Magazines & Journals: page 26

September 1952 - August 1953
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen & Milton Page Larsen, Editors

507 pages (9 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 17, Number 1 - September 1952 - 44 pages
1. Cover - The Merv Taylor Company
7. Dealer's Directory
9. On With the Show - editorial - Bill Larsen
10. The Editors Problem
    • By Gerald Kosky
11. Easy Does It - H. Fernandes
12. A Novel Coin Bag - Lu Brent
13. The Magical Traveler - Alan Wakeling
    • Scotland
14. The Alcoholic Animal - Johnny Geddes
15. The Artful Dodges of William W. Larsen
16. Your New Act From Genii - Ray Muse
    • Pocket Close-Up Act (No Cards)
    • Impromptu...

September 1951 - August 1952
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

488 pages

1. Genii - Volume 16, Number 1 - September 1951 - 40 pages
1. Cover - Wayne Shumway
5. letter from the editor - Bill Larsen
6. Tell Ya Wot I'd Like To Do - Contest with Prizes - Frank Herman
   • The Imperishable Parasol
   • The Expanding Parasol
   • Card on the Parasol
   • Card in the Shoe
7. A Dumbfounding Divination - Tan Hock Chuan
   • Trickie - Morton Elliott
8. Multiplying Color Changer - Without Gimmicks - Clarence Peterson
11. Mechanical Jumbo Card - H. Fernandez
12. The Vanishing Ice Cream Cone - Jesse Langston,...

September 1950 - August 1951
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

512 pages

1. Genii - Volume 15, Number 1 - September 1950 - 44 pages
1. Cover - Billy Bishop an' Ann
7. Guys and Gimmicks - William W. Larsen
8. Miracle Card Vanish - W. B. Scott
9. The Enchanted Tumbler - Marvin Roy
9. Afghan Bands - Tommy Thompson
10. The Sucker Newspaper Tear - Eddie Joseph
11. Watch for Next Month's Genii
12. Rusduck Readers - Rusduck
12. Thimble Cane - Richard Piser
13. Spirit Board - New Use for Rapping Hand Board - Bud Spraker
14. New Lamps for Old - William Larsen
16. The Phantom Rod - George Kier
18. The Firecracker Girl - An Illusion...

CONTENTS:

• SIMPLIFIED FOLLOW THE LEADER (Max Maven): An easy version of the Follow the Leader theme, using jumbo cards cut into quarters.
• EYES DOWN (Vic Allen): A comedy revelation of a selected card using an eye (a toy eye of course).
• HANDY ACES (Simon Lovell): A selected card disappears from between the four Aces held by a spectator, only to reappear face up in the deck.
• IMMEDIATE ACES (Max Maven): A quick yet effective Ace assembly using only eight cards.
• THE PISCATORIAL PEG (Wally Boyce): You produce the wrong card and clip it on a peg which is placed inside a bag with the deck. When the peg is...

CONTENTS:

• PLAY IT AGAIN SAM (Peter Duffie & Roy Walton): Seven pairs are shown and then separated. They assemble again in pairs with a final surprise.
• TRANSPO INK (Fabian-Aldo Colombini): Four cards with red spots and four cards with blue spots. They change place one by one (can be done with regular cards as well).
• FOUR GONE CONCLUSION (Bob Haines): Two selected cards are lost in the deck. Four cards are shown to be all alike. Two of the cards disappear and the two left are the selections.
• YOUR VERY OWN (Roy Walton): A group of cards is mixed by a spectator and then magically sort themselves out into...

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Vol. 10, No. 3, no date [July 2014]; 60 pages

Cover: Sean Alexander

5. Welcome - editor's letter
6. John Carey: From Hot Sales to Hot Soup! - interview - Graham Hey
8. Readers' Letters
11. In The News
13. Comedy Time - Graham Hey
14. The Kids' Show Minefield - How to avoid some of the worst problems - Mark Leveridge
18. Masterclass
    • It's All in the Name - John Carey
    • Partly Right or Partly Wrong! - Arun Bonerjee
20. Pros & Cons - It's All a Matter of Opinion - Mark Leveridge
    • Books v DVDs - Follow Up - Nick Jones
22. The Secret Agent - re: Trevor George - Jay Fortune
26. Dealer Shout Outs - Special...

