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Richard's Almanac
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Richard's Almanac was a newsletter written and published by Richard Kaufman. It ran for 36 issues, plus 4 extra issues free for subscribers. In 1992, the entire run of newsletters was compiled and republished as The Collected Almanac
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[edit] Format
Generally, the newsletter included 4-6 tricks by notable magicians, and a news/opinion section entitled "Bull". The newsletter ran monthly for the first two years, 12 issues and a Winter and a Summer Extra each year. In it's third year the newsletter became a quarterly, and three of the issues were late. The final issue, intended for Winter 1985, was published in February 1987.
[edit] Content
The newsletter centered around close-up magic, and as could be expected, most of the items are card or coin tricks. There were a large variety of contributors, including but not limited to Larry Jennings, Jay Sankey, Derek Dingle, Mike Gallo, Bro. John Hamman, J.K Hartman and Geoff Latta.
[edit] Themed Issues
There were several themed issues during the newsletter's run, as follows: Volume One:
- The Winter Extra 1982-83 A Session with Krenzel, Dingle and Kaufman
- January/February 1983 A Jay Sankey Issue
- April 1983 A John Carney Issue
- May 1983 A California Issue
- June 1983 A Geoffrey Latta Issue
- The Summer Extra 1983 A Jon Racherbaumer Issue
- August 1983 A Jay Sankey Issue
Volume Two:
- October 1983 A Brother John Hamman Issue
- December 1983 A Michael Skinner Issue
- January/February 1984 A Larry Jennings Issue
- April 1984 Max Maven Presents: A Phil Goldstein Issue
- June 1984 A Michael Gallo Issue
- The Summer Extra 1984 A Jon Racherbaumer Issue
- July/August 1984 A California Issue
[edit] Inserts
There were a few free items given to subscribers only, including two gimmicked cards for The Ken Beale Display in the December 1983 issue, a sheet of stickers for a Two-Bit Wildcard in March 1984, a card from a Tom Mullica Tom-Foolery deck of cards with the Autumn Quarterly of Volume 3, and a set of gimmicked cards for Card Factory in the Winter Quarterly of Volume 3.
