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Joshua Jay - Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Category: About Vanishing Inc.
What's the secret to a great magic convention? We have many - and we're ready to share two of them!
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Ricky Smith - Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Category: Articles
Underground card legend, Ricky Smith, gives us his top tips for learning the Hofzinser Spread Cull.
Damian Jennings - Monday, August 12, 2019
Category: The Insider
Just a very short PSA...
Roberto Giobbi - Friday, August 9, 2019
Category: Hidden Agenda
An interesting idea about giving power to your spectator...
Andi Gladwin - Friday, August 9, 2019
Category: Conventions
Andi tells us his bugbears with most magic convention schedules, and how Vanishing Inc. have worked to fix them!
Andi Gladwin - Thursday, August 8, 2019
At ten years old, Vanishing Inc. is hardly a startup. But Andi tells us when we try to maintain a startup feel.
Vanishing Inc. - Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Category: Products
The world needs more magic audiobooks! We share details about the two that we have produced.
Marc Kerstein - Tuesday, August 6, 2019
WikiTest creator Marc Kerstein shares some amazing research.
Damian Jennings - Monday, August 5, 2019
Find out about Rug Rats, secrets, onions on pizza and what's wrong with the hot rod force.
Category: Real Magic Review
Steve reveals his thoughts on "Socks".
Jonathan Friedman - Thursday, August 1, 2019
Category: Jonathan Friedman The Musical
Jonathan's three-phased coin transposition is one of the stand-out items in his book - watch a full performance of it!
Damian Jennings - Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Do we need slightly-bigger-than-a-dollar "speed" coins? Let's find out...
Ricky Smith - Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Ricky Smith shares an anecdote and discusses the ethics of owning the material that you perform.
Damian Jennings - Monday, July 29, 2019
10,000 performances at The Magic Castle has to teach a thing or two. Let's find out what.
Roberto Giobbi - Friday, July 26, 2019
Roberto shares a great presentational idea for a trick... all you have to do is think of which trick you could apply it to.
Jonathan Friedman - Thursday, July 25, 2019
Proving that he's not just good at creating tricks, but also naming them, this week Jonathan shares his "Junior Mint."
Ben Young - Thursday, July 25, 2019
Next time you meet a budding young magician, tell them about one of our youth scholarships.
Damian Jennings - Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Category: Meet the Team
Let's meet another member of the VI family...
We sneaked an advance copy of "No Sense" to Faulkner. Let's see what he thought.
Ian Kendall - Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Category: Take The Stage
Upstage, downstage, stage left, stage right? Yeah, it's confusing. But if you're stepping away from a close up mat and onto a stage, here's a breakdown of the fundamentals of blocking.
Damian Jennings - Monday, July 22, 2019
He's German. He likes card tricks. He's not Denis Behr. That's right, it's Pit Hartling!
Harapan Ong - Sunday, July 21, 2019
Category: Fully Booked
In the last of the present season of Fully Booked, Harapan talks about Cardially Yours. An exclusive performance video is in here too...
Andi Gladwin - Saturday, July 20, 2019
How do you get great photos from gigs? Andi is happy to share his two insider secrets!
Damian Jennings - Friday, July 19, 2019
Today, Steve shares his thoughts on Card On Ceiling.
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