Maven Shouting "Fire" In A Crowded Theory
  • Parallax

  • Lesson is More (On Max’s first magic convention and Jack Chanin selling a trick for $5)
  • Poster Mortem (On stealing)
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 23
Darwin Ortiz The Magic Scene
  • Stronger Magic
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 25
Paul Gertner Magicians Need Not Apply
  • Questions
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 27
Michael Marlin To Breathe Into
  • Insight/Incite
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 29
Kees Schoonenberg Behold
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 31
Scott Wells Variety Is Spicy
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 33
Jim Heuser Magic on the Beach
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 33
Johnny Berfield International Festival of Children's Magicians
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 34
Simon Lovell Magicians Alliance of Eastern States
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 37
Michael E. Johnson The Young Professional's Workshop
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 38
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 44
Eric Mead "Break" Through on a broken thumb
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 46
Rory Johnston Caesar's New Empire: Modeled For Success
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 48
Mike Caveney The Tina Lenert You Don't Know
Related to Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 52
Tina Lenert, Stan Allen Tina Talks: An Exclusive Interview
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 55
David Copperfield On Tina Lenert
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 58
Harry Anderson Poem On Tina Lenert
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 59
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 63
Jon Racherbaumer Who Kissed The Frog? credit information
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 63
Aaron Fisher Delayed Bluff Placement control to near the bottom
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 66
Takeshi Nemoto It's A $100 Mystery To Me! three cards chosen, one produced from front trouser pocket and placed in a Bendix Bombshell wallet, second from rear pocket, last one from zippered compartment
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 68
Hindu Shuffle Force dropping block at "stop"
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 68
Gordon Bruce Palmed Card from Pocket Technique trouser pocket, front or rear
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 69
Edward Marlo Rule-Breaking Aces spelling to the four Aces as they are named, last one turns over
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 70
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 70
Steve Cohen Stand-Up Japan on The Magic Napoleons
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 73
The Napoleons Clear And Present Odor psychometry routine with items in zip-lock bags based on the premise of smell
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 74
Bob Farmer The Ten Scammandments
  • Flim-Flam
article on ten humorous rules for bet and scams
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 76
Bob Farmer Catch 24 scam bet on guessing the date on a coin from its other side
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 78
Martin Gardner Stabbing an Eggshell
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
piercing a piece of egg shell with a knife
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 78
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 78
Michael Close, Mac King Not For Sale To Minors
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 81
Mac King (reviewer) The Crimp by Jerry Sadowitz Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 81
Michael Close (reviewer) Dai Vernon's Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic by Dai Vernon (written by Lewis Ganson)
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 81
Mac King (reviewer) Paul Harris' Cardian Angel by Paul Harris Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 83
Michael Close (reviewer) The Magic Menu: The First Five Years by Jim Sisti
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 84
Mac King (reviewer) The Lost Cheesy Notebooks Volume One and Two by Chad Long
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 86
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 89
Finally photo of truck from David Copperfield and old-time truck
Vol. 5 No. 3 Nov. 1995 102
Stan Allen Yep, We're Having Fun Now!
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 11
Dick Newton, Lee Edwards, Bev Bergeron, Owen Anderson Bess and Saint
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
June Horowitz Mike Caldwell
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
Neil Kessler Educated Reader
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
Steve Hart Credibility
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 13
Norman Lambert Heat's Off
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 14
Brian Wendell Morton, Darwin Ortiz Status Quote?
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 14
Graham Stringer, Richard Myer, Chris "Doc" Dixon, Kevin Baker Rylander Refuted
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 16
Darwin Ortiz The Illusion Of Impossibility
  • Stronger Magic
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 21
Kees Schoonenberg Dealers
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 23
Max Maven Iconoclast Call
  • Parallax

