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For other uses, see Magicana (disambiguation).

Magicana was a magic newsletter started by Bill Woodfield in 1946 as a "A Trade Paper for Magicians" when he was 18 at the encouragement of Walter Gibson, William Larsen, Sr. and Charlie Miller.

The first two issues of Magicana were published as a newsletter (four pages) of 1,500 each on May and June in 1946. They contained tricks, news and reviews.

New Series #1
Charlie Miller takes over

The Conjurors' Magazine offered to publish his newsletter, beginning with Vol 3. No. 7 (Sept. 1947) issue, with complete editorial freedom inside to make Magicana "A Magazine Within a Magazine". Woodfield published a condensed version of his first two issue, which turned out to be the only one published inside of The Conjurors' Magazine.

Inside Genii

Woodfield then made the same deal with Bill Larsen Sr. for Genii magazine. Bill promised total editorial Freedom and Magicana started running inside of Genii beginning in Vol. 12, No. 5 (January 1948) issue and continued until April, 1949 (for a total of 16 issues).

Charlie Miller resurrected it, also still inside of Genii (as well as the Intermission column), starting on November 1964 calling it the "New Series". Magicana continued virtually uninterrupted until April 1978. This was the last of the "New Series", which was numbered #154 (which listed Elizabeth Wilson as the editor). A number of Charlie's later columns were ghosted by Elizabeth Wilson (wife of Ron Wilson) and Jules Lenier when Charlie was off on cruise ships.

The column had a two year hiatus until the January 1981 issue saw the return of Magician as a regular column (it was no longer numbered or considered a "magazine within a magazine".) From 1981 until September, 1987 Charlie's writings continued on a more or less regular basis, ghosted at various times by others, including James Patton and Johnny Thompson.

Beginning with February, 1989 issue James Patton officially took over the duties of the Magicana section within Genii. Patton ran the column until 1992.

Tony Giorgio was the next and final editor to take over the Magicana column in 1994.

Woodfield requested that Magicana, in a letter to the editor, that it finally be retired after 52 years of publication on August 1997.

When Richard Kaufman became the publisher/editor of Genii in 1998, he revived the Magicana section and began writing it himself. Earle Oakes was brought on as illustrator. David Acer took over writing Magicana starting with the May, 2005 issue.

Trick Index

Magicana in Genii (1948-1949)

  • 1, Jan. 1948 Match This by Joe Tershay
  • 2, Feb. 1948 Vaporus Aces - Stanley Collins, Dariel Fitzkee, Bill Woodfield
  • 3, Mar. 1948 Think
  • 4, Apr. 1948 Frank Shields' Ambitious Card Routine
  • 4, Apr. 1948 Your Card? by Steve Shepard
  • 5, May 1948 Table Magic as a Business by Jay Bedsworth
  • 6, June 1948 The Secrets of Henry Sing; Table Magic as a Business by Jay Bedsworth Part 2
  • 7, July 1948 Table Magic as a Business by Jay Bedsworth Part 3
  • 7, July 1948 The Card Between by Bill Woodfield
  • 8, Aug. 1948 Double Turn by Gerald Kosky
  • 8, Aug. 1948 Two For One
  • 8, Aug. 1948 Malini's Deck Vanish
  • 9, Sep. 1948 Bill Woodfield's No Hole "The Most Widely Discussed Trick of 1948"
  • 10, Oct. 1948 Henry Sings' Blindfold Poker Deal
  • 11, Nov. 1948 Lyle Carlyle Laughlin Discusses the Mexican Turnover
  • 11, Nov, 1948 Twin Location by Lyle Laughlin
  • 11, Nov, 1948 Stab Location by Bill Woodfield
  • 11, Nov, 1948 Larsen's Aces
  • 12, Dec. 1948 The Flippant Five by Bill O'Leary
  • 12, Dec, 1948 Cold Decking
  • 12, Dec, 1948 Think Jr, by Bill Woodfield
  • 12, Dec, 1948 Lazy?
  • 13, Jan. 1949 Black Jacked
  • 13, Jan, 1949 A Card Is Being Tom
  • 13, Jan, 1949 Cut Bridge
  • 13, Jan, 1949 Shuffle Bridge
  • 13, Jan, 1949 The Rubber Cut
  • 13, Jan, 1949 Hole Card Switch
  • 14, Feb. 1949 They'll All Say... You're a Genius! Emile Clifton's Experiment With the "15 Puzzle"
  • 15, Mar. 1949 The Perfect Card in the Envelope
  • 16, Apr. 1949 Match Interlude

