The Genii Forum

I would be happy to pass on any images that people are willing to share. Feel free to post them here or contact me at info(at)davidicon.com For the people who don't find the caricature accurate, you might be missing the point of the caricature. For your information here is the Merriam-Webster defini...

The images behind the caricature are to express magic in general, they weren't intended to represent his career... and it is a caricature, not a portrait. Thanks for your input and letting me know what you think. I was merely jesting in my previous post, I hope that came across. I'm not sure which i...

Might want to get you eyesight checked... or look at a photo of Leipzig.

I thought I would share this with any of you who might enjoy it. Let me know what you think.



This was done by a local artist, S. Wood.

Thanks again to everybody that has supplied me with information about the Topsy-Turvy Cards. I thought it might be nice to share a recent performance of a variation of the trick. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrGXyKA_TU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrGXyKA_T...

Thank you for looking into it and sharing your information. I will definitely look into the works you have mentioned.

Thanks! I just read The Vor-ac(e)-ious Magician (where the sleight is described) and it contains a very nice application of the technique. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

Thanks for the information! It will help a lot. Your website is very cool, I've been enjoying it greatly.

Well thank you for the information about the Tenkai Optical Revolve. Anybody know the name of the sleight that is used to reverse the card in Topsy-Turvy Cards or who invented it?

Thank you! Great information. I was also wondering about the sleight that reverses the bottom card, it is described in Royal Road but not named.

Thank you again, your knowledge is really appreciated.

I was wondering if anybody had (or could point me in the direction of) general information about the Topsy-Turvy Cards that appear in The Royal Road to Card Magic. I noticed that it is very similar to Tenkai's Reverse Cards Mystery in Tarbell vol. 1. Specifically I was wondering: The name of the sle...