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Magicana (Woodfield)

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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

Magicana New Series with Charlie Miller.

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


References

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