Written by male model/master magician Handsome Jack (with footnotes by John Lovick), this treatise is a rarity in the magic world: it's as funny (and attractive) as it is instructive. Handsome Jack, etc. details twenty stand-up (and close-up) routines with complete scripts, histories, and commentary on their development and performance.
In addition to Jack's urbane descriptions, Lovick provides two essential essays on the subjects of scripting and persona.
Dealer's Choice: A masterful routine of visual magic! Six cards, shown blank on both sides, are dealt out in pairs. As each pair is picked up and pushed through the performer's hand, winning cards for various games are "printed" visually:• Two red Threes for Canasta• The Ten of Diamonds and the Two of Spades (Big and Little Casino) for Casino• An Ace and Ten - 21 - for BlackjackThe face of one card then vanishes leaving a five-card Poker hand. The hand is worthless, however, but when the ...
A commercial, professional routine that breathes new life into one of the most beloved plots in magic. Nearly 18 minutes of show-stopping material with just a deck of cards and a marker.After bursting onto the scene with his bestselling book Stage by Stage, John Graham has once again partnered with Vanishing Inc. to bring you one of his all-time favorite routines. After performing and refining his Multiple Selection act in front of real audiences for decades, he's finally ready to share it with...
The Jaks peek has been a firm favorite among mentalist for many decades.The problem I had with Jaks wallets was, they were great for peeks, but didn't feel like a real every day wallet, that is, until now!For the first time ever, you can now get a Jaks peek with
Written by male model/master magician Handsome Jack (with footnotes by John Lovick), this treatise is a rarity in the magic world: it's as funny (and attractive) as it is instructive. Handsome Jack, etc. details twenty stand-up (and close-up) routines with complete scripts, histories, and commentary on their development and performance.In addition to Jack's urbane descriptions, Lovick provides two essential essays on the subjects of scripting and persona.
1. Show a deck of playing cards to your audience, and invite a spectator to freely select one card. Place that card face-up onto the deck.2. Magically, the card slowly floats upward! You can even remove the card below the floating card, and the selected card remains suspended in mid-air.3. The selected card slowly returns to the deck. You can immediately spread the deck to show the faces of all the cards.
Shipping in US only.This is an enclosure for a mental die. Converts your boring die into a color cube. Magnetically closes for a secure prop that can be handled by your spectator. This box size is 1.75 X 1.75 X 1.75 in. cube fits within snuggly. No directions included, but will send a short video of me opening for buyer.
Feature Interview - Dan Sperry:Dan talks with Kozmo about why magic isn't cool and his experience on America's Got Talent.Columns:Kainoa Harbottle - Coin UKainoa talks about the 4th dimension and performs what he calls an "easy coin routine." Explanation included!Simon Lovell - Ask Simey!Simon answers, "What do you think about performing mentalism?"Christian Painter - MindtrippingChristian teaches a great business card mentalism routine.Bill Wisch - Wisch on SlydiniBill teaches Slydini's wonderf...