Chipper Lowell is on the Cover of the March Genii

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Chipper Lowell is on the Cover of the March Genii

Postby Richard Kaufman » February 20th, 2023, 1:50 pm

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The biggest bargain in magic is the $35 you’ll pay for a one-year digital subscription to Genii, The Conjurors’ Magazine. In addition to a new issue each month, you will have access to our digital archive of over 800 back issues of Genii and 300 issues of Magic magazine. Check it out at http://www.geniimagazine.com

Chipper Lowell is the March issue cover boy. He’s refreshing, funny, and a well-seasoned professional—energetic and uproarious. He comes from a family of clowns … no joke. An honorable and ancient profession. Dustin Stinett takes you to the circus.

About 20 years ago Genii did a cover story on Clayton Rawson, aka The Great Merlini. A notable magician and novelist in the glory days of New York’s magic scene in the 1950s, he just one of a number of writers who created stories about magician/detectives. These were clever, and often revolved around “locked room” mysteries. This month Neal Tobin takes a look at some of these writers, all well-known, whose books are today almost as notable for their evocative cover art.

In “The Eye,” Vanessa Armstrong hits the news, including winners of various contests and The Magic Circle’s 2023 award winners, Penn & Teller (the latter having just returned to work after open heart surgery), and the new third-party licensees of the Magic Shop on Main Street at Disneyland. * Jon Racherbaumer explains how a spectator forces a card on himself in “Exhumations”; Floyd G. Thayer, master woodworker, is declared a “folk artist” by John Gaughan in “Chamber of Secrets”; Rafael Benatar dissects the Elements of an Effect in “Thoughts …”; David Britland casts a line and catches a … card (paper clips are involved) in “Cardopolis”; fans of Dai Vernon’s “Cone and Ball” are in for a treat in this month’s “Artifices” by Roberto Mansilla; David Kaye was overwhelmed by sudden bookings for his kid show this past December, which he describes in “Expert at the Kids’ Table”; Shawn McMaster brings us the latest news from The Magic Castle, including the seasonal festivities at the end of December and Founder’s Day in January, in “Knights at The Magic Castle”; Chris Beason explains two quick tricks in “Magicana.” Joe Stevens, magic dealer, convention organizer, pioneer of magic on both the internet and on video cassettes, died in late January at age 86. He is memorialized by Nick St. Erne. And, finally, videos, books, and tricks are reviewed by Joe M. Turner, David Britland, and Mark Phillips.
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