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Premise, Power and Participation (4 vol set) by David Regal - INSTANT DOWNLOADThis download is offered at NEW higher quality with our studio's "Up mastered" treatment. If you're looking for reasons to feed your instant gratification, we have some: RARITIES from this Up master include the previously unpublished routines: Look at Me, I'm Special and A Simple Woodcutter as well as the extremely difficult to find Exhibit A. VALUE ADDED from this up master include high value downloads at a savings in Not This, Prophecy Pack and Fill
This download is offered at NEW higher quality - with our studio's "Up-mastered" treatment.
If you're looking for reasons to feed your instant gratification, we have some:
RARITIES from this Up-master include the previously unpublished routines: Look at Me, I'm Special and A Simple Woodcutter as well as the extremely difficult to find Exhibit A.
VALUE ADDED from this up-master include high-value downloads at a savings in Not This, Prophecy Pack and Fill in the Blank Transpo.
WONDERMENT from this Up-master include two TRUE "magician foolers" in the elegant Mucilaginous Monte, and the masterfully performed The Very Last Card.
Vol. 1 - PREMISE
David focuses on different elements of presentation. In Volume One, the element of premise is explored as he presents a variety of effects that highlight this facet of a magical performance.
Each of these stunning effects is performed in front of a live audience and then fully explained:
- Look at Me, I'm Special (unpublished) - A Four-Ace production that leads to an ultra-clean moment of magic.
- Carried Away (from Constant Fooling) - An any-deck, any time incredible transportation.
- Eight Ball (from Constant Fooling)- Ink slides off a playing card and forms itself into an eight ball!
- Tenacious Climber (from Constant Fooling)- This entertaining approach to the Ambitious Card plot leads to a climax that will fool all.
- Coins Through the Table (from Constant Fooling)- Stand-up versions of this plot are few and far between...and this one is a killer.
- Exhibit "A" (from Penumbra) - A stunning handling of Hamman's Signed Card plot. Magic just seems to happen.
- Sum of the Parts (from Constant Fooling)- A spectator shuffles a deck and selects a card, then a demonstration of playing card mathematics (and visual changes) ensues in which cards "add up," finally totaling the selection!
- Shred of Proof (from Constant Fooling)- An eerie revelation with dozens of applications.
- My Best Friend (from Close-Up & Personal) - A chop cup routine with a difference...in the form of a small mouse.
- Chink-A-Drink (from Constant Fooling) - The classic assembly with a logical kicker.
Vol. 2 - POWER
Power is the focus of Volume Two. In this collection of routines, David explores various ways power can be defined in a performance of magic, lending a subtle variety to a series of presentations.
Each of these stunning effects is performed in front of a live audience and then fully explained:
- Isolated Force (from Close-Up & Personal) - A unique and convincing force of a card in which the back of the card is never seen.
- Half & Half (from Star Quality) - A signed card changes color in an atypical fashion.
- Perfectly Oiled (from Star Quality) - A very clear Oil & Water effect that builds to a no-moves climax.
- Face It, You've Changed (from Constant Fooling) - A spectator selects a card, examines it and signs it. Its back changes color...in spite of the fact that the magician never touches the card.
- An Incredible Journey (from Star Quality) - A signed card invisibly travels into a card box that has been placed inside the magician's jacket pocket.
- Not Quite Dead / Haunted Pack (unpublished) - A demonstration of supernatural forces that uses a classic method in a novel way.
- A Magic Lesson (from Constant Fooling) - A tongue-in-cheek explanation of Card to Pocket leads to an inexplicable magical climax involving a spectator's signature.
- Holding On (from Star Quality & Constant Fooling) - A playing card is signed. The magician stands and reaches under the table with an empty hand. When he presses on the deck, the selection passes through the table.
- Prophecy Pack (dealer item, details of construction explained) - This is the incredible hands-off prediction effect Regal used to fool all and sundry when he moved to the West Coast.
- Penny for Your Thoughts (from Close-Up & Personal) - A glass of pennies is examined-the dates are different. The spectator selects a penny while the performer's back is turned, yet the performer tells him the date.
- Fill in the Blank Transpo (from Constant Fooling) - One of Regal's current signature pieces-a clear and spotlessly clean transposition of two playing cards.
