Published by ASSOULINE. 

Featuring original photography and rare memorabilia, alongside a Foreword by Guillermo del Toro and text by Steve Cohen, Confronting Magic celebrates twenty years of Chamber Magic and the variety of guests that the lively, intimate show has attracted and stunned. Here we see stills and props from Cohen’s most praise-worthy tricks, including “Think-a-Drink” and the jaw-dropping Bullet Catch. At other times, the camera is turned to the audience, inviting readers to step into the magician’s shoes and see what he sees – the laughter and the outbursts; the silence and the hand-wringing; the collapsing-onto-your-neighbor’s-shoulder and the wide-eyed disbelief. These jubilant reactions illustrate just why audiences return to Cohen’s parlor again and again – music can make you dance; comedy can make you laugh; but only magic can make you wonder.

208 pages • hardcover with silk screen cover

A not-quite-biographical graphic novel retelling of magician Steve Cohen's life and rise to fame. Steve finds his very life swept up in a dark scandal when he discovers a powerful businessman's dooming secret and must "disappear" to avoid a deadly fate. 

He spends years hiding in Japan and training in martial arts before returning to New York to save the businessman's innocent victims and enact his revenge. Using the skills of a magician, Steve Cohen devises a methodical plan to take down the criminal mastermind... from the inside. 

Art by Peter Krause

Story by Keith Champagne

Coloring by Jordie Bellaire

Foreword by David Copperfield

110 pages, paperback, full color