6 Reasons to buy “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu” an MandMx.com Collection.

We’re really excited over here about our first book at MandMx.com! It’s called “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection” We both worked really hard and think it’s one special book that will get you thinking and talking in both English and Chinese!  MX worked really hard on the Chinese and the translations and I’ve been tirelessly drawing and cartooning away.  And in a few short weeks you too could have your very own, lovingly-put-together, first-ever, unique-as-anything, family-bonding-type M and Mx BOOK called “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection”

How much?

“Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection“ is selling for $15.99. CHEAP!  Perfect for birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, Hanukah gifts and Chinese New Year gifts.  We send to anywhere in the world!  Shipping and handling is minuscule.  Also “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection“ is perfect for friends or those in your family who have traveled to China (the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc.), regularly travel to China (the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc.), or are planning to travel to China (the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong etc.).  The book is also perfect for those friends and family members who have studied Chinese (Mandarin), are presently studying Chinese (Mandarin), or are thinking about studying Chinese (Mandarin).

Why is it so special?

Our book “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection” is special because it spans the very beginning of our website, www.MandMx.com from that fateful day in Shanghai where I paid money and got a website.  I started posting comics up and that was 2 years ago September 20th.  HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY MandMX!!!!  The book contains all the comics from the first day to the end of that year.  We posted then on a daily basis and the book is a very auspicious 158 pages long!

Can’t I read them all online?

Yes, of course you can read them online.  But, the special thing about “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection” is that we’ve included a couple of interesting things that might or might not appear on the website!

1.  A special Introduction written by Magnus that offers a very personal look at how the comic and website operate.  You’ll probably laugh and appreciate what we do more by reading that.

2.  We’ve partnered with 5 other websites (and the people who write for those websites) in and around the China Blogosphere to help us with the role out of our first book.  There is a special thank you  page that gives a great introduction to their sites and will get you excited about China (again)!

3.  The book also includes our seminal work on the China Blogosphere that went up that year.  It’s a comprehensive look at the English world’s China Blogosphere and how it started and where it was 2 years ago and where it’s going.

4.  “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection” also includes a guest post from Christmas that year about celebrating Christmas in Shanghai and how the locals hear about the “strange Western Holiday.”

5.  I’ve dug deep and scrounged up a couple pages from our sketch book to include in the book.  You can see the preliminary “scribble on the cocktail napkin” original sketch of some ideas that later became some of our first comics!

6.  And best of all, “Electric Voices and Stinky Tofu: An MandMx.com Collection“ includes a NEVER BEFORE SEEN short illustrated story about Magnus’s first 5 years in China and how his life has changed because of it.  We’re sure many Westerners will identify with this funny and real to life short story and many Chinese will learn a few things about what Westerners first learn about China.  This story has never and will never appear on our website MandMx.com.  This is exclusive to the book and well worth it!  The story is in perfect American English.

Thanks again to all of you out there who participated a while back when we asked you to choose which title we should use for our new book.  Those answers helped us to come up with a title and we appreciate all that input.

MandMx.com is a web destination that is run by a husband and wife team from America and China.  The American husband does the comics and the Chinese wife does the translations and you do all the laughing and learning!  “M” stands for Magnus who comes from Western Massachusetts and has lived in China for 5 years.  “MX” stands for MingXing who comes from the bustling metropolis of Shanghai on the Eastern tip of East Asia in the People’s Republic of China.  Mx has lived on 3 continents during her life.  Together, Magnus and MingXing or MandMx form one to create the first ever Chinese/English comic strip on the web.  If you are interested at all in China, or if you are fascinated at all by China… this is the place to be for 3 new fresh and fascinating comics per week.  If you are studying Chinese or if you are frustrated at the boring Mandarin textbooks… this is the place to be for 3 new fresh and fascinating comics per week.

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