New Series with Charlie Miller

  • No. 1, November 1964
    • Think Card Trick (Charlie Miller) 147
    • The Kaleidoscope Card Trick (Bill Woodfield) 150
  • No. 2, December 1964
    • ZENITH - A Reverse Card Trick (Charlie Miller) 193
    • Coin Thru the Hand (Larry Jennings) 194
    • Reaping the Aces (Charlie Miller) 220
  • No. 3, January 1965
    • Torn Napkin (Larry Jennings) 267
    • Unmatchable Matches (Larry Jennings) 269
  • No. 4, February 1965
    • Prefiguration (Larry Jennings) 313
  • No. 5, March 1965
    • Famous Chop Cup Routine (Larry Jennings) 369
  • No. 6, April 1965
    • The Peripatetic Coins (Larry Jennings) 425
    • Review of Show of Harry Mendoza (Charlie Miller) 427
  • No. 7, May 1965
    • Three Rope Trick (Charlie Miller) 471
    • Gad-about Coin (Gerald Kosky) 474
  • No. 8, June 1965
    • Remember and Forget (Dai Vernon-Larry Jennings) 520
  • No. 9, July 1965
    • Charlie Miller's Think Card Trick Variation (Bill Woodfield) 522
    • Routine for the Miser's Dream (Charlie Miller) 567
  • No. 10, August 1965
    • Card at Desired Number (Charlie Miller-Dom Paolino) 613
    • False Shuffle (Part One) (Dom Paolino) 615
  • No. 11-12, October 1965
    • Coin Trick (Cal Emmett) 69
    • False Shuffle (Part Two) (Dom Paolino) 71
    • The Coin Box (Glen Harrison) 74
    • Deluxe Billiard Ball Routine (Howard Mendoza) 159
  • No. 13, December 1965
    • Chinese Rings (Faucett Ross) 199
  • No. 14, January 1966
    • Card Switch (Dom Paolino) 201
  • No. 15, February 1966
    • Double Lift (Howard Campbell) 239
    • Shuffle Palm (Dom Paolino) 240
  • No. 16, March 1966
    • The Ring on the Stick (Harry Mendoza) 291
    • Larry Jennings' Reaping the Aces Variation (Tom Batchelor) 292
  • No. 17, April 1966
    • A Novel Card Transformation (Ed Balducci) 341
    • Tobacco Vanish (Dr. Ervin) 342
  • No. 18, May 1966
    • The Dice Box (Robert Gunther) 385
    • Double Take (Robert Gunther) 386
    • About the Dom Paolino Card Switch (Charlie Miller) 387
  • No. 19, June 1966
    • Four Cards Through the Newspaper (Albert Goshman) 428
  • No. 20, July 1966
    • A Modern Day Presentation for the Card Sword (Charlie Miller-Harry Mendozaza) 467
  • No. 21, August 1966
    • Card Act (Fawcett Ross) 507
    • The Thousand Dollar Coin Move for Miser's Dream (Charlie Miller) 508
  • No. 22, September 1966
    • The Velcro Coins (Charles E. Penton) 21
    • Cigarette and Toothpick (Leo Behnke) 22
    • The Flirtatious Queen (Bernie Walsh) 22
    • Corrections to Goshman's Card Through Newspaper 27
  • No. 23, October 1966
    • Glass of Wine Production (Harry Mendoza) 61
    • The Fabulous Centrer Deal (Dom Paolino) 91
  • No. 24, November 1966
    • A Brief Outline on the Presentation of Magic (Charlie Miller) 125
    • The Umbrella Trick (Lu Brent) 126
    • The Silent Link (Roy Benson) 127
  • No. 25, December 1966
    • Contact Mindreading (David Alexander) 167
  • No. 26, January 1967
    • The Odin Count (Claude Odin) 209
  • No. 27, February 1967
    • A Version of the Ring on Rope to Pencil (James Ryan-Charlie Miller) 253
  • No. 28, March 1967
    • An Afternoon with Loring Campbell (Charlie Miller) 255
    • An Aces and Kings Transposition (Roy Walton) 297
    • Corrections for Goshman's Cards Through a Newspaper 298
  • No. 29, April 1967
    • Mental Stuff (Charlie Miller) 341
  • No. 30, May 1967
    • The Vanishing and Reappearing Salt (Carl Stenquist) 385
