Magazines & Journals in Magic & Conjuring: page 6

This PDF not just includes the four issues of volume 1, but also the sneak preview issue.

• Sneak Preview
  • Traveling Cash, Dan Harlan
  • Pendulum False Cut, Troy Hooser
• No 1
  • R.P.M., Dave Dillon & Marv Leventhal
  • Heads or Tails?, Tom Craven
  • Starcle, Dan Harlan
  • Slider Aces, John Quine
  • Coins from Napkin, Steve Cohen
  • Two Card Location, Chris Kenner
• No 2
  • A Perfect Match, Mark Sicher
  • Count-er Point, Troy Hooser
  • Copper Silver Transmutation, Troy Hooser
  • Back Two-gether, Mark Fitzgerald
  • Spectator Cuts the Kings, David Williamson
• No 3
  • End Over Aces, Tom Craven
  • End Over Extra, Tom Craven
  • Mother Nature's...

• No 1
  • Brain Probe, David Williamson
  • Chink-A-Change, Mark Fitzgerald
  • Explosive Impact, Rocco
  • Spread 'Em, Dan Harlan
  • Swivel Monte False Cut, Dan Garrett
• No 2
  • Slice With a Twist, Mark Tams
  • Pun-Ultimate Bunnies, Dave Dillon
  • Three Magic Scarves, Johnny Ace Palmer
  • Put a Lid On It, Jim Kleefeld
  • Sticky Foot, Dave Chuirazzi
• No 3
  • Premeditation, Dan Garrett
  • Flash Cards, Anthony Lindan
  • Table Squeeze, David Neighbors
  • Under Covers, Dan Harlan
  • Cube in Air, Dan Smalley
• No 4
  • Ultimate Illogical Cut, Troy Hooser
  • Cracked Thoughts, Jerry Lynch
  • Blunk, Phil Goldstein
  • Extra Starcle...

• No 1
  • Forget to Remember, Anthony Lindan
  • Twisted Down, Eddie Fechter
  • Twisted Up, Ray Mertz
  • Turning Point, Gordon Jeppesen
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Balloon, Dan Harlan
• No 2
  • Fast Four-mation, Homer Liwag
  • Off the Menu, Phil Goldstein
  • The Famous Popcorn Trick, Mark Sicher
  • Auto Suspension, Dan Harlan
  • Optical Advantage, Steve Cohen
  • Aces of Diamond Bar, David Neighbors
• No 3
  • Marionette Sound Count, Ken Krenzel
  • Here Comes the Bridle Hitch, David Drake
  • A Gentlemen's Game, Gazzo Macee
  • No Ink-ling, Michael De Marco
  • The Elusive Penny, Keith Walker
  • Emcee Hammer, Marv Leventhal ...

• No 1
  • Financial Attraction, Dan Harlan
  • Reverse Inflation, Gazzo Macee
  • Prints Re: Gent, Phil Goldstein
  • Bangle Tangle, Harvey Rosenthal
  • Stick It in Your Ear, Mac King
• No 2
  • No Way Out, Gary Plants
  • Suck It Up, Bob Rees
  • Speck-ulation, Anthony Lindan
  • Pivotal Pinch, Eric Wolf
  • Joint Venture, Dan Harlan
• No 3
  • Invisible Slit, Hiro Sakai
  • Twice as Crazy, David Neighbors
  • Squeezed Away, Troy Hooser
  • Stutter Count, Dan Harlan
  • Match Cutie Gizmo, Michael Weber
• No 4
  • Fluctuations in Value, Gary Kurtz
  • Hokey Pokey, John Swomley
  • Montexpose, Phil Goldstein
  • Give Piece a Chance, Michael...

• No 1
  • Bent Outta Shape, David Neighbors
  • And Then There Was One, Daryl
  • Weight Your Turn, Troy Hooser
  • Hatzoo, Norman Beck
  • Think of a Coin?, Evert Chapman
• No 2
  • Rainbow Writing, Anthony Lindan
  • Karate Kracker, Giovanni
  • The Brainwave Connection, Dan Garrett
  • French Liberation, Jean-Pierre Vallarino
  • Sludge and Ice, Dan Harlan
• No 3
  • Touch of Brass, Troy Hooser
  • Drawl, Phil Goldstein
  • Cut Me Two Times, John Swomley
  • Destination Unknown, Dan Harlan
  • PUN, Michael Powers
• No 4
  • Rules of the Game, Phil Goldstein
  • Dust to Dust, Joe Rindfleisch
  • Natural Selection, Dan Harlan
  • Spitting...

