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The Gimmick MagiZette: Volume 4, Issue 2 (Oct - Dec 2014)
by Solyl Kundu

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(1 review, 1 customer rating) ★★★★★

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The Gimmick MagiZette: Volume 4, Issue 2 (Oct - Dec 2014) by Solyl Kundu
  • Editorial: Solyl Says
  • Special Features:
    • Our salute to Phil Willmarth
    • Remembrances/Admirations by Tom Craven, Tom Odgen, Sindie Richison, Jep Hostetler, Ian Adair, Mona Morrison, Aaron Smith, and Don Wiberg.
    • Photographs from the Album of Mona Morrison...
    • Some Nostalgic Moments: Phil Willmarth's visit to Calcutta Ring #83
    • Past Int'l President Phil Willmarth along with Robbie Willmarth visits Agra and Delhi in 2007
    • Some Bouquets from I.B.M. and The Linking Ring
  • Regular Features:
    • Articles:
    • - Past Glory of India - Master Patol- recounted by Gora Datta
    • - Magic as Entertainment by Harold Taylor
    • Columns:
    • - MagicIan Adair Column - a chit-chat and magic column by Ian Adair
    • MagiXposed:
    • - Coin Waves by P.K. Ilango
    • - Name-It-Deck by Aldo Colombini
    • - Birthday Card by Guy M. Townsend
    • - Kolor Kinetics by Gora Datta
    • - Calling Card Capers by Solyl Kundu
    • - Hazzard Pass by Fabian
    • Miscellaneous:
    • - Quotable Quote, MAGICartoon, Puzzle, Photo Quiz, George Johnstone Cartoon, Smile-A-While
    • News and Views Around the Magicdom

47 pages
word count: 13779 which is equivalent to 55 standard pages of text



Reviewed by Chet Cox (confirmed purchase)
★★★★★   Date Added: Monday 15 July, 2024

Solyl and I are friends, separated by an ocean and a common disrespectful relationship with the English language. I doubt this would prejudice my opinion of the Gimmicks MagiZette.

This review is applicable to almost every issue of the MagiZette, as the quality, education level, and entertainment levels are of consistently high value, lessened perhaps by my inability to provide a column on a punctual, consistent basis. Blame a nomadic lifestyle, which has only recently settled.

Besides the columns that review magicians and their magic, various magic “tricks” of good quality and fairly simple skill, there are the occasional and clever comic panels and interviews. Where the Gimmick MagiZette truly shines, is with the priceless background and history of one of the birthplaces of our crafty art/artful craft. It would be a great benefit to see these articles bound into a compilation of the origins of effects and styles of the wizard’s craft, which includes some very important, yet little-known biographical stories and interviews of giants of magic. —- All this for only two bucks an issue makes Solyl’s magazine a bargain and a historical treasure! Highly recommended for those winter reading hours!