Animation

42 entries in Pen & Pencil / Animation
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Der magnetisierte Bleistift pencil lies off-balanced on fingers and erects, needle comes out of one end, also with wire in cigarette
 		Dec. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12)
190
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Hypnose und Wanderung im Reiche des Unorganischen pencil erects on hand, then it vanishes from envelope and appears inside paper cone
 		1927
Leichte Zauberei
90
Ralph W. Read The Spirit Pencil pencil taps by itself to answer questions
Related toAlso published here 1935
Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
22
Ralph W. Read Ascension rising stick/pencil on hand
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
694
Ralph W. Read The Impulse stick/pencil taps by itself on spectator's hand
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
695
7 kleine Tricks am Tisch
  • bet with matches
  • balancing a pencil
  • balancing three coins
  • balancing a glass on the table
  • coin penetrates filled beer glass and tabletop
  • magnetized cigarette
  • balancing a pencil, different method
 		Sep. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9)
3
Ralph W. Read Tapping Pencil spectator feels "impulses" that still pencil makes on back of his hand, or on table or box
Also published here 1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
259
Ralph W. Read Tapping Pencil spectator feels "impulses" that still pencil makes on back of his hand, or on table or box
Also published here 1945
My Best
184
Jimmy Sanders Perpetual Pencil bullet-type pencil with disk rolls on table until order is given
 		1945
My Best
185
Milbourne Christopher The Floating Pen with gimmick, pen sticks to fingers
  • Floating Wand
 		Aug. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 3)
569
Eddie Joseph The Mesmerized Swizzle Stick stick clings to hand, stick starts turning, also possible with pencil
 		1952
Tricks for Informal Occasions
4
Charlie Miller The Rising Pencil - Charlie Miller Rising pencil on palm
Related to 1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
181
Karl Fulves Lines of Force pencil moves towards drawn magnet on paper, blowing
 		1977
The Magic Book
128
Gordon Hoener Grave's End automatic writing with a pencil, pencil breaks in two eventually
 		1979
Magick (Issue 238)
1187
The Dancing Pencils gag
 		1979
Elastrix
17
Steve Beam Impromptu Pen Suspension
1979
Magic — The Vanishing Art
85
Die Katapult-Daumenspitze pen jumps out of hand (catapult thumb tip), as card location
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
74
Ray Grismer Gift of the Illuminati pencil and cards adhere to hand
 		1980
Magick (Issue 262)
1307
Hen Fetsch Der emporsteigende Bleistift pencil moves up and down in bottle, thread
 		Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
106
Al Mann Impromptu Objects apparently move, self-cutting deck
  • A book flies away when the hand of the psychic approaches it
  • The same move can be made with a deck of cards or business cards
  • By the same move a pencil is made to fly away also
  • Business cards (or playing cards) fly away as the hand of the sitter approaches
  • Apports
 		1982
Eff-Oes
2
Al Mann Ideo-Motion moving objects based on ideomotor phenomenon
  • The key
  • The mystic door
  • The pen of Dr. Faust
  • The psychic marble
 		1982
Eff-Oes
14
The Animated Pencil No. 8, pencil stands up on hand
 		1983
101 Psychic Tests
3
Michael Weber Buster pencil visibly breaks in two halves
 		1984
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3
46
Karl Fulves Helium glass covered with silk, pen or other items pushed in glass with silk shoot out again
Also published here 1987
Contemporary Handkerchief Magic — Part One
2
Pat Conway The Rising Pencil out of a bottle
 		1987
The Pat Way to Con
138
Martin Gardner Hydrick's Bill Trick "four psychic tricks" No. 1
bill spins on needle under inverted glass tank, also spinning pencil on table
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
30
Karl Fulves Dating Game three names written on paper, one is the girlfriend, pencil on rubber band moves to answer questions
Related to
  • "Pendulum" (Bob Ostin)
 1993
Easy-to-Do Magic Tricks for Children
20
Rising Pencil pencil moves to stand upright on hand, brief
 		1997
The Vampire Chronicles
53
Simon Lovell Self-Writing Pen pen writes/moves by itself
 		1997
Simon Says!
222
Karl Fulves Suspender "Unsolved Mysteries"
pencil clings to hand, apparently held by other hand's first finger but when turned over the first finger is underneath pencil, posed as a problem
 		1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
233
Jay Sankey Mightier than the Sword cap springs back onto pen as if it were magnetic, spectators cannot remove cap, "Snapper" Move
Also published here Feb. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 2)
42
Robert Cassidy Psychokinetic Powers key bending, then pen falls off edge
 		1999
Real World Magic
241
Tom Sellers The Finder Pencil pencil moved over row of tabled cards, it moves at selection, pencil threaded through finger ring
 		1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
10
Gene Raye Radar Coin pencil answers questions with sound in glass, glass in which billet is put in divined, secret sugar in glass, radar pencil
 		2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5)
139
Todd Karr Prince Rainier's Plume animated feather dips into ink and draws a portrait by itself on a signed piece of paper
Inspired by
  • John Carney's animated pen routine
 2003
Mystery School
307
Jay Sankey Mightier than the Sword cap springs back onto pen as if it were magnetic, spectators cannot remove cap
  • The "Snapper" Move
Also published here 2004
Sankey Unleashed
67
Mark Lewis, Johnny Neptune Spooky Pencil animated coin and pencil
  • The Coin Trick and the Spooky Pencil
  • The Pencil Rises in the Fist
  • The Pencil Moves Across the Hand
  • The Pencil Rises Across the Fingers
  • The Pencil Rises from the Bottle
 		2006
Marmaduke the Wonder Mouse
7
Barrie Richardson Mesmer's Pencil
  • Phase I - The Rise (pencil stands up on hand, small thread loop)
  • Phase II - The Heavy Pencil (spectator cannot lift pencil off the performer's hand)
  • Phase III - The Feather Test (variation of Phase II with feather on top, Chuck Smith idea)
Inspired by 2011
Curtain Call
13
Tomo Maeda Re-Psychle pen placed inside empty card case starts to move and writes name of selection
 		2013
Japan Ingenious
64
Jindai Nishikawa Floating Pencil pencil clings to hand, then floats
 		Nov. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11)
42
Mike Pisciotta Proustian Omens stop trick using a falling Telekinetic Pen/Timber as stopping sign
 		2020
As Above, So Below
31
Gregg Webb String & Pencil pencil dangling from string moves pendulum like
Inspired by
  • Bob McAllister idea with knife and shoelace
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
402