FAQ us? FAQ you!

In this entry we would be more than happy to address the following matter regarding:
!!!SILENT SANCTUM MANGA!!!

WHAT IS YOUR DEAL WITH THE WORD "FAQ"?

FAQ came from the uberly geeky term FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.And based from that
the group had modified the word as a substitute for a similar word synonymous to a
CURSE WORD.The same concept they did for LOBO in DC COMICS.
The word had gained notoriety due to the various situations it had appeared in the
context of SILENT SANCTUM MANGA.
It appeared in the book : FAQ YOU, FAQ SHEET, FAQ'N BITSS!, MEET THE FAQKERS!and in the company SLOGAN : JUST FAQ IT!The SSM! artists are commonly known as FAQKEE while the ever loyal readers would be
refered to as the FAQKERS!...quite charming really!

NO NAMES,NO FACE, NO PROBLEM!

Silent Sanctum Manga takes pride of their founders and artistses by NOT showing the general
public how they look.It was a concsious decision eversince the early stages of SILENT SANCTUM
MANGA.Following the same concept of their rock idols KISS(both in the anti-image aspect and
for their logo) the group accepted the counter culture revolution as an integral part of being
SSM!
By not showing a FACE, or revealing a NAME.The readers would focus more on the works and
the stories rather than trying to picture out how members might look in the real world.
With bands like SLIPKNOT,MUDVAYNE ,etc.It's quite obvious that people enjoy that air of mystery
we offer them.And since no one was or is complaining the same pattern is still followed
up to this day.

YOUR NAZIS MAN,YOUR F'N NAZIS!!!

As mentioned above.We were strongly influenced by the band KISS.And we pretty much followed
the font style the marketing and everything to evoke that sense of KISS merchandising.We
strongly suggest that you leave all your preconceived notions and knowledge at the door since
it's no good here.We won't take them now,WE WON'T TAKE THEM EVER!
SILENT SANCTUM MANGA are not NAZIS.
WORLD WAR 2 is a thing of the past...HISTORY so to speak!Althogh the effects are undeniable
but clearly this has nothing todo with our book since we are a purely fictional manga.
Even the SUBLIMINAL CONTENT joke were all just a pun of the BACKMASKING trend during the 90's.
So don't expect any pseudo-satanism,pro-hitler,anti-semitic meaning behind the logo.
It is made to look like the KISS logo and KISS is what it's going for.Since then up untill now.

REALLY NOW?CARE TO EXPLAIN THE LIGHTNING BOLTS...NAZIS!

Ok we like something FLASHY.Something that would evoke that sense of "BEING IN THE MOMENT"
kinda feel.After much debate.We deicided on LIGHTNING BOLTS.
Because it's quick,it's snappy sounding and it kills!
Since ZEUS uses them...does that make him a NAZI?
Since SHAZAM! has one on his chest...does that make him a NAZI?
Since ELECMAN uses that power on MEGAMAN ....does that make him a NAZI...a ROBOT NAZI to be more exact!
Since MERALCO uses it on their logo...clearly they must also be NAZIS!
And since BLANKA uses it to torture people...he must definitely be a NAZI!
Clearly you can't just go on assuming things you know based on a first impression.
Silent Sanctum Manga artistses are all mild mannered,god fearing ,family loving,free hugs giving
individuals.Any associations to military and social parties are purely coincidental.
And the only reason why we don't (and can't)change these type of things are because
THE LOGO and THE NAME had all been COPYRIGHTED and changing it would cause us delays and
all that legal mumbo-jumbo we would be more than happy to live without!
So we're SILENT SANCTUM MANGA.With the SSes and the lightning bolts.
Take it or leave it you guys!

WHO CAN JOIN THE SILENT SANCTUM MANGA FAMILY?

ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE CAN JOIN!

Silent Sanctum Manga was formed out of the interest of creating a komik book that ACTUALLY
listened to their audiences.A raised finger to the ugly mug of corporate komik books.
Rather than try to pin pointing specific people.Silent Sanctum Manga
would try to include everyone and make them as much part of the book as the stories and
artistses themselves.
This is more often than not proven within the book for CUSTOMERS,COSPLAYERS,FRIENDS and even
random people who passed by our booth would get a chance to see their faces in our manga.
Everything we did we try to inlude the people that had help us get to where we are.
Be it a GREETING,a PICTURE OF THEIR ARMPITS,or even their hot GIRLFRIEND.We deliver.
Since why try to please the universe when you can't please a planet?

BIMONTHLY WHUT?

Ok we won't lie that we're not basically on time with coming out with every issue.
But we try to come up with atleast 3 issues a year.That's good enough for a company
running on every members weekly (read:minimum waged) salary.
And since Silent Sanctum Manga tries to provide all sorts of wacky gimmicks for all
it's readers,this doesn't mean getting them printed is just a walk in the park.
The creators/publishers and the artistses would most of the time have a BITE MORE THAN THEY
CAN CHEW.Meaning budget wise the book's earnings would more often than not be less that what
they actually spent on the project.So every issue of SILENT SANCTUM MANGA is actually
like giving you guys more MANGA for you BUCK!It's the gift that keeps on giving so to speak!

FLUCTUATING COVER PRICE

As mentioned earlier. The group would ALWAYS and we do mean ALWAYS put the CUSTOMER'S interest
first before anything else.Meaning that if the PRICE INCREASE isn't necessary the increase
wouldn't push thru.Every time changes would be made,a meeting would always be called in to
order and as much as possible SSM! would try to keep the price within the margin.Even if it
would meant sacrificing a lot and spending more money on our part.
No price is too great to keep all the loyal SSM! readers happy.

FANS = NO
READERS = YES

Grabbing on to a dictionary.You could immediately tell that the word "FAN" would imply that someone is
a FANATIC or FANATICAL about something.That is something we try to avoid as well when referring to our readers.
We simply just call them the FAQKERS or FRIENDS or generically READERS since our followers
are more than than.Their all intelligent individuals and we are thankful every issue
for their undying trust and support.

WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU AGAIN?

Because we won't tell you anything UNREAL.
Because we are not here to fob you with cheap tricks and gimmicks.
Because before we even gotten to this (whatever status is wherein right now)We were
also like YOU back then.
We had our fair share of being turned down by snobbish A-list artistses.
Having a total geek-out crush on someone.
And basically nerding out on a lot of things that others would consider childish and immature.
For trully SILENT SANCTUM MANGA is the book how the 90's otaku enthusiast would have lived.
An honest book for artists,con goers,greasy fanboys/fangirls and the regular pervy dudes.
A book for people who liked us dreamed of becoming big as well someday,sometime.
For REALITIES do come true,especially to people who worked really really hard on their dreams.
'coz after everything has been said and done.
THE SACRIFICES MIGHT BE HIGH,BUT SURELY ENOUGH THE REWARDS MUST DEFINITELY BE EVEN HIGHER.
So let's try to make this book the best darn book ever.A book about us by us.
WHO WOULD'NT WANNA SEE THAT??