FROM THE
EDITOR
Paul Romhany
editor@vanishmagazine.com
www.vanishmagazine.com
T
he past two months have
just flown by especially with
the work on The Franz Harary
Special Edition. This is a new feature
of VANISH and we have future plans
to produce more for those stories
that are too big for a regular edition
of VANISH. Franz was so giving of
his time and spent countless hours
talking and searching for photos
and videos that would help make
that edition shine. I’d like to thank
him personally for his time and allowing VANISH to get the real scoop
on this story. We broke all download records with over 60,000 in
just a matter of two weeks! To date
that issue was read by over 145,000
people from around the world - and
those are the ones we can track.
We wish Franz and his team all the
very best and continued success. It
is certainly going to provide a lot of
magicians with solid work for a very
long time.
I have recently added a NEW WAY
for readers to enjoy VANISH. You can
download the free App from http://
www.magzter.com and enjoy reading VANISH on any mobile device,
computer or Tablet. It works for
both Android and Apple.
With a potential customer base of
6
over 1.4 million people the prospects of using Magzter are very
exciting.
Our feature artist this issue is Steve
Spill. My first introduction to Steve
was through a release of an old video I watched over 20 years ago. To
this day I still think his “Mind Reading Goose” is one of funniest pieces
of magic entertainment I have ever
seen. Nick Lewin did a wonderful
job and it reflects the great story
teller Steve is. We wanted to offer
something very special to readers
of VANISH and thanks to Steve we
have been allowed to give access to
an amazing online video that spans
a time in Steve’s career and features
his hilarious routines as well as
some of his magic routines that he
teaches. The interactive link for this
FREE ONLINE VIDEO can be found at
the end of Nick’s interview.
I have been getting a lot of very
positive feedback about the use
of interactive buttons within the
magazine. You can click on advertisers and even within adverts you can
click on retailers to visit their sites. A
lot of contributors are now looking
at ways to make their articles more
interactive and this is part of the
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wonderful thing about having an
online magazine. You no longer just
sit there but actually take part in the
magazine with links and videos. The
future is very exciting as we discover
more ways to make this a truly interactive experience.
CONGRATULATIONS to British
magician Jamie Raven who took
second place on Britain’s Got
Talent. Following in the footsteps
of Mat Franco who won America’s
Got Talent in 2014 with his closeup magic, Jamie proved to UK
audiences that close-up magic is
cool and can be entertaining. Both
these magicians have elevated
our art and given us all a new
audience of people who perhaps
no longer think that magic is
‘just for kids.’ Anytime something
positive happens on our screens
in respect to magic only helps us
all as performers. Congratulations
also to Russ Stevens who has
firmly established himself as one
of the best managers in the world
and for achieving something no
other person has ever been able to
with these TV talent shows. I’ll be
watching this years AGT to see how
the magicians do and wish them all
great success.
Paul Romhany