• EDITORIAL - Let's have a chat

  SPECIAL FEATURES - TGM's tribute to Aldo Colombini

• Homage to Aldo Colombini from All at TGM, All admirers of Aldo in India and from Solyl Kundu
• Aldo Colombini - Bio by Rachel
• Remembrances/Admirations by Al Albert, Tom Craven, David J. Connor, Geoff Williams, Ian Adair, Donald Clancy and John Alexander

  REGULAR FEATURES

• Past Glory of India - B.N. Sarkar
• Magic As Entertainment by Harold Taylor
• Indian Occultism: The Rope -Trick And Other Phenomena by Major G.H. Rooke

  MagiXposed

• Confirmed Prediction by John Teo
• Indiana Monte by Guy Townsend
• Come Along...

This issue deals with two routines. The first one is de Cova's version of the famous 'Ten Card Poker Deal'. This is a routine in four phases and makes use of a full deck, which is shuffled and cut. Each phase is build up and more challenging. All the time the spectator wins against you and he has no idea how. With all phases the spectator makes absolute free decisions and the climax is an overwhelming Royal Flush of Spades in his poker hand. Easy to do and entertaining.

The second routine is called 'The Green Card' (has nothing to do with Lennart) and it was one of the main routine in Alexander's...

CONTENTS:

• SUPERTRANSPORTATION (Ian Baxter): The four Aces and the four Kings change places among themselves.
• BEHAVIORAL BLUFF (Fred Robinson): A spectator picks a card among five (free choice) and you show the other four cards to be indifferent. You have predicted this card. You’ll love the method.
• BLANK FACES (Phil Wye): A selected card is revealed by using four double-blank cards on which messages appear.
• PAST HELP (Roy Walton): Four cards are selected by four spectators and then discovered by you with the assistance of four very famous magicians. Entirely self-working.
• SPOTTING THE SPOT (Leslie May): A...

The English magazine Pabular was first published in 1974 by Nick Bolton and ran for just over eight exciting volumes. It was mainly edited by the well respected Fred Robinson (later by Walt Lees and Stephen Tucker) and the art editor throughout was the talented Eric Mason. The contributors include: Jack Avis, Gaeton Bloom, John Carney, Peter Duffie, Alex Elmsley, Dominique Duvivier, Cy Endfield, Bob Farmer, Flip, Piet Forton, Roberto Giobbi, Paul Hallas, Steve Hamilton, Francis Haxton, Larry Jennings, Peter Kane, Fred Kaps, Gerald Kosky, Trevor Lewis, Ed Marlo, Bob Ostin, Patrick Page, John Ramsay, Bob Read, Sam Schwartz, Arthur Setterington, Al Smith, Juan Tamariz, Stephen Tucker, Dai Vernon, Roy Walton, Tommy Wonder and William Zavis.

CONTENTS:

• SPECTATOR MAGICIAN (Tony Faro): Here is a great card effect...

September 1949 - August 1950
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

441 pages (7 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 14, Number 1 - September 1949 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Ron and Thelma Greenwood
7. Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
8. Fun with Firebowl and Flowers - "Dr. Chang" Sherman Ripley
9. By George! It's Sandsational - George Sands
10. Master Balls and Cigarettes - Al Sharpe
12. The Invisible Man - William W. Larsen
13. Double Daring - Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • re: a card trick
14. Results of the Genii-Orben Poll - Robert Orben
    • Article Four
15. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins ...