Vol. 3 - PARTICIPATION
This volume deals with effects in which audience participation is stressed. The element of participation creates a unique dynamic in a performance of magic and can create a sense of community.
Each of these stunning effects is performed in front of a live audience and then fully explained:
- Lucky Seven (from Constant Fooling) - An incredible self-working prediction effect, presented complete with Regal's latest touches.
- Control Yourself (from Constant Fooling) - A shuffled-deck impossibility. Two spectators are given the ability to find their own selections.
- Clandestine Collectors (from Close-Up & Personal) - A handling of the collector's theme with some uniquely sneaky elements.
- Not This (from Constant Fooling) - Anytime, anywhere impromptu mentalism. All you need is paper and a pencil.
- Coincidence Deck (from Constant Fooling) - A display of amazing sympathy that can involve everyone in the room.
- A Simple Woodcutter (unpublished) - Spectators shuffle the deck, yet the top card matches the magician's prediction...which is carved into a plank of wood.
- Off-Color Thought (from Constant Fooling) - A visually perfect switch with myriad applications.
- Mystic Poker (from Close-Up & Personal) - A new plot. The spectator draws any card that can be found in a royal flush onto a blank card...then the magician magically prints the other cards needed to fill out the hand!
- Mucilaginous Monte (from Constant Fooling) - A monte with sequences that will slay.
Vol. 4 - REGAL STANDS ERECT: The Stand-Up Magic of David Regal
This volume offers two of David's pet stand-up effects, Journey to Love and The Very Last Card - workhorse routines that will excite the working performer by virtue of their practicality and entertainment value. Also included is a card transposition will suited to platform work and a very visual walk-around effect with matchboxes. As a bonus, David's close-up story trick showpiece After Hours is explained in detail.
- Journey to Love (from Constant Fooling) - This impossible prediction injects comedy and audience by-play into Don Wayne's "Room Service" plot (based on a wonderful Larry Becker method).
- Swindle Transpo (from Close-Up & Personal) - Subtlety is layered upon subtlety in a playing card transposition that can play on the largest stage.
- Got a Light? (from Close-Up & Personal) - Two matchboxes are examined, then proceed to perform an incredible series of animations. A combination of the "Sympathetic Matchboxes" and "Acrobatic Matchbox" plots. Perfect for walk-around.
- The Very Last Card (from Constant Fooling) - A card-elimination routine that utilizes test conditions to create a devastating outcome. This will bother people.
Bonus Routine:
After Hours (from Constant Fooling) - Regal's contribution to the full-deck story genre, this is distilled entertainment guaranteed to generate applause.
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★★★★★ 5
One of the best Star Wars comic series of all time.
Format: Kindle
Crimson Empire was the first Star Wars comic that I read. Stories like these are what kept Star Wars alive and fresh during the nearly 20 years between films.
I love the stories about those minor characters that you see in the films. When you saw the Crimson Guard with the Emperor for the first time, you knew there was something fascinating about these guardians of the most powerful being in the universe. This story delves into some of those characters.
The art is fantastic, sort of that stylized 90's colorful art. Awesome battle scenes. It really captures the imagination.
Great story, give it a try. I highly recommend getting a paper copy of this trade.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2015
★★★★★ 5
Top Notch!
Format: Hardcover
A lot of the time when your reading SW books your imagination doesn't quite fill in the gaps that the author leaves. A lot of SW books have little to no detail because they are movie or game based. This is where the top notch illiustrations took this story line to a whole new level! Richardson does a great job on developping the main character. I was very impressed with the quality of the story and blown away with the illustrations. Great read for all!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2013
★★★★★ 5
Great saga!
Format: Kindle
I love this series! It is beautifully painted, has good dialogue, and has a very compelling narrative. I cannot help but like the protagonist, Kir Kanos. He is brave, unselfish, noble, determined, and deadly. Even if his primary goal is to exact vengeance for the killing of the truly evil Palpatine, I cannot help but cheer for him. This is truly a compelling read that refuses to be put down.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2016
★★★★★ 3
Just an OK read
Format: Kindle
I was not aware when I purchased this that it was a Graphic Novel, I really wish that in the blurb about these products it was made very clear that you are buying a Graphic Novel. I like reading, not viewing the written word. Since I got this via Kindle there was no shipping issues. Maybe the Graphic Novels should have their own category, so that we don't end up with things we don't want.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2015
★★★★★ 4
"Thus die all traitors."