  • Hello, Scaler (On whether art is autobiographical or a product of a community - or both)
  • Ipogram
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 24
Michael Marlin Magic ... With A Capital "M"
  • Insight/Incite
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 26
Scott Wells Saturation Point?
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 31
Elizabeth Warlock British Ring Convention
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 31
Ronald Zollweg New York and Canada Conclave (NYCAN)
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 32
Hiawatha Tannen's Magic Jubilee
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 33
Brad Ball C.A.M.A.S. Calvert Conclave Cincinnati Academy of Magic & Allied Sciences
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 36
Stephen Minch The Innovations Conference
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 37
Pete Petrashek Magic in the Midlands
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 39
Robert LaRue Magic in the Rockies
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 39
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 44
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) The World's Greatest Magicians - Blow By Blow... (list of the acts) Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 48
Mac King, Stan Allen Mac King Tells ... (How) Why He Did It!
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 51
Daniel Waldron Robert Lund & the American Museum of Magic
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 52
Robert Lund Magic excerpt from "Michigan History"
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 55
Brad Ball "Paging... Mr. Cardini!"
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 57
John Moehring Those Cardini Cards on the Peau-Doux deck of cards
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 60
Stan Allen (reviewer) It's Magic! Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 65
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 69
Jon Racherbaumer Lost In Cyberspace chosen card vanishes from deck, effect description without method
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 70
Gene Castillon A Stitch In Nine spelling discovery with eighteen cards
  • A Two-Deck Version
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Nine- Card Problem Recycled (treatise by Gene Castillon)
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 70
Dave Jenkins, Donn Davis Cogently Clean Break requires a bunch of rubber bands on one wrist
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 72
Gerry Griffin Blind Swivel Cut three packets, mostly swing cuts
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 74
Edward Marlo According To Veeser Aces are stolen from coat and added to packets one by one
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 76
Edward Marlo Paper Clip Hold-Out for four individual cards, under coat
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 76
Steve Cohen Stand-Up Japan on restaurant magic in Japan
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 79
Kennichi Kuroki Cotton Candy sugar poured in hat, wooden stick moved around in it and cotton candy appears on it
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 80
Bob Farmer It'a A Wonderful Lie
  • Flim-Flam
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 82
Bob Farmer Snow Job game about each hiding an odd or even number of coins
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 82
Bob Farmer Scrooge's Penny Pincher game about each hiding coins in the hand and asking yes/no questions
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 82
Bob Farmer Merry Cashmas adding consecutive numbers quickly
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 83
Martin Gardner Light From The Wrong End
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
bottom end of just-blown-out match light another match
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 83
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 83
Michael Close, Mac King Stocking Stuffers
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 87
Michael Close (reviewer) Cardshark by Darwin Ortiz
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 87
Mac King (reviewer) The Art of Astonishment by Paul Harris
reviewed together with Michael Close
Related to Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 89
Mac King (reviewer) VIP: Very Impossible Penetration by Michael Powers
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 90
Michael Close (reviewer) Scary Hotels by Tom Frame
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 90
Michael Close (reviewer) Cabaret Connivery by Dan Garrett Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 92
Mac King (reviewer) Miller's Dice by Paul Green
reviewed together with Michael Close
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) Standing Ovation: The Larry Becker Videos Volume One by Larry Becker Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) Mental Masterpieces: The Larry Becker Videos Volume Two by Larry Becker Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) Mugged by Rich Marotta Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 93
Michael Close (reviewer) The Buford Table by Jerry Winn Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 94
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 97
Finally Aladdin Magic Outfit
Vol. 5 No. 4 Dec. 1995 109
Stan Allen Here's Mine
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 11
John R. Pullum Mis-Edited
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
John Lenahan, Ron Calhoun Bad Before Good
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
John C. Hinson Topped
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
Fred Zimmerman Responsibility
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 15
John R. Pullum, Gene Anderson Tina
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 16
Mark Sparks, Eugene Poinc, Sharon Edmundson "World's Greatest" Exposure
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 16
Tim Catlett, Jim Wallace Tenko
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 16
Mike Rogers, Hank Lee Dealers
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 18
Andrew Lightwood "It's Sexist?"
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 18
Loren Michaels Robert Lund
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 18
Max Maven Happy New Jeer
  • Parallax

  • Going Bust
  • Screen Dour
  • Ashes to Ashes (On finding “a place to be bad” in order to grow, perspective, and Max Maven giving up smoking)
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 20
Paul Gertner Evideolution
  • Questions
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 22
Dan Stapleton Magna Charter
  • On the Road
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 25
Kees Schoonenberg Lectures
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 26
Darwin Ortiz Logic And Drama
  • Stronger Magic