September 1948 - August 1949
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

376 pages (8 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 13, Number 1 - September 1948 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Arthur Buckley
8. Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
   • The Welcome Mat
   • Loot
   • Things I Like
   • Things I Don't Like
   • Dollar Value
   • Editors
   • Teletrixters
9. All Change - Len J. Sewell
10. What? Another Square Circle? - Mike Zens
11. Odd Magical Facts - Frank Fewins
12. Original Coin Sleights for Experts - Arthur Buckley
13. Arthur Buckley - by Theo. Bamberg "Okito"
14. Comedy Technique - First Article of a Series - Robert Orben ...

September 1947 - August 1948
Including Magigals
Mr. & Mrs. William W. Larsen, Editors

369 pages (7 double pages)

1. Genii - Volume 12, Number 1 - September 1947 - 32 pages
1. Cover - Frank Clinton
6. Facing the Facts - Bill Larsen
   • Square Deal for Dealers
   • Keeps Your Hands in Your Pockets
   • The Great Leon Denies
   • Too Many Trophies
   • Bickering
   • Tribute
   • Big Business
   • On the Set at Paramount
   • George Boston
   • Too Good!
   • Framed!
   • It's Hot
7. Rope of Quong Hi - Alan Wakeling
8. Surprise!! - John J. Crimmins, Jr.
8. cartoon - Tom Lawless
9. One-man Blindfolded Psycho Act -...

CONTENTS:

• FINALE (Brian Davies): A card is selected (face unseen) from a red-backed deck and retained by a spectator. A number is chosen and counted in a blue-backed deck. The two cards match.
• THE POWER OF SUGGESTION (Barrie Richardson): A ring is placed around the neck of a Coca Cola bottle. The ring is removed, vanished and it appears back on the neck of the bottle.
• DOMINO TELEPATHY (Anonimous): All the domino pieces are put together in line. You devine the spots at each end of the chain. A classic.
• COLOR CROSSER (Max Maven): A series of stunning effects using just a packet of cards. ...

The English magazine [lc=3255 Club 71 ran from 1970 to 2007 and was produced by Geoff Maltby the owner of Repro Magic. For most of the time Walt Lees was the editor. Contributors include: Max Maven, Peter Duffie, Patrick Page, Al Smith, Angelo Carbone, Ian Rowland, Werner Miller, Peter Kane, Paul Hallas, Stephen Tucker, Ali Bongo and many more. The subjects discussed span everything from mentalism and cards, to magic for children and close-up.

CONTENTS:

• AROUND THE WORLD (Peter Underwood): A great mental effect. Two cards are selected by a cut of the deck done by a spectator. The two values added and an Atlas opened at that page to select a country. You have predicted that country. ...

CONTENTS:

• TUNED MINDS (Jack Avis): Four spectators chose four numbers which are used to reveal the four Aces (or four selections).
• HAVE A MATCH (Magini): A novelty funny trick. You offer a match to a spectator and the match rises from the box. A good laugh.
• TWO BALL TRANSPOSITION (C. King): You show a red and a green ball (or any two colors) and they, using a handkerchief, transpose. A strong effect for any ball routine.
• A CHANGE OF PLANS (Bill Simon): A nice routine using the four Kings where they follow the leader. One King changes into an Ace and the other Kings change into Aces too.
• A CARD TRANSPOSITION...

CONTENTS:

• THE EVER READY SPELLER (Al Koran): An excellent impromptu card trick where a selected card is revealed after reciting any jingle (or a short poem). Funny stuff. Can be done in any language.
• MY NAME YOUR NAME (Lewis Ganson): The selected card is revealed using the name of a spectator.
• BETWEEN THE ACES (Don Loder): You give the four Aces to a spectator to hold. A selected card vanishes from the deck and reappears between the Aces.
• ADD-A-PAIR (Tom Sellers): You find two selected cards from a shuffled deck without any help from card keys or other devices.
• CARD PENETRATION AND CHANGE (Cy Endfield):...

The current issue of TGM is full of informative and interesting reading collected from eastern and western magic world. Especially look through the MagiXposed section where you will find the top-drawer effects which you can easily make and use. However, there is a lot more, go on reading ...

