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.