  • Logical Content
  • Dramatic Content
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 28
Darwin Ortiz A Logical Premonition presentation
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 28
Scott Wells Unsung Heroes
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 31
Simon Lovell Sorcerer's Halloween Observance Weekend
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 31
Michael Lair, Gordon Miller Abbott's Triple Play Lecture Day
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 33
Lee Freed The Inn Event
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 34
Steve Shaw Weerd! Weekend IV
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 37
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 42
Jon Racherbaumer (reviewer) World's Greatest Magic II: Inside the Numbers Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 44
Bill McIlhany Magic And The Movies: Part 1
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 46
Mike Caveney The Blue Room
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 52
Stephen Minch The Los Angeles Conference: The Net Of Magic History
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 56
Charles Reynolds Magie et Illusionisme
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 60
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out on a second-dealing monkey, Ed Marlo anecdote, 51 faces north
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 65
Frank Thompson Sand Ace Assembly only effect description, Aces in T-formation are covered with sand and travel together
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 66
Walter Rollins Technicolor Torn Card card signed on face, one quarter torn off, rest torn in pieces and put in case, card restored, corner has odd back
Variations Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 67
Mike Rogers Rogers Method card signed on face, one quarter torn off, rest torn in pieces and put in case, card restored, corner has odd back
Inspired by Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 68
Mark Elsdon Cardtoon, Too deck shown normal, card with stick figure put on deck and it animates when riffled, deck shown normal again
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 69
Reinhard Müller, Frank Thompson Okito Concealment box shown empty, coin remains hidden inside
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 70
Bob Longe Simplex Follow-The-Leader eight reds and eight blacks
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 72
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Ubiquity chosen card put in center, it is then shown on top and bottom as well, packet of all selections shown, previously tabled card is then shown to be the selection
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 74
Edward Marlo T.K. Drop Sleight Variation spread tip-over sleight
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 74
Steve Cohen Stand-Up Japan on first and last names in Japanese
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 77
Hiroyuki Sakai E-Z Steal flash thread is burned and changes into silk, ball produced from it, system for freeing a load in the sleeve
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 79
Bob Farmer The Third Scam... A Column To Honor Martin Gardner
  • Flim-Flam
more on the referenced proposition bet with head/tails triplets
  • Irwin Stern Calls Flim-Flam's Bluff
  • Debruijn Doublets
  • Hustler TH, Mark HH
  • Hustler XX, Mark YY
  • It's Triplets, Mr. Farmer
  • The Secret Formula
Related to Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 80
Martin Gardner The Mysterious Balloon
  • Martin Gardner's Corner
inflating a balloon inside a bottle
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 83
Grand Delusions Morgan cartoon
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 83
Michael Close, Mac King Winter Wonderland
  • Product Reviews
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 85
Mac King (reviewer) Carter the Great by Mike Caveney Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 85
Michael Close (reviewer) Simply Simon by Simon Aronson
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 86
Michael Close (reviewer) The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 86
Michael Close (reviewer) After Craft by Jerry K. Hartman Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 87
Michael Close (reviewer) Eugene Burger's Gourmet Close-up Magic by Eugene Burger Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 87
Michael Close (reviewer) Magic with Rubber Bands, Volumes 1-3 by Dan Harlan Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 88
Michael Close (reviewer) Magic, Mastery, and You: The Michael Ammar Lecture '95 by Michael Ammar Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 89
Michael Close (reviewer) The A-1 All Stars Video Series, Volume 2 by Various Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 89
Michael Close (reviewer) Pocket Power by Jarle Leirpoll
reviewed together with Mac King
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 90
Who's Where
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 93
Finally Tagrey cartoon, "Magic has a great Future"
Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan. 1996 102
Stan Allen Airdates!
  • From the Editor
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 9
Carl Ballantine, Jeffrey Mielke, Doug Edwards, John Moehring Cardini
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
J. Peter Watt Product Reviews
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
Don Potts True Originality
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
Guy M. Townsend Marlin
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 11
Kent Cummins Mind-Over Matters
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Ryan Oakes, Alan Borg, Roger Linden T.W.G.M II
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Graham Stringer Whining
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Jerry MacGregor, R. G. Smith, Mike Easterbrook, Stan Allen, Augustin Coppey, Lee Cole, Alan Wassilak Dealers
  • Letters
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 12
Ron Blake Bess
  • Letters
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 16
Darwin Ortiz Doing What Comes Naturally
  • Stronger Magic

  • Learning by Watching
  • Parting Thoughts
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 18
Paul Gertner Trading Secrets
  • Questions
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 20
Max Maven Brother, Can You Spare A Paradigm?
  • Parallax

  • Jocular Ocular (On the meaning of “parallax” and the naming of this column)
  • Why there are more close-up workers than mentalists
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 23
Kees Schoonenberg Daydream
  • Hmmmmmm
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 24
Scott Wells Quality Control
  • Conventions
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 27
Elizabeth Warlock Ron & Martin MacMillian's International Magic Convention
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 27
Kevin Bird Magic Effects Convention
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 29
Inside Magic
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 32
Bill McIlhany Magic And The Movies: Part 2 - Houdini Goes To The Movies
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 36
Rory Johnston 1995 - A Special Year!
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 42
Stan Allen Sarmonti on Siegfried and Roy comic
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 48
Michael Diliberto Attracting Attention: Self-Promotion for the Working Pro
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 55
Jon Racherbaumer Inside Out on Brick Tilly
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 61
Jon Racherbaumer Snooker Location effect description of shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 61
Eddie Fields Invisible Signature Location card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen"
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 62
Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
Also published here Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 63
Jon Racherbaumer Attribution Retribution credit correction
Related to Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 63
Mike Gallo, Lou Gallo Jazz Aces Re-Jazzed transformation kicker
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 64
Slide Under Switch
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 64
Edward Marlo Scoop Up Addition
Vol. 5 No. 6 Feb. 1996 67
Data entered by Denis Behr, May 2023.