The Magic Magazine July 1976

Description

Pre-owned; some page toning.

(Issue: 15) Vol. 3 No. 7 – July 1976, Cover: Nat Litt’s Magic Clown Troupe

Letters To The Editor
MEET BILL BIXBY 6
MAGIC NEWS 11
I HOWTO LOOK LIKE A MAGICIAN 20
MEET NAT LITT 22 Cover Story
GREAT YOUNG MAGICIANS 24
THE GREAT RICHARD CARDINI 28 by Maurice Zolotow
HOW IS IT? 36
WHO IS THE WORLD’S GREATEST MAGICIAN? 46
Tricks YOU Can Do! Easy Money 3 • Disappearing Wand 10 • Ping-Pong Bali Mystery 17 • Bicentennial Silks 1 9 • Get Out Of Jail Free 30 • Rabbit from Newspaper 35 • Frog Hair and Match 37 • Magic Cap 41 • Vanishing and Doubling Coin 47 • ‘STOP!” 48 • Toss Vanish 62

A Little History:

The Magic Magazine was a mass market monthly magic publication that was started by New York publisher Joseph Kardwell in 1974. There were 26 issues published with the first in December 1974 and the final one in September 1977. The magazine dealt with it’s fair share of publication issues and had four different publishers during its three year run.

The magazine was primarily aimed at new people to magic, part-time hobbyists and enthusiasts but they had a surprisingly strong list of contributing editors and correspondents. Some of these included:

Al Flosso
Blackstone, Jr.
Carlini
Corinda
Derek Dingle
Frank Garcia
Harry Lorayne
Irving Tannen
Karl Fulves
Mark Wilson
Martin Gardner
Milbourne Christopher
Randi
Ron Macmillan
Slydini
Tony Spina
Walter B. Gibson

Because it was freely available to the public on the shelves of your local newsagent and book store it certainly ruffled some feathers in the magic community. But, when compared with the sort of exposure we have seen on TV, in print, and of course on the Internet in the last thirty years it seems quite tame by today’s standards.