In their latest series of hard-hitting expose forum threads revealing the sad truth about me (see Andrew Mayne is a comic book geek), Ellusionist forum moderator Steerpike uncovers my alleged alter-ego as a hack amateur filmmaker. He found a certain book in Barnes & Noble written by a guy that looks a lot like me…Andrew Mayne’s double life

I will neither confirm or deny that. I’ll also point out that if you go through all the magazines in Barnes & Noble you’ll possibly find another potential alter-ego of mine listed as an advisor in one of them.

As far as the name on the book is concerned, if it were my alias, my reason for using one has more to do with trying not to dilute my name and managing expectations (chiefly my own). I’ve mentioned this before, after performing on cruise ships and resorts as an illusionist I performed in comedy clubs and theatres under a different name so I could develop a different performing style (and get practice while taking cheap gigs and not hurt my rate as an illusionist). Alter egos are kind of a hobby of mine. I might have even released some magic effects under a different name too…

I hope Steerpike doesn’t dig too deeply into YouTube and find my tear-filled video diary done under yet another alias.