Adam Hughes's homage to classic magician posters

Adam Hughes's cover to Zatanna #13 is a bit of a slapstick take on classic magician posters. You can see the rest of DC Comics' solicitations for May 2011 here.

Criss Angel magic trick sets

I suspect these Criss Angele magic trick sets will make ironic, yet actually fun secret santa gifts. Various kits are on sale at Amazon.

Magic luggage

David&Goliath put a sawed lady in a box onto a luggage carousel to promote Lance Burton's magic show in Las Vegas. Via.

*Previously: Sliding glass doors/magician's assistant.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Robyn Fabsits's plush magician's assistants

Wheel of Death, Sword Box, and Sawed-in-Half plush magicians assistants by Robyn Fabsits. The wheel turns and the doors shut.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Magician's assistant entryway

An entryway by DPZ that lets you saw a woman in half. (The url mentioned on the ad wasn't working when I checked.)

*Previously: Plush sawed-in-half magician's assistant.

*Buy magician posters at Amazon.

Ricky Jay's Cards As Weapons

Ricky Jay and Carl Sagan discuss throwing cards on Mars. You can read the entire book here. Via these sites.

*Previously: Zatanna magician poster.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Zatanna magician poster (link roundup)

Zatanna magician poster by Garrie Gastonny.

And a few more links:

1. Museum workers hosting an exhibition of naked people surprised that some visitors have behaved inappropriately.

2. Spot the cats hidden in Chrissie Zullo's Cinderella covers and win original art. (Although, I'm really hoping to be the winner.)

3. Pressing stop, stop, play often skips the startup menus on DVDs!

*Previously: Cartoony magician poster by Patricio Oliver.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Unicornasaurus t-shirt

T-Rex/Unicorn/Wizard by Ben Hundley (warning, home page is a Quicktime video) on sale at Tee Fury today.

*Previously: Superman vs. a T-Rex.

*Buy Devil Dinosaur toys at eBay.

The wizarding world's Roomba (link roundup)

Meet the Broomba, which does move around, but unfortunately does not clean. On sale for $40 here. Via these fine sites.

And a few more links:

1. A shame, I've mentioned in the past how good Trent Reznor's Twitter feed was, but he opted to delete it because he was so repulsed by hateful replies he was getting.

2. And in other maybe you don't want to be popular online news, ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews who was largely famous for wearing tight tops, was somehow videotaped naked in her dressing room through the peephole. This NY Post article on the crime suggests that it may have happened on multiple occasions in multiple hotels and likely had to have been done by someone with knowledge and access to her rooms. The article also charmingly includes an Erin Andrews photo gallery. Outsports is exactly right in describing the way in which popular sports blogs have created an atmosphere encouraging such behavior.

3. I sure hope Zappos' excellent customer service rubs off on new owner Amazon.

4. For weeks, sports blogs have been talking about the claim that LeBron James got dunked on by a student at a basketball camp, and then had Nike goons seize video of the dunk. eBaum and TMZ have now both posted videos showing how trivial the play was and how incredibly foolish LeBron and Nike look for trying to suppress it.

*Previously: Make a broom-shaped pinata.

*Buy NBA bobbleheads at eBay.

Logo for Conjure Mobile (link roundup)

Logo for Conjure Mobile by Breadline Design.

And a few more links:

1. Now this is a headline: "It's a very nice house in the country (but not for an orgy)." English manor rented out for swingers party, and staff was apparently not told in advance as to the nature of the party. Via.

2. Optimus Prime cake.

3. One of Britain's most distinguished orchestra conductors, Sir Edward Downes, flew to Switzerland with his wife and joined her in drinking a lethal cocktail of barbiturates provided by an assisted-suicide clinic. She was deathly ill, and he didn't want to live without her. Their children watched as the couple drank the fatal cocktail and then died, holding each other's hands. Via.

4. Bioshock fan art.

*Previously: Bioshock cosplay.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Magical ad for Sears (link roundup)

A magician stars in this clever ad for Sears Optical by lg2. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Epcot Network Nodes desktop icons.

2. Couch potato Buddha.

3. Win Milton Glaser posters and books.

4. If you missed the announcement, go here to find out how you can win a $100 Threadless store credit.

*Previously: Video of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog harassing David Blaine.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Magic trick automaton

"El Gran Garmendia the magician" is an automaton by Pablo Lavezzari. Via.

*Previously: Did Criss Angel buy two illusions from Lance Burton?

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Resident Evil Blood Drive Posters (link roundup)

One of several Resident Evil-themed posters Jim Rugg created for a Capcom/Iam8bit/Red Cross blood drive this Friday in Los Angeles.

And a few more links:

1. The Watchmen Last Supper.

2. Rich Page has more stickers available.

3. MODOK by Fred Hembeck.

4. This gets my early vote for best story of the year. Criss Angel apparently recently purchased two illusions from Lance Burton.

*Previously: New York high school principal hires black magic practitioner.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Fascinating article about Teller (of Penn and Teller) and his red ball trick

In 2007 Teller, of Penn and Teller wrote an essay about "a hundred-year-old trick called the David P. Abbott ball" that he was working on. The essay was included in the program for the Penn and Teller Vegas show:

When the theater is empty I like to go out on stage. It’s lonely and beautiful. I look at your empty seat and think about you being in it. … Then I practice. I often practice stuff you’ll never see. For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a hundred-year-old trick called the David P. Abbott Ball. It is a very, very hard trick, almost like juggling. I put in an hour almost every day. I try to get the tricky moves so deeply into my muscles and brain that I can forget I’m doing a trick. Soon I’ll know whether the ideas I have for this trick are possible. But I won’t know that till I learn all the moves and invent my own. If the trick doesn’t work out, you’ll never see it, and I won’t be sad. I had fun every second I was working. I love the stuff you never see.

This is the story of that red ball trick. Yes, it's now part of the show.

I couldn't find the red ball trick, but I did find this video of Teller showing off his sleight of hand:



*Previously: NY principal hires black mage to cleanse school.

*Buy Penn and Teller dvds at Amazon.

Posters by Kevin Tong

These are just a few of the posters on sale at Keving Tong's shop. Prices range from $15 to $25. He also has a children's book on sale at Amazon. Via.

*See previously posted posters here.

*Buy "Soviet Posters: The Sergo Grigorian Collection" at Amazon.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog harasses David Blaine

Video of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog harassing David Blaine, who is currently hanging upside down for some lame stunt. Absolutely hilarious, and don't miss Blaine and Triumph reenact the famous kiss from Spider-Man.



Via.

*Previously: How many Spider-Men can fit in a Jamba Juice?

*Buy The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog DVD at Amazon.

Video: Simple trick to do at a bar

Houdini sketch by Doc Shaner

Link's a little vague on details, but sounds like it's for sale.

Vintage magician poster-style art

By Kali Ciesemier.

(Uggh, sorry for the headline. Anyone have a better idea?)

Reggie the Alligator escaped from his pen at the LA Zoo

Unbelievable. I have to assume he's Houdini reincarnated. (My LA readers should be familiar with Reggie.)