  • No. 31, June 1967
    • The Adhering Cane (Carl Stenquist) 431
  • No. 32, July 1967
    • An Unbelievable Restoration of a Gentleman's Cut Necktie (Charlie Miller) 473
  • No. 33, August 1967
    • Turban Trick (Cyril Yettmah) 525
    • Thumb Tie (Cyril Yettmah) 526
  • No. 34, September 1967
    • A Streamlined Version of Alexander Herrmann's Serpentine Handkerchief (Charlie Miller) 21
  • No. 35, October 1967
    • Twentieth Century Handkerchiefs (Ed Marlo) 73
    • 30th Century Silk Handkerchiefs (Ed Marlo) 74
  • No. 36, November 1967
    • The Amazing Card Discovery (Charlie Miller) 125
    • The Lowey Palm as it Should be Done (Professor Lowey) 126
  • No. 37, December 1967
    • An Amazing Coin Penetration Through a Solid Topped Table 181
    • A Novel Rope Knotting 182
  • No. 38, January 1968
    • The Great Debatable Rope Mystery or�Hocus Pokus Jr. 235
  • No. 39, February 1968
    • Borrowed Bill in a Potato (Ed Marlo) 279
    • Impromptu Ring on Handkerchief (John Rivera) 289
  • No. 40, March 1968
    • Card in the Wallet (Larry Beaubien) 331
    • Coin Sleight (Howard Schwarzman) 332
  • No. 41, April 1968
    • Fabulous Expanding Card (Brother John Hamman) 373
  • No. 42, May 1968
    • The Highland Hop (Ron Wilson) 425
    • Double Lift (Paul Diamond) 427
  • No. 43, June 1968
    • Kling Klang (Charlie Miller) 469
  • No. 44, July 1968
    • Ding Dong Daddy (Wayne Gibbons) 513
    • Concerning Patter (Danny Dew) 514
  • No. 45, August 1968
    • Cane to Silk (Frank Ramirez) 555
    • About Kling Klang (Charlie Miller) 556
  • No. 46, September 1968
    • Coin Magic (Charlie Miller) 23
  • No. 47, October 1968
    • The Card Fountain (Charlie Miller) 69
  • No. 48, November 1968
    • The Indian Cups and Balls (Charlie Miller) 119
  • No. 49, December 1968
    • The Indian Cups and Balls (Second Part) (Charlie Miller) 163
  • No. 50, January 1969
    • The Transfixed Card (Mike Skinner) 203
    • Slip Slide Sleight (Jack McMillen) 204
  • No. 51, February 1969
    • A Favorite of the Later Doctor Jax 243
  • No. 52, March 1969
    • The Magic Mail (Will De Sieve) 283
  • No. 53, April 1969
    • E.S.P. in Flames (Rolland Hamblen) 323
  • No. 54, May 1969
    • The Diminishing Playing Cards (Ron Wilson) 365
  • No. 55, June 1969
    • Diabolical Variations with a Bill Tube (Aurie Dgenal) 409
  • No. 56, July 1969
    • The Memphis Marvel (Ron Wilson) 453
  • No. 57, August 1969
    • How to Clean a Ring (Doc Russo) 497
  • No. 58, September 1969
    • The Flying Ring Plus� (Ron Wilson) 27
  • No. 59, October 1969
    • A Card Trick Without Cards (William McCaffery) 81
  • No. 60, November 1969
    • Water to Wine to Beer to Milk (Sam Shapiro) 135
  • No. 61, December 1969
    • The Bewildering Ball Vase (Mike Skinner) 183
  • No. 62, January 1970
    • The Jumping Knot (Paul Fox) 229
  • No. 63, February 1970
    • The Handkerchief & Candle Trick (Charlie Miller) 271
  • No. 64, March 1970
    • Smashed and Restored Watch in a Bun (Charlie Miller) 313
    • Swindle Flip (Bob Byrne) 314
  • No. 65, April 1970
    • The Candle That Was (Charles Waller) 355
  • No. 66, May 1970
    • Single Cup and Balls Routine (Larry Jennings) 405
  • No. 67, June 1970
    • An Idea or Two for the Coin Catching (Roy Benson-Charlie Miller) 447
    • Presentation Timing and Other Things (Charlie Miller) 448
  • No. 68, July 1970