• No 1
  • Fortunate Break, Curtis Kam
  • Lite Switch, Aldo Colombini
  • Vaudou, Dupre Didier
  • Penned In, Gene Anderson & Dan Harlan
  • French Revolution, Jean-Pierre Vallarino
• No 2
  • Rising Dough, Dan Harlan
  • Time Is Money, Michael Ammar
  • Jealous Jack, David Oestreicher
  • Slim to None, Joe Rindfleisch
  • Super Duper, Joel Givens
• No 3
  • Colorful Rip-off Triumph, David Neighbors
  • Deviled Egg, Dan Harlan
  • Stretching Your Money, Yuji Wada
  • Lethal Prediction, Gary Ouellet
  • Loop De Loop, Harvey Rosenthal
• No 4
  • Burnt to the Core, Dan Harlan
  • Sugarless, Joel Givens
  • Bartender's Dream, Jim Artie
  • Whisp, Phil...

• No 1
  • Matchmaker, Marc Paul and Anthony Owen
  • Ozone Paper Tear, Zelek Shadline
  • Skin Graft, Anthony Davis
  • Out of This House, Anthony Owen
  • So That's How It's Done, Zelek Shadline
  • Striking Art, Angelo Carbone
  • M.A.R.L.O., Jon Allen
• No 2
  • Final Nightmare, Jon Allen
  • Can't Ketchup, Scott Wells
  • Birds & Bees & Bikes, Mike Maxwell
  • Quarter Back Sneak, Dan Macinnis
  • Get The Point, Jon Allen
• No 3
  • Gum Together, Aaron Fisher
  • Bizarre Transposition, Marv Leventhal
  • On Again Off Again, Dan Harlan
  • Write Of Way, Phil Goldstein
  • In The Pink, Richard Paddon
• No 4
  • Positive I.D., Anthony...

No 4 of volume 8 was never published. Many years later Dan Harlan released a DVD under the title The MINOTAUR Final Issue. This DVD set is not part of this ebook but it is included in the 8 volume Minotaur bundle as well as available separately.

• No 1
  • Above Board, Paul Burdick
  • Okay Coin Production, Larry Davidson
  • Soul Mates, Floyd Beatlebaum
  • Hook-Up, Bob Knigge
  • Mintal Photography, Bram Charles
• No 2
  • Fusion Aces, David Neighbors
  • Crayon Eater, Dan Harlan
  • Cup O' Joel, Joel Givens
  • Depositive, Phil Goldstein
  • Bachelor's Thread, Rajneesh Madhok
• No 3
  • Quasimodo Quoins, Jim Krenz
  • Keeper of The Keys, Tom Craven
  • Buenos Notches, Aaron...

"Half Bull, Half Magic"

THE MINOTAUR offers great effects from an eclectic list of contributors including household names such as Michael Ammar, David Williamson, Troy Hooser, Phil Goldstein, Gene Anderson, Steve Cohen, Tom Craven, Aldo Colombini, Daryl, Didier Dupre, Eddie Fechter, Doc Eason, Dan Garrett, Chris Kenner, Gary Kurtz, Ken Krenzel, Eric Mead, David Neighbors, Johnny Ace Palmer, Gary Plants, Joe Rindfleisch, Rocco, Hiro Sakai, and many more. Of course, there are a lot of Dan Harlan effects, too. And each effect has been carefully illustrated by Dan Harlan himself.

Every volume of THE MINOTAUR is by itself on par with any high quality...

[Note: This is the same as The MINOTAUR Volumes 1-8 except the DVDs which complete the MINOTAUR are not included here. You only get all the issues that were released in printed form.]

This periodical ran from October 1932 to April 1934 and saw 8 numbers published. Complete files are uncommon. In this digital form, it can be enjoyed by a much wider group of readers.

Volume 1, Number 1, October 1932

• Editorial
• How to Stick a Hatpin through the tongues without injury
• I Witnessed Betty Jane's Act. By an Observer
• The Meeting Place. Conducted by George Linnhauser.
• Doc. Distel effect. Card Stabbing Supreme
• Reviews: The Vanishing Goat, by Frank Lane

Volume 1, Number 2, November 1932

• Editorial
• A New Pass. J. Burnes
• A New Box Escape.
• Wrinkle. By Kolar
• The Autobiography...

First advertised as The New Conjurors' Magazine and dropped the word "New" after Vol 1, No. 1. Houdini's brother, Hardeen, helped get this magazine launched, but he passed away shortly after the magazine started. It was selected as the official organ for the Magician's Guild of America. It eventually changed hands to Ed Dart in 1947 (Volume 4, #10), with Robert Lund as editor (Gibson still continued as a columnist).

Genii magazine absorbed The Conjurors' Magazine and from November, 1949 until 1974 as Genii became Genii, The Conjurors' Magazine. It was eventually changed to Genii The International Conjurors'...

The first Conjurors' Magazine made its appearance in 1792 in London under the editorship of Henry Lemoine. This, the first monthly periodical ever devoted to the art of magic, featured "singular deceptions, philosophical amusements, curious experiments, mathematical operations and sympathetic secrets."

Then in 1906 Harry Houdini together with his brother Theo Hardeen revived this almost forgotten publication under the title of The Conjurer's Monthly Magazine (spelled with an 'e' instead of an 'o').

In 1945 Walter B. Gibson and Julian Proskauer gave this title another shot at life and started The New Conjurors' Magazine...

