12 issues plus Epoptica Yearbook
Magazine
1982-1989
Written by Jeff Busby
Work of Various
574 pages (Stapled), 13 Issues, published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Don Albrecht
Language: English
640 entries
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Epoptica (written by Jeff Busby, work of Various, 1982-1989)
Creators Title Comments & References Issue Year Page AA Categories
Jeff Busby A Brief Commercial Message... George Daily, this magazine, Charlie Kalish, Sunland Sorcery 82 convention, David Copperfield, Michael Skinner
1 May 1982 1
Don Albrecht Big Business cartoon
1 May 1982 2
Don Albrecht The Big House cartoon
1 May 1982 3
Don Albrecht Hearse Humor cartoon
1 May 1982 4
Don Albrecht Cartoon 1 May 1982 7
Don Albrecht Weird Wonder! cartoon
1 May 1982 8
Jeff Busby (reviewer) About the Handling of Double Cards 1 May 1982 9
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Five Points in Magic 1 May 1982 10
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Audience Involvement...A Lecture 1 May 1982 14
Don Albrecht Cartoon 1 May 1982 14
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Fred Kaps Dancing and Floating Cork
by Fred Kaps (written by Ken Brooke)
1 May 1982 15
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Sleights & Swindles 1 May 1982 16
Don Albrecht The Agent's Life cartoon
1 May 1982 17
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Best of Friends 1 May 1982 18
Don Albrecht Magic in the Third Reich Manner cartoon
1 May 1982 18
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Deckalogue 1 May 1982 21
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Grymwyr 1 May 1982 22
Don Albrecht Channel 5: Speak Up cartoon
1 May 1982 23
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Octasm 1 May 1982 24
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Something for Everyone 1 May 1982 25
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Double-Dazzling Triumph 1 May 1982 26
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Dice: Squares, Tops, and Shapes 1 May 1982 26
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Taking the Edge 1 May 1982 28
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Dealing Casino Blackjack 1 May 1982 30
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Rich Marotta Magic Castle Lecture 1 May 1982 31
Don Albrecht Cartoon 1 May 1982 31
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Tips on Table Hopping 1 May 1982 32
Jeff Busby (reviewer) "What can you do with this?" or Improv Magic 1 May 1982 33
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Professional Entertainer's Contracts: Manuscript and Forms 1 May 1982 34
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Complete Walton - Volume 1 1 May 1982 35
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A Gift from the Gods: The Story of Chung Ling Soo
by Chung Ling Soo (written by Val Andrews)
1 May 1982 36
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Brema Brasses
by Carl Brema (written by Richard Buffum)
1 May 1982 37
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Great Chess Automaton 1 May 1982 38
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Card Finesse
Related to
1 May 1982 38
Jeff Busby History of the Faro Shuffle 1 May 1982 41
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Dimensional Relativity 1 May 1982 44
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Magic from witch Memories are Made 1 May 1982 45
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Changing of the Cards 1 May 1982 46
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Overhand Shuffle Action Palm
by Bob Stencel (written by George Joseph)
1 May 1982 47
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Hand Mucking 1 May 1982 47
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Octet 1 May 1982 48
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Fourcast 1 May 1982 49
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Cards on Demand
Related to
1 May 1982 49
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Cards at Bay 1 May 1982 50
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Professional Routines of Ron Fredrick 1 May 1982 51
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Visual Artistry of Jeff White 1 May 1982 51
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Malini Egg Bag 1 May 1982 53
Don Albrecht Cartoon 1 May 1982 53
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Sterling Egg Bag 1 May 1982 54
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Paragon Nail Writer 1 May 1982 56
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Pinnacle Pad 1 May 1982 57
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Ultra Board 1 May 1982 58
Jeff Busby A Brief Commercial Message... Craige Snader, Paul Fox, Cups and Balls, Danny Dew, thieving, Scotty York, Walt Lees, Martin Breese, Sterling, Michael Skinner, Joe Stevens, Obie O'Brien, Sterling Egg Bag
2 Oct. 1982 59
Don Albrecht Professor's Nightmare #2 cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 60
Don Albrecht The Wages of Sin cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 62
Don Albrecht Cartoon 2 Oct. 1982 63
Don Albrecht Hollow Victory cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 64
Don Albrecht The Lecture cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 65
Don Albrecht Sweet Bird of Youth cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 66
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Sefalajia Number Two 2 Oct. 1982 69