    • In Memory of Max Katz (Gerald Kosky) 487
  • No. 69, August 1970
    • Watch It! (William Ravetta) 527
  • No. 70, September 1970
    • A Taste of Money (Gene Shelley) 23
  • No. 71, October 1970
    • Card Verb System (Pat Hennessy) 75
  • No. 72, November 1970
    • The Coin and the Hat (Fred Roberts) 129
  • No. 73, December 1970
    • A Prediction (Charlie Miller) 185
    • The Card in the Egg (Hugh Johnston-Charlie Miller) 186
  • No. 74, January 1971
    • The Mysterious Glass (Charlie Miller) 233
  • No. 75, February 1971
    • The Rope Through the Body (Paul Fox-Danny Dew) 277
  • No. 76, March 1971
    • The Two Handed Pass (Charlie Miller) 331
  • No. 77, April 1971
    • Express Elevator (Harvey Rosenthal) 379
  • No. 78, May 1971
    • Ring (Ray Grismer) 429
  • No. 79, June 1971
    • Some Tips and Suggestions (Steve Trott) 477
  • No. 80, July 1971
    • Conclave in Spades (David Bornstein) 523
  • No. 81, August 1971
    • Push Through Change (Steve Spiliman) 571
  • No. 82, September 1971
    • Second Sight (Ron Wilson) 29
  • No. 83, October 1971
    • A Novel Expose (Charlie Miller) 83
    • Simplex Card in Wallet (Mike Rogers) 85
  • No. 84, March 1972
    • Tragedy And Comedy (Snag Werris) 129
  • No. 85, April 1972
    • The Twentieth Century Coins (Bill McCaffrey) 175
  • No. 86, May 1972
    • A Novel Card Discovery (Mathew Corin) 223
  • No. 87, June 1972
    • A Novel Sleight (Charles Miller) 269
  • No. 88, July 1972
    • A Charlie Miller Special No. 1 (Charlie Miller) 317
  • No. 89, August 1972
    • The Lucky Key (Gerald Kosky) 361
    • Telephonic Telepathy (Gerald Kosky) 362
    • Rub-A-Dub-Dub (Gerald Kosky) 362
    • Tomatoes Anyone? (Gerald Kosky) 363
  • No. 90, September 1972
    • Piff-Paff-Poof Variation (Gerald Kosky) 405
    • The Second Deal (Gerald Kosky) 406
  • No. 91, October 1972
    • Merlin's Gem (Paul Green) 449
  • No. 92, November 1972
    • Two Ideas of Al Baker (Charlie Miller) 495
  • No. 93, December 1972
    • Code (Ray Grismer) 543
  • No. 94, January 1973
    • A Double Card Prediction (Robert Stull) 23
  • No. 95, February 1973
    • The Come Back Balls (Charlie Miller) 69
  • No. 96, March 1973
    • The Diakka Gets Doubled (Charles Jordan-Charlie Miller) 113
  • No. 97, April 1973
    • A Routine for the Coin in the Bottle (Charlie Miller) 155
  • No. 98, May 1973
    • Quadruple Change (Takeo Usui) 201
  • No. 99, June 1973
    • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Magic (Peter Pit) 245
  • No. 100, July 1973
    • Four Balls in a Net (Silent Mora) 289
  • No. 101, August 1973
    • Super Money Passbook (Gerald Kosky) 333
  • No. 102, September 1973
    • Needs Two Packs (Al Portwood) 377
  • No. 103, October 1973
    • A Practical Card Index (Paul Green) 423
    • Kay-Gee Card Control (Chris Kessler-Paul Green) 423
  • No. 104, November 1973
    • A Name Revelation with Faro Shuffles (Michael S. Ewer) 465
  • No. 105, December 1973
    • Quintessential Copper-Silver (Barry Price) 513
    • Did You Bring...? (Barry Price) 516
  • No. 106, January 1974
    • Tips and Ideas (Charlie Miller) 21
    • Frazier's Pass (Dr. Elliot) 22
  • No. 107, February 1974
    • The Perfect Coin Vanish (Steve Freeman) 65
  • No. 108, March 1974
    • A Fair Exchange (Gerald Kosky) 107
  • No. 109, April 1974
    • Rabbits (Charlie Miller) 149
  • No. 110, May 1974
    • Where Did Those Rabbits Go? (Charlie Miller) 195
