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FROM THE EDITOR Exactly one year ago I had an idea of starting an International Magic Magazine .... Paul Romhany info@paulromhany.com www.vanishmagazine.com incredible interviews. Those late night SKYPE calls seem to be paying off. To those people who ‘proof’ the magazine for me before I send it out as a completed project a HUGE thank you. Their input is invaluable and you know who you are. Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them ...” is what we have achieved and with that aim in mind we look forward to more articles that will make us all ‘think outside the box’ and put magic in a positive light. Magic is constantly growing and changing and we plan to grow and change with it. Each and every contributor should be proud of what we have all achieved this past year within the pages of this magazine. Finally, we would LOVE to have YOUR input and hear what YOU have to say. You can either write to me personally or head over to THE MAGIC CAFE at www.themagiccafe.com and check out our section under the MAGAZINE part. There you will see VANISH so drop on by for a chat. We are excited to be on board with THE MAGIC CAFE and know it’s going to be a positive exeperience for us all. The above quote comes from Apple’s launch called THINK DIFFERENT. I love that quote. When I started VANISH MAGIC MAGAZINE a year ago there were those that thought I was crazy, and when they found out it would be free they really thought I was nuts. Thankfully I have a lot of friends in this business who are apparently as crazy as I am, and together over the last year we have produced a great magazine. A very special thank you to our advertisers who have supported VANISH and continue to show support. The money made from advertising goes in to helping the magazine grow with such things as the mail list software, the website costs and the use of graphics used in articles. It will also go towards getting the magazine in to a friendly e-reader format so more people can enjoy it. Please support the advertisers by visiting their websites and checking out their products. As I put the finishing touches on this issue of VANISH my wife and I are busy packing up home as we are moving back to live in Vancouver, Canada. It’s a busy time but we are excited to be heading over to that part of the world again. Had we not moved back to New Zealand VANISH would not have happened so I would like to personally thank Alan Watson, Richard Webster, Wayne Rogers and Ken Ring who encouraged me to go ahead and start my own magazine. Without the contributors this magazine would just be a BLOG. My concept when I started VANISH was to produce a magazine that I wanted to read, with articles written by professionals, articles that made me think and would help improve me as an artist and help my business grow. I firmly believe this 6 A special thank you to Chipper Lowell who I was able to get as my co-editor half way through last year. Chipper has a keen eye in the finer details and has been a huge help with putting this together, as well as getting some