Author Archives: Andrew Pinard
Tools: Part One
Over the years I have purchased thousands of decks of cards for my work. Depending on when they were manufactured they feature different tactile qualities and capabilities. Paper and glue compositions change over time depending on sourcing. These affect the … Continue reading
Harrington Grand Quick Step
Well, the reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. While I will return to my history of Card Magic literature at some point (it’s mostly written); I got distracted by other things. In the meantime, I have been performing … Continue reading
Research Tips & Techniques
I originally wrote this for a meeting of the New England Magic Collectors Association (of which I am a member and Editor of The Yankee Magic Collector), but it might be of interest to some of my readers. Since, I … Continue reading
RESPECT (Thanks to Scot Grassette and Aretha…)
My buddy, Scot Grassette, owns a performing arts venue up in Rumford, ME and has been performing for decades. 49 Franklin Reception Hall and Mystic Theater (http://www.49franklin.com/) was a former church and has been lovingly transformed into a cultural center with … Continue reading
Magical “Talent”?
Much moaning and wailing has been made on the “magic” interwebs of late on the success of a British magician on Britain’s Got Talent who performed commercially available (as opposed to commercial) effects with the implication that this might be, … Continue reading
An Incomplete History of Card Magic Literature: The Early Years
While magic books have always included sections on card magic (call them “general books” on magic) – going back to Reginald Scot‘s The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), it was likely that one of the first dedicated solely to card tricks written … Continue reading
An Incomplete History of Card Magic Literature: Intro
An article of this type is destined for failure. I started this endeavor as a response to an online poll of card books with status similar to J. B. Bobo‘s New Modern Coin Magic (1966), itself a revised and expanded … Continue reading
Seeking advice
I participate (well, mostly lurk) in many online magic forums where “magicians help magicians” (more on that later). This morning, I responded to a request from someone looking for information on a particular effect. Now they weren’t looking for the … Continue reading
The Vernon Companion – Review Part II
It has been many years since I have sat down and read a magic book from cover to cover in only a few days, but it just happened with Michael Perovich’s The Vernon Companion. The book arrived Saturday, I began … Continue reading
The Vernon Companion (with apologies for my absence)
It has been a busy fall, with magic of diverse varieties: the second season of my monthly show, Discovering Magic, has been graciously received; The Yankee Magic Collector #16 (I am the editor and producer) has come out with sixteen contributors … Continue reading