  • No. 111, June 1974
    • Computerized (Gerald Kosky) 243
  • No. 112, July 1974
    • Foxy (Ray Grismer) 291
  • No. 113, August 1974
    • Novel Method of Switching Handkerchiefs or Other Small Articles by Means of a Clever Chair Servante (David Bamberg) 337
  • No. 114, September 1974
    • A Novel Combination with Matches (Jean Merlan) 381
  • No. 115, October 1974
    • The Drop Shift (Dom Paolino) 427
  • No. 116, November 1974
    • Triple Change Spellbound (Scott York) 475
  • No. 117, December 1974
    • How To Construct a Malini Egg Bag (Robert T. H. Davidson) 523
  • No. 118, January 1975
    • Pride Goeth Before a Fall (Ray Grismer) 23
  • No. 119, February 1975
    • A Flash Ace Opener (Frank Thompson) 71
  • No. 120, March 1975
    • A Ring Trilogy (Scotty York) 121
  • No. 121, April 1975
    • Han Ping Chien Again (Scotty York) 175
  • No. 122, May 1975
    • The Fabulous Red Snapper (Scotty York) 227
  • No. 123, June 1975
    • A Nice Coin Routine (Marty Goldstein) 279
  • No. 124, July 1975
    • The Spellbound Miser (John Carney) 337
  • No. 125, August 1975
    • Thru (Ray Grismer) 395
  • No. 126, September 1975
    • A Transposition Of Two Copper Coins With 4 Silver Coins (Scotty York) 455
  • No. 127, October 1975
    • An Impromptu Torn and Restored Match (Allen Okawa) 525
  • No. 128, November 1975
    • A Method For Determining a Card Secretly Chosen While the Magician is Out of the Room 593
  • No. 129, December 1975
    • Bonus For the Four Cards [Coins] Across (Howard W. Rheam) 653
  • No. 130, January 1976
    • The Hopping Copper and Silver (Oran Dent) 31
    • Boomerang Band (John Bass) 32
  • No. 131, February 1976
    • Reverse Red Snapper Move (Edward Marlo) 93
  • No. 132, April 1976
    • Packet to Packet Collectors (Tom Gagnon) 229
  • No. 133, May 1976
    • A Series of Card Flourishes (Marty Goldstein) 303
  • No. 134, June 1976
    • A Bit of Fun (Charlie Miller) 371
  • No. 135, July 1976
    • Fingers (Ray Grismer) 439
  • No. 136, August 1976
    • The Vanishing Salt... Shaker (John Carney) 507
  • No. 137, September 1976
    • Milkeau (Charlie Miller) 579
  • No. 138, October 1976
    • A Routine with the Jardin Ellis Ring (Charles Miller) 660
  • No. 139, November 1976
    • A Quick Code (Simon I. Brown) 721
  • No. 140, December 1976
    • Do As Gene Do (Nick Lewin) 787
  • No. 141, January 1977
    • Wash Off (Earl Nelson) 29
  • No. 142, February 1977
    • Morton's Miracle (Martin Lewis) 93
  • No. 143, March 1977
    • The Last Card Trick (Charlie Miller) 153
  • No. 144, April 1977
    • Flight of the Phoenix (Ron Wilson) 219
  • No. 145, May 1977
    • The Trunk Trick (Johnny Thompson) 283
  • No. 146, June 1977
    • Tips and Hints (Charlie Miller) 345
  • No. 147, July 1977
    • Patter on the Newlywed Match Trick (Bill McCaffrey) 407
  • No. 148, August 1977
    • MacDonald's $100 Four-Ace Routine (Johnny Thompson) 479
  • No. 149, October 1977
    • A New Kling Klang (William B. Dodson-Charlie Miller) 615
  • No. 150, November 1977
    • Fingertip Color Change Routine (Barry Price) 681
  • No. 151, January 1978
    • Headline Prediction (E. Raymond Carlyle) 29
    • Add-a-Number (E. Raymond Carlyle) 29
  • No. 152, February 1978
    • A Couple of Gags (Roy Roth) 95
  • No. 153, March 1978
    • Galli-Galli Switch (Gerald Kosky) 161
  • No. 154, April 1978
    • Another Ring Move (Earl Nelsen) 227