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Tipnician 2 Oct. 1982 71
Don Albrecht Cartoon 2 Oct. 1982 72
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A Lifetime of Joy 2 Oct. 1982 73
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Al Koran's Three Silver Rings/Ken Brooke on the Invisible Pack/ Fred Robinson's Ultimate Force
by Ken Brooke (written by Various)
2 Oct. 1982 75
Don Albrecht Cartoon 2 Oct. 1982 75
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Intimate Magic
by Michael Skinner (written by Jeff Busby)
2 Oct. 1982 76
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Lecture Notes of Roger Klause
by Roger Klause (written by Jay Evans)
2 Oct. 1982 79
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Geatan Bloom Series - Number One 2 Oct. 1982 80
Jeff Busby (reviewer) 1982 Lecture Notes 2 Oct. 1982 81
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Shadow and other Card Mysteries 2 Oct. 1982 82
Don Albrecht Mr. Magic's Helpful Hints cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 83
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Magic with Giant Cards. An Overview 2 Oct. 1982 84
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Gilbreath's Principles 2 Oct. 1982 85
Jeff Busby (reviewer) 16th Card Book 2 Oct. 1982 85
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Ovation 2 Oct. 1982 86
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Jacks or Better 2 Oct. 1982 87
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Fork Full of F.F.F.F. Appetizers 2 Oct. 1982 88
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Thunday 2 Oct. 1982 89
Don Albrecht Honeymoon Hotel cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 89
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Exile 2 Oct. 1982 90
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Modern Art Of Coin Manipulation
by MacMillan (written by Walt Lees)
2 Oct. 1982 90
Jeff Busby (reviewer) 1884 Will & Finck Gambling Catalog Reproduction 2 Oct. 1982 92
Jeff Busby (reviewer) 1896 Will & Finck Gambler's Cheating Catalog Reprint with Explanatory Text and Illustrations 2 Oct. 1982 92
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Book Test 2 Oct. 1982 93
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Newspaper Test 2 Oct. 1982 94
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Symbol Test 2 Oct. 1982 95
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Jack Hughes World of Magic
by Jack Hughes (written by Derek Lever)
2 Oct. 1982 96
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Eight Brass Monkeys 2 Oct. 1982 97
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Daemon's Diary 2 Oct. 1982 98
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Legendary Scroll of Masklyn ye Mage 2 Oct. 1982 99
Don Albrecht The Borrower cartoon
2 Oct. 1982 99
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Incredible Close-Up Magic
by Meir Yedid (written by Gary Ouellet)
2 Oct. 1982 100
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Close-Up Hallucinations 2 Oct. 1982 102
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 2 Oct. 1982 103
Jeff Busby (reviewer) What's Your E.S.P. Quotient? 2 Oct. 1982 104
Jeff Busby (reviewer) For Your Entertainment Pleasure 2 Oct. 1982 105
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A Visit with Larry Jennings
by Larry Jennings (written by Jim Patton)
2 Oct. 1982 106
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Half in the Bottle Plus 2 Oct. 1982 108
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Linking Razor Blades 2 Oct. 1982 109
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Improved Norm Nielsen Vanishing Dove Cage 2 Oct. 1982 110
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Duplex Paragon Nail Writer 2 Oct. 1982 112
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Wallet Wallop Plus 2 Oct. 1982 113
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Pair-A-Gone Ropes: The "Lost" Rope Miracle 2 Oct. 1982 114
Harry Riser, Jeff Busby, Shigeo Takagi Presentation of Shigeo Takagi's Miracle Monte 2 Oct. 1982 114
Peter Kane Queens of Jazz odd backed
2 Oct. 1982 116
Peter Kane One-Two-One Load for the Cups and Balls loading sequence
2 Oct. 1982 118
Jeff Busby A Brief Commercial Message... Ibidem Events convention, Paul Fox, Scotty York Coin in Lighter rip-off, Arthur Emerson, Bob Farmer, Martin Breese, Stewart James, Egg Bag, Johnny Thompson
3 Jan. 1983 121
Don Albrecht Tit for Tat cartoon
3 Jan. 1983 122
Jeff Busby Coin in Lighter credit information
3 Jan. 1983 123
Don Albrecht Magic Lover Comix cartoon
3 Jan. 1983 125
Don Albrecht Cartoon 3 Jan. 1983 126
Jeff Busby Poltergeist Block Robert Harbin's "Tippler", credit information
3 Jan. 1983 126
Don Albrecht Magic on the River Kwai cartoon
3 Jan. 1983 131
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Alternative Card Magic 3 Jan. 1983 132
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Some Manuscriptricks 3 Jan. 1983 134
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Impromptu Reverse Matrix 3 Jan. 1983 137
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Tahoe File 3 Jan. 1983 137
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Magic with Giant Cards 3 Jan. 1983 138
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Tell-Tale Timepiece 3 Jan. 1983 140
Don Albrecht Cartoon 3 Jan. 1983 141
Jeff Busby (reviewer) All the World's a Stage 3 Jan. 1983 142
