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[[File:ZombieAd.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Ad for "Zombie" in [[Tops]] (1943)]] | |||
{{See also|[[Zombie (magazine)]]}} | {{See also|[[Zombie (magazine)]]}} | ||
The inspiration came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie in [[1940]]. | The '''Zombie''' effect is a one-person [[Floating Ball]] illusion invented by [[Joe Karson]], in which a silver ball floats up, down and around as if performing, behind a [[Foulard]] held by the magician, even occasionally peeking over the top, or sitting briefly on the top edge of the foulard, etc. | ||
The inspiration for the effect came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick, where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands, and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie effect in [[1940]]. | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*1946 - [[Tips on Zombie]] | *1946 - "[[Tips on Zombie]]" by [[Joe Karson]] | ||
*1963 - [[Further Tips on Zombie]] | *1963 - "[[Further Tips on Zombie]]" by [[Neil Foster]] | ||
*1965 - A la Zombie | *1965 - "A la Zombie" by [[Ian Adair]] | ||
*1970 - A la Zombie Plus | *1970 - "A la Zombie Plus" by Ian Adair | ||
*1977 - Teach-in Series: Zombie, the Floating Ball | *1977 - "Teach-in Series: Zombie, the Floating Ball" by [[Lewis Ganson]] | ||
*1981 - Al Schneider on Zombie | *1981 - "Al Schneider on Zombie" | ||
*1983 - The Ken Brooke Series No. 7: The Finn Jon Zombie Routine | *1983 - ''The Ken Brooke Series'', No. 7: "The Finn Jon Zombie Routine" | ||
*1983 - [[The "How To" Book on Zombie]] | *1983 - "[[The "How To" Book on Zombie]]" by [[Merlyn Shute]] | ||
*1991 - Magic City Library of Magic No. 20 - Zombie Ball | *1991 - ''Magic City Library of Magic'', No. 20 - "Zombie Ball" by [[Leo Behnke]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:05, 20 July 2015
Ad for "Zombie" in Tops (1943)
- See also: Zombie (magazine).
The Zombie effect is a one-person Floating Ball illusion invented by Joe Karson, in which a silver ball floats up, down and around as if performing, behind a Foulard held by the magician, even occasionally peeking over the top, or sitting briefly on the top edge of the foulard, etc.
The inspiration for the effect came to Karson when he was fooling around with the simple impromptu trick, where the magician interlocks the fingers of both hands, and a lighted match appears to magically suspend in air behind it. He patented the Zombie effect in 1940.
Bibliography
- 1946 - "Tips on Zombie" by Joe Karson
- 1963 - "Further Tips on Zombie" by Neil Foster
- 1965 - "A la Zombie" by Ian Adair
- 1970 - "A la Zombie Plus" by Ian Adair
- 1977 - "Teach-in Series: Zombie, the Floating Ball" by Lewis Ganson
- 1981 - "Al Schneider on Zombie"
- 1983 - The Ken Brooke Series, No. 7: "The Finn Jon Zombie Routine"
- 1983 - "The "How To" Book on Zombie" by Merlyn Shute
- 1991 - Magic City Library of Magic, No. 20 - "Zombie Ball" by Leo Behnke