Format: Hardcover
At a grand 504 pages, this big book covers the Crimson Empire series in its entirety. Containing the first, second, and third mini-series as well as Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil, Dark Horse Extra #21-24 "Hard Currency", and Dark Horse Presents #1 "Third Time Pays for All". While some of these stories truly pale in comparison to the original series, they all still form a big story that is collected in this book. Slightly smaller than a regular TPB, this hardcover edition looks nice with a dustjacket (although mine was very off-center) but utilizes a glued binding on this thick book so you lose a bit to gutter loss.
The first story in the book is the classic Crimson Empire series. The six-issue series is collected here in full with a truly timeless story by Randy Stradley and Mike Richardson. Paul Gulacy did the awesome art within the issues. The writing and art work well together with the vibration of the blades to the movie-like, choreographed 12-page fight scene between Kanos and Jax at the end. A truly epic tale with lots of action and mystery that made you feel like you were watching another Star Wars movie but condensed into six issues of a comic book! This alone is worth the purchase price but you get even more stories after this!
Bounty Hunters: Kenix Kil follows the Crimson Empire in a tale following Kir Kanos after the end of the Crimson Empire series and was the third issue in the Bounty Hunters series. Kir becomes the bounty hunter Kenix Kil to move through a bounty hunter-filled planet and get what he needs and get out alive! Javier Saltares did the penciling while Randy Stradley reprised his role for the story. The story's short but tells a bit more about Kir and his journey. The drawings, while not as good as the first series, look good enough to get the story across.
Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood is next directly following the first series as Kir Kanos, as Kenix Kil, continues his quest to destroy what's left of the traitorous Imperial leaders. However, the return of an old friend side-tracks his quest and brings him to an even bigger journey! The old writing team of Mike Richardson and Randy Stradley return in this story as well as the original artist Paul Gulacy. The art's great and the story, though a bit dense, works well. There isn't quite as much action this time around but the story's just as good. The Zanzibar creatures are one of the creepiest things you'll ever see in a Star Wars comic, too!
Next up is the very short four-part comic entitled Hard Currency that appeared in Dark Horse Extra #21-24. The comic is written by Randy Stradley so you know the writing's done well but the art is by Isaas Buckminister Owens and is one God-awful mess. The characters are horribly out of proportion and it looks extremely cartoony. It's very, very short with only a few pages but even if you get past the art, the comic reads like a calendar with the book turned on its side. So, the whole process of reading this out of a 500+ page book is just annoying. I know they probably couldn't print it any other way but it's still inconvenient. However, what you get is a neat story wrapping up the fate of a character that has ran through the first two series and a bit more about Kir's alter ego Kenix Kil. Unlisted, the book appears to start with the third main series but actually contains an 8-page prequel comic that originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents #1 entitled The Third Time Pays for All. The writing has Randy Stradley again and, thankfully, Paul Gulacy on art duty (although his other works here were better). Once again, a short glimpse into the life of (a newly outfitted) Kenix Kil on a bounty-hunting mission while he reminisces about his past run-ins with Mirith Sinn.
Mike, Randy and Paul continue their work with the Crimson Empire III: Empire Lost where Kir Kanos rejoins Mirith Sinn one last time to thwart an Imperial thug from destroying the New Republic and the New Empire in one fell swoop! Leia, Luke, Han, and Chewie appear in this tale as well as Boba Fett to round out a classic cast. The art's great, once again, and the writing, while probably my least favorite of the series, is still pretty good with an epic fight between Kir and Devian. At the end of the book, we get the Crimson Empire Handbook entries on some of the characters as well as a few more covers to gawk at. While this hardcover book looks really nice, Dark Horse still fails to make a truly great edition for this series through the book itself. The contents are great but the small size and lack of comic covers are disappointing. Sadly, that's just how Dark Horse releases their hardcovers and TPBs. But, if you're looking to read the Crimson Empire books, this is the one to get!
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Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
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