The Society of American Magicians has selected Alan Howard to succeed Michael Close as the Editor of the M-U-M magazine. Mr. Howard was previously the editor of Juggle Magazine and associate editor of MAGIC Magazine. After a rigorous two-month process, Mr. Howard was selected from the six applicants and has been contracted to begin in October 2017 to assemble his staff and work with Mr. Close to transition the publication’s editorial responsibilities. Mr. Close’s last issue will be the December 2017 issue, with Mr. Howard’s first issue the January 2018 issue.
The Society cannot thank Mr. Close enough for his over 9 years at the helm of the M-U-M, bringing interesting features, diverse informational columns, tricks and magic product reviews to our compeers. Mr. Howard will work to assemble his design team and columnists. He expects to continue the longstanding high-quality magazine that the members expect from our flagship publication.
Alan has a long history as a writer and has written for everything from The Guinness Book of World Records to Boy’s Life. In 1998 he became Associate Editor of JUGGLE Magazine and took over full editorship of the publication 2001. After Stan Allen stepped out as publisher of that magazine, Alan continued as an independent publisher/editor, handling 100% of the publication.
During those years, Alan also on MAGIC Magazine, becoming associate editor in January 2006. Since that time, he was in on every decision, often writing the key stories, and always editing and proofing the balance of content.
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Alan also has a strong background as a performer. He has performed as a juggler in casinos and production shows in Las Vegas, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Atlantic City, and Freeport, Bahamas. He has performed on over 340 cruises, aboard 56 ships, for 15 cruise lines and on stages and television internationally in the US, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Spain.
Stan Allen, the publisher of MAGIC MAGAZINE and the founder of MAGIC-Live said; “Alan has a deep knowledge of the world of magic, both current and the past. He has a larger personal magic library than I do, and he’s actually read it!”
Alan Howard looks to be a great addition to the 107 year history of M-U-M Magazine.
John Moehring was a giant in the magic world. He was born in Houston, Texas on July 19, 1942 and he passed away July 9, 2017 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Moehring got to meet Cardini, Fred Kapps and may of his other magical heroes at the 1959 IBM-SAM Combined Convention in Chicago. The next year he would enter the Texas Association of Magicians Junior competition and took home a First Place Trophy. People that saw that show recall being impressed with the skill and the style the young magician demonstrated. He honed his act to perfection while in college at North Texas State University. He did this by performing eight shows a day, seven days a week at Six Flags Over Texas every summer. In 1964 the founder of the Six Flags franchise, Angus Wynne built the Texas State Pavilion at the World’s Fair in New York and tapped John to perform his act. Needless to say, John took off a semester at NTSU to take advantage of this opportunity.
His resume includes Director of Live Shows for Astroworld, Houston, TX – 1968-70, Operations Manager for Carowinds, Charlotte, NC – 1970-73, Director of Development for Magic Harbor, Myrtle Beach, SC – 1974-75 and the Live Shows Production Consultant for Marriott’s Great America, Gurnee, IL and Santa Clara, CA – 1976-80. From 1978 through 1990 John owned and operated Panorama Productions Inc., an audiovisual production company in Charlotte, NC. From 1990 through 1996 John was employed by Showtek Corporation, Arlington, Texas, where he scripted, produced and directed shows for theme parks and casinos in Atlantic City, NJ, Las Vegas, NV, and Seoul, Korea. One of the well-known shows he produced was the Wizard’s Secret Magic show at the MGM Grand where he taught and mentored many young magicians upon their arrival in Las Vegas.
In 1991 Moehring helped put together an evening performance at the IBM convention in Baltimore featuring only acts that had appeared on the Ed Sullivan show. This allowed him to do the full six minute act and was also the last time he performed it. After this last performance, John began contributing freelance articles to MAGIC Magazine and was eventually appointed Associate Editor in 1996. John would go on to serve as Editor of MAGIC from 2001 through 2005. From 2006 through 2008 John served as editor of M-U-M, a monthly magazine for the members of The Society of American Magicians. During John’s three-year tenure as editor there was a marked growth in S.A.M. membership and circulation of the organization’s magazine.
In addition to all of this, John also wrote A Texan Trixter in 1986, The Magical Life of Marshall Brodien; Creator of TV Magic Cards and Wizzo the Wizard in 2007 and in 2010 John wrote Del Ray; America’s Foremost Magician for His Time.