October / November 2016

Internatonal Magic Magazine

EDITORIAL

PUBLISHER Paul Romhany & Joomag

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paul Romhany : editor @ vanishmagazine . com

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Ben Robinson

ASSOCIATE EDITOR Nick Lewin

STAFF WRITERS Diamond Jim Tyler , Thom Peterson , Butzi , Louie Foxx , Erik Dobell , Harrison Carroll , Charles Bach , Nick Lewin , David Penn , Doug Bennett , Bill Abbott , Ben Whiting

EDITORIAL SUPPORT EXECUTIVE Richard Webster and Mick Peck

ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Paul Romhany & Sydnie Anderson

CREATIVE DESIGNER & LAYOUT Paul Romhany

MARKETING EXECUTIVES Steve Hocevar

CIRCULATION & SUBSCRIPTION Harry Morgan

ADDRESS 1183 Blind Bogey Drive Qualicum Beach , BC . V9K1E6 CANADA

COVER PHOTO : Katie Sokulski

COPYRIGHT All rights reserved . None of this magazine can be reprinted electronically OR in hard form without the permission of the editor .

This edition of VANISH comes from Sweden where I ' ve been performing all month . Thanks to the wonderful age of technology I am still able to produce the magazine on schedule .

It is an honour to pay tribute to Stan Allen and share his publishing journey that started over 30 years ago with INSIDE MAGIC followed by MAGIC Magazine . I remember getting my very first copy of MAGIC and pretty much every copy after that . Stan definitely set a new industry standard and continued to raise the bar very high . On behalf of magicians around the world I ' d like to thank you . Nick Lewin has done a wonderful job putting this feature story together and I ' d like to thank him for putting so much time in to this one in particular .

Stan announced that the very LAST issue of MAGIC Magazine will be November 2016 . For many , the monthly anticipation of waiting to see who would grace the cover , see the latest tricks and adverts , read the reviews and learn from others in the business will be missed . Fate has maybe allowed VANISH to help fill that void .

Starting with the December 2016 issue VANISH will become a monthly publication . This means I will take on a lot more work , but with the incredible team around me I know we can produce a publication we can all be proud of . Each current issue will remain FREE during that current month , and there is also the offer of On-Demand printing should you want a hard copy . Each issue will be smaller than the bimonthly issues , which means the cost for printing will be cheaper . Lots of exciting things happening so stay tuned and share this journey with us .