Firstly, Nezua must first inform you that if you have not yet grabbed one of the remaining subscriptions that can be entered into the contest to win a free signed print for the mag's contest, you are a silly lil mexican@ (or non-mexican@ ally and reader). The mag is thick with art, on choice paper, rising quickly in the LA scene, and affordable to us bloated and excessive Americanos. (Disfruten my full writeup, with images.) However, you may be like Nezua, himself, spending all his cash on orphans and such (they are expensive to replace!) and if so, all is forgiven.

Secondly, forgive my Mexican Lion joke. Again. Those who visited my old shop on cafepress know that's a favorite of mine. You may yet see it again somewhere. If it gets to ya, just...roar.

I hope I conveyed the propa amount of excitement and gratitude en el teléfono con Laura, because it is no exaggeration that I am extremely honored to be asked to be the lead writer on this project. Exposing the Reconquista plan is going to be the core theme for January's issue, and the idea's been brewing for a little while with Laura and her peeps. The longer you've been reading here, the better an understanding you'll have of how much this idea fits in to many rants I've been on, and even art-type objects I've fashioned. (In fact, I plan to re-open my Reconquistador shop in accordance). Laura mentioned that they were thinking about this, and I said I'd love to help, if I could. Imagine my surprise when Laura dijo that they had a "big board meeting" Sábado pasado, and decided I was the one to play Lead Writer, and then hand the blistering manifesto to a team of well-gloved illustrators and writers waiting to illustrate and edit into proper Quetzal resonance. It sounds like a ton of great fun, and it promises to push every damn button in the tower.

The (groundbreaking, dare I say?) piece will (finally) shrug off the idea that we should hide our stealthy Aztlán destiny, and will confess to the entire plot. Con orgullo. That's right—balls out, in print, and detailed with many footnotes and motivations and original Mexican reasonings! Diagrams and charts galore! (A veritable plethora, Jefe!) We're going to put the Reconquista plan right out there and let the hataz cope; let them run screaming, tumble and moan, whine, chatter, whisper, and purchase duct tape in unprecedented amounts. I won't preview the article here to be fair to the mag, nor will I post it until a certain window of times goes by after its release, but I may leave secret snacks for you along certain shelfs and behind outcroppings of rock (Can rock outcrop?).

There will be a big fiesta in Los Angeles (forgot the nombre of tha jernt) to celebrate the release of the January issue (paid for by the bigger sponsors signing on the mag since its release). I told Laura I'd love to go, but I'm not sure if it will be posible. I have a few weeks, anything could happen. Meanwhile, I must now hole up in my triple-reinforced adobe control center and scrawl down these important missives and planos; make sure they see the light of day so that our resurgence may benefit; so that our documented destiny may see the editor's desk and be given that all-important ritual spell: CIRCULATION!