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Treasury of Trick Shots in Pool and Billiards 3 Jan. 1983 144
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Miracles of my Friends
Related to
3 Jan. 1983 144
Don Albrecht The Power cartoon
3 Jan. 1983 145
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Cut Card 3 Jan. 1983 148
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Forcing a Card 3 Jan. 1983 148
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Packet Tricks 3 Jan. 1983 149
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Simple Yet Effective Tricks with Cards 3 Jan. 1983 149
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 1 3 Jan. 1983 149
Jeff Busby (reviewer) How to Make Big Money Selling Magic 3 Jan. 1983 151
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Intermediate and Advanced Coin Technique 3 Jan. 1983 151
Don Albrecht Saucy Tales cartoon
3 Jan. 1983 152
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Steve Beam On Coins - Volume II 3 Jan. 1983 153
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Tricky Stuff 3 Jan. 1983 155
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Fingers Don't Entertain, People Do 3 Jan. 1983 156
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Silentwe 3 Jan. 1983 158
Don Albrecht Cartoon 3 Jan. 1983 159
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Factory Marked E.S.P. Decks 3 Jan. 1983 160
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Holiday Adventure 3 Jan. 1983 161
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Möby-Zyp 3 Jan. 1983 162
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Saw-Buck 3 Jan. 1983 163
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Vanishing Schlitz Quart Beer Bottle 3 Jan. 1983 163
Jeff Busby (reviewer) 21st Century Card Magic 3 Jan. 1983 164
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card 3 Jan. 1983 166
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Mental Secret 3 Jan. 1983 167
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Missing Hour 3 Jan. 1983 167
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A Good Number 3 Jan. 1983 168
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Personalized Wild Card 3 Jan. 1983 168
Edward Marlo The Knoxville Aces four piles, Ace on each, packets assembled, Aces travel to top
Variations
3 Jan. 1983 168
Bob Farmer Jadoo telephone book test with specially composed telephone directory
3 Jan. 1983 170
Don Albrecht Adult Comix cartoon
3 Jan. 1983 177
Jeff Busby A Brief Commercial Message... Arcane magazine, Stewart James, Ed Marlo at P.C.A.M. convention, Ken Brooke's death, Richard Osterline, Dover Publications
4 June 1983 179
Don Albrecht Cartoon 4 June 1983 181
Don Albrecht The Friendly Skies cartoon
4 June 1983 183
Don Albrecht Schlock Shock cartoon
4 June 1983 185
Don Albrecht Bill and Bertha cartoon
4 June 1983 187
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Tommy Wonder Entertains
by Tommy Wonder (written by Gene Matsuura)
4 June 1983 188
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Psychology of Palming 4 June 1983 190
Don Albrecht The Ultimate Test cartoon
4 June 1983 191
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Effects and Presentations 4 June 1983 193
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Eugene Burger on Matt Schulien's Fabulous Card Discoveries 4 June 1983 195
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A Talk about Patter: Write Yourself 4 June 1983 197
Don Albrecht Cartoon 4 June 1983 199
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Geatan Bloom Series - Number Two: Gaetan on Cards
by Gaëtan Bloom (written by Paul Stone)
4 June 1983 202
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Geatan Bloom Series - Number Three: Potty Bicycle Pumps
by Gaëtan Bloom (written by Paul Stone)
4 June 1983 202
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Finn Jon Zombie Routine/Roy Johnson's Cent/The Malcolm Davison Book Test 4 June 1983 203
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Visible Coins to Glass 4 June 1983 204
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Re-Entry 4 June 1983 205
Don Albrecht Cartoon 4 June 1983 205
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Book of Shadows 4 June 1983 206
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Pun-ny Routines of Magic 4 June 1983 207
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Ring Routine 4 June 1983 208
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Super Stack - The One Second Poker Stack 4 June 1983 210
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Marlo without Tears 4 June 1983 211
Don Albrecht Deutschland Magik cartoon
4 June 1983 213
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Card Sharpers. Their Tricks Exposed 4 June 1983 214
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Sessions 4 June 1983 214
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A Close-Up Kinda Guy 4 June 1983 216
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Topit Book 4 June 1983 217
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Killer Klose-Up 4 June 1983 220
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Table-Side Manners 4 June 1983 221
Don Albrecht Classic WW2 Apparatus cartoon
4 June 1983 222
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Improved Track Record
Variations
4 June 1983 223
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Auto-Test 4 June 1983 223
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Telepato 4 June 1983 224
