It’s hard to believe, but we’re already hard at work on putting together Issue 3 (except for Kevin and Scott, who are in the middle of some pansy vacation business). Of course, that also means that Issue 2, now printed and bound, should be on it’s way to readers in a matter of days.

The good news is that we know there are a ton of people that are going to absolutely love our cover story. The bad news? We’ll probably hear from the ones who don’t like it first, but nevertheless, we’re totally proud of it. Take a guess and see how right (or wrong) you are!

Starting a magazine from scratch is no easy task, that’s for sure. Now that we’ve finally gotten our first copies of Issue 1 in our hands, I took some time to sit back and marvel at what we’ve managed to put together. I think it’s going to be something that all sorts of folks can enjoy and find both informative and entertaining.

Of course, we’re not oblivious to what some of you are thinking and saying. Sure, you could say we’re not covering enough anime and instead aiming to be a Hollywood gossip rag or what have you. (The comparison to a TV guide was most amusing, no doubt.) You could say we’re wronging our readers by not giving them what they’re used to from that other magazine.

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Back in January, as word began to spread about PiQ, someone did us a solid and shared our early mockup cover with the public. While we weren’t thrilled about that part, we did watch the reaction to it and took note. And just to show that we aren’t resting on our laurels, we made sure that our final cover would indeed look a bit different so we can start this magazine off with a bang.

Here’s a quick look at the cover of our first issue, coming March 14th.

Yep, that’s all we can share for now. Stay tuned for more!