FROM THE
EDITOR
Paul Romhany
editor@vanishmagazine.com
www.vanishmagazine.com
We have almost wrapped up our
New Zealand trip and heading back
home to Canada early February.
It’s been great to catch up with so
many of my Kiwi magician friends
who I grew up with, and making
new ones. If you ever get the chance
to attend an International magic
convention in New Zealand I highly
recommend it.
It is an honor to have legendary magician Paul Daniels on the cover of
this issue. As a young boy growing
up in New Zealand I would eagerly
wait for Sunday nights so I could
watch The Paul Daniels Magic Show
on television. I finally got to meet
and work with Paul at the Tyneside
Magic Convention in the UK and he
certainly lived up to my expectations. There is no doubt he is one of
the greatest magicians in the history
of magic, and has given so much to
help increase the popularity of our
craft.
Ben Robinson has put together an
incredible article on Paul and Debbie and because of his friendship
with these icons he was able to get
a very personal and open interview.
Ben also contributes a VERY important article on magic and stealing.
This is an article I hope you all read
and give you food for thought next
time somebody asks if they can
“borrow” a recent download you
bought.
We also have some great articles on
using Social Media and welcome
new contributor Erik Dobell who
will introduce us to SnapChat. I
know that Social Media has been
The photo on the right was taken
at the Auckland Convention when I
again worked with Paul. The performers on stage that night were
John Carney, Pop Haydn, myself and
Paul Daniels.
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a major part of getting VANISH
readership over the 100,000 mark so
quickly and heading up to 200,000
readers before long. I also have
friends who have made some good
money with their YouTube hits as a
passive income. Knowing HOW to
use this type of medium is important practice for magicians today.
Finally thank you to the team at
Murphy’s Magic for helping get
VANISH out to most major magic
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what wondeful magic they have to
offer.
Next issue will come from B.C,
Canada when we will be home.
Paul Romhany