FROM THE
EDITOR
EXCITING TIMES AHEAD FOR THE
VANISH FAMILY AS WE BECOME
A DAILY NEWSPAPER
Since I started VANISH, my goal
was to always have a newspaper
type website which was updated
daily with the latest in magic
news, articles, reviews and videos.
On my last trip to New Zealand
last month I spoke to Mick Peck
and together we came up with
VANISHLIVE.com. Mick then
diligently set about setting up
the website and offering to be
the curator. He and I work closely
with him on the content goes
for the site. Mick has done an
amazing job and I am pleased to
announce it is now live and ready
to be read on your phones, tablets
and computers. We have weekly
videos by Paul Daniels, articles
by many of the contributors from
VANISH MAGAZINE as well as the
latest reviews of magic tricks,
DVDs, and Apps. Imagine waking
up every morning and checking
in to get the latest information
about what is going on around
the world in magic. That’s exactly
what VANISH LIVE is - it’s a 24 hour,
7 days a week, online newspaper.
While VANISH MAGAZINE will
always remain FREE, at some stage
as we develop VANISHLIVE.com
we will look at paid subscription
to access everything on the daily
news site. Our plan is to keep it as
low as possible, around $4.50 a year.
That’s less than a cup of coffee in
some countries. With this you will
have access to everything on the
site including LIVE interviews that
we have recorded with most of our
feature artists for VANISH MAGAZINE,
as well as guest interviews that
aren’t featured in the magazine, and
a section where you have access
to magic tricks and video tricks.
We have no plans at this stage to
implement the paid version of
VANISHLIVE.com, but will let readers
know once we do. In the meantime,
check it out and enjoy the FREE news
site.
I am excited to finally release the
Matthew Wright interview. I saw
Matthew work in New Zealand and
was amazed at his work. Each time I
saw him work he received standing
ovations, which from a New Zealand
Paul Romhany
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audience is saying something
because they very rarely stand even for the Queen! Matthew is a
master of the craft and has honed his
person, and his skills over thousands
of performances. His is a story about
somebody who is dedicated to
the art and followed his dream to
become one of the best performers
in the world.
This also marks part two of our Mark
Wilson story by Nick Lewin. The
response from the last issue shows
how many magicians around the
world were influenced by Mark in
some way, whether it be through his
television shows or his books. It is a
long overdue honor for us to have
Mark on the cover of VANISH.
Finally, this issue contains more
than 200 pages. It has taken me two
months to put together and will
take two months for you to read.
There is something in here for every
single person who loves the art of
magic. Some issues might be 100
pages, some might be 200. I have
no set rules when it comes to the
number of pages. It’s quality rather
than quantity and my goal is to
offer articles that are relevant to all
performers. Take your time reading
through this issue because all of
them are quality.