Artist Spotlight: Paul Gertner

This coming weekend, I'm headed up to Colon, Michigan, and the Abbott's Magic Close-Up convention. Unlike the Abbott's Get-Together, which is a four-day event in August, the Close-Up convention is a much smaller affair. Because of the intimate nature of the event, it affords the attendees a chance at face time with the convention's special guests.

This year, Paul Gertner is the main guest. He'll be performing and lecturing - including, I hope, his famous Steel and Silver routine. Let's take a look at a few of Paul's recently released products.

Bite Me: A card is selected, signed and shuffled into the deck. You call attention to the Joker which reads: “These cards should not be thrown, inserted or ingested.” “Ingested?” Watch them freak out as...

YOU TAKE A BITE OUT OF THE ENTIRE DECK AND SWALLOW ALL THE PIECES!

Heartbreaker: A heart is drawn on the face of a card. The spectator’s initials from their childhood are written in the middle of the heart. A second heart, a broken heart is drawn on a different card...The initials of their childhood sweetheart are written in the middle of the broken heart.

NOW...Watch their reaction as you magically heal a broken heart from long ago!