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cards:fusion [2022/10/25 00:31] – Added the Spring and Fulves citations. stephenminch | cards:fusion [2022/10/25 18:30] – Removed several superfluous citations and moved Wesley James to the end of the chain. stephenminch | ||
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Four issues later, Karl Fulves added a note regarding Spring' | Four issues later, Karl Fulves added a note regarding Spring' | ||
- | The next two fusion effects to involve signatures weren' | ||
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- | Dan Tong later used signatures to reintroduce the fusion premise with " | ||
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- | Wesley James has claimed the Fusion plot as his, but he didn't publish his " | ||
The open use of a double-backed card was later introduced to enhance the effect. Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman, and David Arthur used this gaffed card in their " | The open use of a double-backed card was later introduced to enhance the effect. Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman, and David Arthur used this gaffed card in their " | ||
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1981 also saw the publication of Paul Harris and Looy Simonoff' | 1981 also saw the publication of Paul Harris and Looy Simonoff' | ||
- | Steve Beam reinvented the idea of ending with a double-facer, publishing it as "Making Faces" in //The Trapdoor//, No. 7, Jan. 1985, p. 115. In his text, Beam claims to have been doing the routine since his college days. No signatures are involved. | + | The first published variation to use a double-faced card to fuse together two spectator-signed selections is "Hotfoot" |
- | The first published variation to use a double-faced card to fuse together two spectator-signed selections is "Hotfoot" by Jay Sankey, in //Sankey Panky//, 1986, p. 76. | + | Wesley James has claimed the Fusion plot as his, but he didn't publish his "Forgery" |
The complexity in the development of the card-fusion concept makes it a forbidding topic for succinct discussion. The citations above offer points of origin and some highlights in its evolution. To explore the subject further, refer to: | The complexity in the development of the card-fusion concept makes it a forbidding topic for succinct discussion. The citations above offer points of origin and some highlights in its evolution. To explore the subject further, refer to: |