This is volume 2 of The New Conjurors' Magazine.

• No 1:
  • SPEAKING OF PICTURES: George Karger and Audley Walsh; Give Conjurors' Another Scoop
  • TRIPLE CUT LOCATION - Blackstone
  • MAGIC'S BELOVED COUPLE Tess and Max Holden
  • CHATS BY KOLAR
  • A STORY BY DELL O'DELL
  • SHORT CHANGE - Hornmann
  • TRICK WITHOUT A NAME - Sgt. Schroeter
  • REVIEWS - J. J. Proskauer
  • COMEDIAN'S CORNER - Warner Perry
  • MAGICIANS HONOR TREPEL
  • VISIBLE COLOR CHANGE - Miaco
  • HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE
  • PRACTICAL PRODUCTION TRAY
  • CUT AND RESTORED BILL - Marks
  • YANKEE DOODLE HAT - A TOMMY WINDSOR CREATION
  • MEXICAN TURN-OVER - McDermott ...

This is volume 3 of The New Conjurors' Magazine.

• No 1:
  • SPEAKING OF PICTURES: William Holden Maxwell, Ruth Dore
  • A THANK YOU FROM CONJURORS' STAFF
  • RIDDLE IN RED AND YELLOW: A Story about Chung Ling Soo by FULTON OURSLER
  • GIVE ME A RING - Edward M. Massey
  • CUPKAKES IN HAT - Burton Marks
  • SWORD-SORCERY - "Hen" Fetsch
  • FIFTEEN CARD TRICK - Stanley Beck
  • TORTURE BOX - Jay Berggren
  • ALONG WITH BLACKSTONE - Walter B. Gibson
  • MAGICIAN - SOLDIERS WANTED - Julien J. Proskauer: Featuring Statements to Conjurors' Readers by PRESIDENT TRUMAN and GENERAL EISENHOWER
  • TERRY LYNN - ON MAGIC
  • IMPROVED...

This is volume 4 of The New Conjurors' Magazine.

• No 1:
  • SPEAKING OF PICTURES: George Johnstone, Betty Johnstone
  • YOU'VE GOT TO USE "DYNAMITE" - Bruce Reynolds
  • CIRCUS BANDS - Warren E. Simms
  • THE GIRL AND THE LADDER - Harry Blackstone
  • THE VACUUM IMPOSSIBILITY - George Johnstone
  • SLIK SLEIGHTS - Bill Tarr
  • TRICKS I LIKE - Bill Chaudet
  • IN THE BAG - R. N. Menge
  • OVER THE DEALER'S COUNTER
  • ON THE MAGIC BOOKSHELF
  • HUMOROUS PATTER - Burling Hull
  • BURNT AND RESTORED BILL - John Scarne
  • THE BOTTOM STEAL - Mike Tannen
  • THE 17TH ANNUAL MAGI-FEST
  • CHINESE FLAG VASE OF ALL NATIONS - Okito
  • GAS...

This is volume 5 of The New Conjurors' Magazine.

• No 1:
  • Speaking of Pictures: Richiardi, Chang
  • Abracadabra by Arthur Buckley
  • A Man Named Le Roy by George LaFollette
  • The Atomic Gun by Eddie Joseph
  • East Indian Rope Trick by Felix Korim
  • Liquid Mystery by Andrew Smythe
  • New Three Coin Trick by George L. Kier
  • Chicanery by Chaudet
  • GABBATHA by Walter B. Gibson
  • On The Magic Bookshelf by G. E. T. and E. W. D.
  • Light Up by Richard Gray
  • Journeys Into Aladdinland by Glen E. Towns
  • Blending by George Johnstone
  • In The Hat by Don Jacobs
  • Backwards by P. A. Dohm, Jr.
  • Prediction by Martin Gardner ...

This periodical was released by Ted Annemann. The plan was to publish some 350 original tricks by Charles T. Jordan that Jordan had released earlier either as single tricks or in booklets. Here is Annemann in his own words:

You get all 52 volumes (597 issues), almost 17,000 pages as color PDF files (one for each volume). We have added to that a complete index stretching over 540 pages. (Don't ask us how long it took to prepare this index because it will bring up painful memories.) Additionally you receive an introduction by Bill Kuethe, an article about The Sphinx by Gabe Fajuri, a presentation about The Sphinx also by Gabe Fajuri and the personal research A. M. Wilson's granddaughter, Mary Syphus, conducted about Wilson.

One could write long articles about The Sphinx. Two are included as introductions to this...

The Sphinx Index is a 540 page PDF, indexing all 52 volumes of The Sphinx magazine. Three people worked for hundreds of hours to collect and categorize this information. It has more than 14,000 entries. The index covers all tricks, effects and articles, but does not include assembly reports and other short trip reports or news items. An interesting category is Portraits & Photos where all photos are indexed by the name of the person shown in the photo. This makes it easy to find image information about hundreds of magicians. The other index categories are: Articles - Biographical, Articles - Historical, Articles...