Magicana 2005

  • July 2005
    • Erdnase Sideways (Guy Hollingworth)
    • Spellboundless (Jacky Kahan)
    • Shrinkage (Matthew Bowden)
    • The Mintalist (Andy Baroch)
    • The Other Month: The Ruling Class (Max Maven)
    • Conveyor Belt (Pete McCabe)


Magicana 2006

  • June 2006
    • Oddservation (Jack Parker)
    • Traveling Without Moving (Jack Parker)
    • On, In and Under (Jack Parker)
    • Remote Control (Jack Parker)
    • No Fuss (Jack Parker)
    • All That Jazz (Jack Parker)
    • Rabbits (Jack Parker)
    • Labelled a Cheat (Jack Parker)
    • Altered States (Jack Parker)
  • September 2006
    • The Evolution of Coins Across (Jonathan Townsend)
    • Jon's Coins Across (Jonathan Townsend)
  • November 2006
    • Box O' Plenty (Camille Gastine)
    • Confessions of a Road Warrior: Cellular Production (David Acer)
    • Hew by Hue (J.K. Hartman)
    • Burgoon's Balloons (Tom Burgoon)
    • The Schneider Technique: Intention of Reality (Al Schneider)
    • George of the Jumble (Thom Peterson)
  • December 2006
    • The Ring (Brian Nordstrom)
    • About Face (Richard Hucko)
    • Invisible Touch (Patrik Kuffs)
    • The Schneider Technique: Squeeze (Al Schneider)
    • Changing of the Cards (Dr. Giorgio Tarchini)

Magicana 2007

  • June 2007
    • Reloaded (Jack Parker)
    • Final Palm (Jack Parker)
    • The Three Stooges (Jack Parker)
    • Detour (Oddservation Redux) (Jack Parker)
    • Ouroboros (Jack Parker)
    • The Third Time's The Charm (Jack Parker)
    • Revolutionary Card (Jack Parker)

Magicana 2008

Magicana 2009

  • February 2009
    • Currency Swap (Hiro Sakai)
    • Quiet Revolution (Hiro Sakai)
    • The Bill Doctor (Hiro Sakai)
    • YKK (Hiro Sakai)
    • Balloon Bank Nite (Hiro Sakai)
    • The Strange Pass (Hiro Sakai)
    • The Uncluttered Mind (Hiro Sakai)
  • March 2009
    • Interplay (Brother John Hamman)
    • Tossed Out Time (Anthony Lindan)
    • Detachable Digit (Duc Nhien)
    • Hidden Gems: Darn! I Couldn't... (Harry Lorayne)
    • The Fulcrum Vanish (Matthew Dowden)
    • Fresh Gilbreath (Dr. Giorgio Tarchini)
  • May 2009
    • Signed Quarter In Balloon (Michel Huot)
    • Totally Under Control (Scott Robinson)
    • Money Where Your Mouth Is (Daniel J. Millstein)
    • Until You’re Blue in the Face (Jack Parker)
  • July 2009
    • Unfair Trade (Shiv Duggal)
    • Cash In Hand (Shiv Duggal)
    • Reorient Express (Shiv Duggal)
    • Exchange of Wealth (Shiv Duggal)
    • Vice Versa (Shiv Duggal)
  • August 2009
    • Double Stuff (Pete McCabe)
    • Matchmaker (Per Strandberg)
    • Four Gone Conclusion (Jacky Kahan)
    • Real-Life Nightshades (Dylan Gelinas)
    • Super Collectors (Doc Docherty)

Magicana 2010


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