• Let's have a chat - Solyl talks frankly whatever he has in mind - this time about Intimate magic.
• Magic as entertainment - by Harold Taylor is another installment from his book of the same title.
• Alladen's Wonderfull Lamp - by Asok Roy will especially intrigue the performers who prefers patter magic. ...

This time I start a little series on the "signed folded card in box" plot. The effect that a signed card ends up folded in a little box is a classic and has been performed by many top professionals and amateurs alike. I am a great lover of this trick and accumulated quite a lot of methods and ideas concerning this top trick. These I will share with you through my Scrapbook magazine. This is the first issue dealing with this highly interesting topic. After a lengthy and detailed discussion on my opinions, strategies and thoughts about this effect, learn:

THE WILD WILD WEST FOLD - A novel method...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• MURDER BY SUGGESTION (Stewart James): Two cards are used to find a murder suspect.
• DOUBLY IMPOSSIBLE II (Michael Symes): Two selected ESP symbols are predicted by you.
• THREE INTO ONE (Jack Avis): A stunning routine with a series of revelations using just a regular deck of cards.
• AUSTROLOGY (Max Maven): An easy routine with cards that can be done also over the phone (you could use Tarot cards, Zodiac sign cards, etc.).
• BEAUTY AND BOTTLE (Someran): A fun routine to perform using cards with bottles and ...girls.
• ONE MORE LIE DETECTOR (Bob Neale):...

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Vol. 10, No. 2, no date [May 2014]; 60 pages

Cover: Johnny Thompson

5. Welcome - editor's letter
6. Visual Comedy
   • Diabetic Cigarette - Nathan Kranzo
   • Book Test Gag - Graham Hey
8. Readers' Letters
9. In The News
9. Shed 7 - humor - David Williamson
11. In The News
12. Who Needs Hogwarts? - re: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School - Brian Lead
16. Masterclass
    • Heartless - Alan White
    • Sum Total - Ian Adair
18. Blackpool 2014 - A Very Quick Blackpool Convention Round-Up!
20. 7 Steps To...Protecting Your Magic Income - Cila Warncke
24. Dealer Shout Outs - Special 'extra' announcements from a few regular advertisers
26. Jamie Allan...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• MIRRORS, MIRRORS (Michael Symes): A card is chosen from a red deck. Two blue-backed Jokers are shown and they take the reflection of the chosen card, both changing into that card.
• SEPARATE COLORS (Francis Haxton): A spectator separates the red cards from the black by inserting a joker exactly between the two sections of colors.
• A CARD SANDWICH (Victor Monleon): A selected card vanishes from between the red Queens (or any pair) and then reappears between them again.
• CHANGE ALLEY (Tudor Brock): A coin (say half-dollar) placed...

More magic from the pages of Peter Warlock's legendary magazine.

CONTENTS:

• CONTRASTING PREDICTION (Max Maven): A red-backed card is shown as a prediction. A blue-backed deck is spread face up and a card is selected. The prediction card is a perfect match.
• ALTERNATING CURRENT (Norman Houghton): Two sets of four cards each, one face up and one face down. You place them together and the cards magically alternate, face up, face down all the way through.
• RED VERSUS WHITE (Peter Warlock): This is a transposition effect using two balls, say one red and one white. Involves a cup and some sleight of hand. Neat effect. ...

CONFABULATION - The routine I have been doing since the 80s (oh my gosh!). Out of the need to create a DIY version of the marketed effect of Alan Shaxon, I devised this baby. It's easy to use, practical and you don't need any Kaps wallet for this. At the end, everything can be left with the spectators.

SOAP BUBBLE CARD - Finn Jon is a genius with both threads and his omni-present soap bubbles. In 1987 I created a revelation with a smoke filled soap bubble that is really eye candy and surprising. A signed selection appears with the burst of a soap bubble. Easy, simple and visual. A truly unusual...