My older brother went through a magic phase when he was about 11. One of our older brothers made a movie (8mm, silent) of him doing magic and me as his assistant. At the end I “rebelled” by (fake) kicking him on the shin. He turned to cast a spell on me, but I held up a mirror…the next shot was of my baby brother (age not-quite-1) sitting on the ground with my older brother’s shirt on. High-tech special effects for the day (1973). What was really cool was that there was a flash of light when the spell was cast!
There was a kid in my grade school class that did magic tricks. He had one of those finger “guillotines” too. For a while I was hesitant to put my finger in it, but so many other kids did it and their fingers stayed in one piece, so I finally did it. One little girl just wouldn’t do it, though. Of course that thing only works if the blade is smacked down quickly. If it’s pushed down slowly, then it hurts. Might even actually lose the finger!
Adiraiju about 6 years ago
“…because I WILL be…”
Randallw about 6 years ago
Before that last panel I thought he meant Magic: The Gathering.
Lyons Group, Inc. about 6 years ago
Oh boy, this is going to be a classic fun story arc all this week
jpayne4040 about 6 years ago
With that magic kit in his hands no one is safe!
Plumbob Wilson about 6 years ago
I got a chemistry set when I was about 10 or 11, and much to my disappointment it did not have the ingredients for pyrotechnics.
Wren Fahel about 6 years ago
My older brother went through a magic phase when he was about 11. One of our older brothers made a movie (8mm, silent) of him doing magic and me as his assistant. At the end I “rebelled” by (fake) kicking him on the shin. He turned to cast a spell on me, but I held up a mirror…the next shot was of my baby brother (age not-quite-1) sitting on the ground with my older brother’s shirt on. High-tech special effects for the day (1973). What was really cool was that there was a flash of light when the spell was cast!
bookworm0812 about 6 years ago
There was a kid in my grade school class that did magic tricks. He had one of those finger “guillotines” too. For a while I was hesitant to put my finger in it, but so many other kids did it and their fingers stayed in one piece, so I finally did it. One little girl just wouldn’t do it, though. Of course that thing only works if the blade is smacked down quickly. If it’s pushed down slowly, then it hurts. Might even actually lose the finger!