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Epic Flight 4 June 1983 226
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Falstaff Book Test 4 June 1983 226
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Recalcitrant 4 June 1983 227
Don Albrecht Believe It... ...or Try! cartoon
4 June 1983 227
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Clairvoyant Concept 4 June 1983 228
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Witch Demon!??? 4 June 1983 228
Larry Jennings Duffer's Two Cards to Pocket two thought-of cards from small packet to pocket, no palming, double backer
Also published here
4 June 1983 229
Martin Gardner* Rotating Die optical illusion with hollow die
4 June 1983 230
Manjunath M. Hegde Chair, Rope, and Finger Ring Puzzle a puzzle with a rope and a finger ring on it that has to be moved from knot to knot
4 June 1983 231
R. C. H. Cheng A New Sucker Bet non-transitive dice
4 June 1983 232
John Carney Simple Coins Across four coins, no extra
4 June 1983 232
Purse Palm 4 June 1983 232
Pop-Up Move 4 June 1983 233
John Carney Back Clip Handling 4 June 1983 234
Don Albrecht Cartoon 4 June 1983 235
Jeff Busby A Brief Commercial Message... Paul Fox effects, Scotty York, Tommy Wonder, Don Lawton, Martin Breese
5 Jan. 1984 237
Don Albrecht Divorce Court cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 239
Don Albrecht Pick Your Favorite Dealer Punch line cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 240
Don Albrecht Cartoon 5 Jan. 1984 242
Don Albrecht Mental Woes cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 243
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Two Perfected Professional Routines 5 Jan. 1984 244
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Breakthrough Card System 5 Jan. 1984 245
Jeff Busby (reviewer) A History of the Brainwave Principle 5 Jan. 1984 245
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Cardiac Pacemakers 5 Jan. 1984 246
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Immaculate Connection 5 Jan. 1984 247
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Owen Moore's Almanack: Comedy Card Magic 5 Jan. 1984 247
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Complete Course in Pick Pocketing 5 Jan. 1984 248
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Grimoire of the Mages 5 Jan. 1984 249
Don Albrecht The Magic Enthusiast cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 250
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Cardopolis 5 Jan. 1984 251
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The New York Magic Symposium - Collection 2 5 Jan. 1984 251
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Mendoza Portfolio One 5 Jan. 1984 252
Don Albrecht Berlin Humor (c. 1945) cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 253
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Card Sharp on Duty - Please Wait to be Cheated 5 Jan. 1984 254
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Fancy Ring Routine 5 Jan. 1984 255
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Cheating
by J. Bowyer Bell (written by Bart Whaley)
5 Jan. 1984 255
Jeff Busby (reviewer) John Kennedy Lecture III 5 Jan. 1984 256
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Collected Works of J. Stewart Smith 5 Jan. 1984 257
Don Albrecht Armageddon cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 257
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Aces: Practical Card Routines 5 Jan. 1984 258
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Intimate Power 5 Jan. 1984 258
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Secret of Restaurant Magic 5 Jan. 1984 259
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Modern Close-Up Problems 5 Jan. 1984 260
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Card Puzzle 5 Jan. 1984 260
Jeff Busby (reviewer) MajorMinor 5 Jan. 1984 261
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Powerful Magic 5 Jan. 1984 261
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The War Magician 5 Jan. 1984 262
Jeff Busby (reviewer) I Can See Your Lips Moving 5 Jan. 1984 263
Don Albrecht Cartoon 5 Jan. 1984 263
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Ganson Book 5 Jan. 1984 264
Don Albrecht Crime Wave Comics cartoon
5 Jan. 1984 264
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Change of Mind 5 Jan. 1984 265
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Marlo's Plus Package 5 Jan. 1984 265
Jeff Busby (reviewer) T.N.T. Cigarette Vanish 5 Jan. 1984 266
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Animated Self-Lighting Cigarette 5 Jan. 1984 267
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Impossible Matrix 5 Jan. 1984 267
Jeff Busby (reviewer) The Magic Flashlight 5 Jan. 1984 267
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Coin and Die Divination 5 Jan. 1984 268
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Mid-Air Card Stab 5 Jan. 1984 268
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Motorized Reel 5 Jan. 1984 268
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Abdul's Fez 5 Jan. 1984 268
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Wooden Egg 5 Jan. 1984 269
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Vanishing Quart Seven-Up Bottle 5 Jan. 1984 269
Jeff Busby (reviewer) Improved Lighter to Matchbox 5 Jan. 1984 269
Bart Whaley Towards a General Theory of Deception 5 Jan. 1984 270
Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2008.