It's happenin'!

The creative project I've been working on with Mango Comics is coming to fruition this month! (You know, that pun just popped up out of nowhere; I swear I didn't mean it...) Here's what Mango bigwig Zach Yonzon has to say about it:

GIRL POWER THIS JANUARY WITH MANGO JAM!
Prepare for girl power with Mango Jam, a 64-page bimonthly comic digest from Mango Comics! Jam at the Shang, the Mango Jam launch, will happen on January 29, 2005, from 2-6pm at the 5th level, Shangri-La Edsa Plaza. There will be booth activities, games, and fashion shows throughout the event. The first 100 girls to arrive and purchase a copy of Mango Jam will receive a goodie bag from Mango Comics and its partners.

Each Mango Jam comic magazine contains four stories written by notable female writers such as Palanca Award-winner Cyan Abad-Jugo, National Book Award-winner Nikki Go-Alfar, MTV Ink Editor-in-Chief Kristine Fonacier, and pop culture writer Karen Kunawicz. The stories are drawn by spectacular new female talent Glenda Abad, Maisa Deluria, Ellaine Guerrero, and Mia Reyes in the popular manga or anime style of comic illustration created and popularized by the Japanese.

Mango Jam, published by Mango Comics, breaks new ground as the country's first all-female comic magazine (including the editorial staff). Each issue will also contain interviews, reviews, anime features, and other articles of interest to young, intelligent, fun-loving Filipinas.

Mango Comics is the publisher of Mwahaha, MooMoo Hunters, Mars Ravelo's Lastikman, and the National Book Award-winning Mars Ravelo's Darna. Jam at the Shang is co-presented by Shangri-La Edsa Plaza, Jam 88.3, and Smart Kid.

Doesn't Zach make me sound all accomplished and hoity-toity? This first issue is edited by me, which is kind of ironic, considering my husband's rabid anti-manga stance. But like it or not, Dean is just going to have to haul his anti-manga ass over to the Shang on the 29th... and y'all better be there too, if you know what's good for you! (I'll be extra-nice to you if you spread the word!)