Prepare to laugh! FUNWORLD, the world’s most outrageous magazine, launches with a party on October 23 at the SARAsen International Gallery in Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong’s popular nightclub district.

For its debut issue, the new magazine focuses on hilarity in the U.S. presidential election. It delivers rib-tickling cartoons and plenty of commentaries.

“After eight years of miscues by U.S. president George W. Bush, what’s more important than maintaining a sense of humor?” asked FUNWORLD publisher SARA, an award-winning political cartoonist. “We aim to tickle millions of funny bones in Asia and beyond.”

At the launch party, SARA will lead a magazine-signing ceremony. That night, FUNWORLD will sell at a special introductory price. The gallery even has an exhibition of paintings, whimsical sculptures and cartoons.

“The launch party should be a fantastic occasion – a chance to introduce FUNWORLD, to reveal the intricacies of political cartooning and even to discuss why Asians regard the 2008 U.S. election as the most important in recent times,” said Jay Scott Kanes, the magazine’s editor.

FUNWORLD will circulate by mail, in shops and soon on the Internet. SARA has won Amnesty International Human Rights Press Awards not once or twice, but three times – in 1996, 1997 and 1998. As a political cartoonist for 36 years, he’s a veteran observer of political frays as seen from the newsrooms of leading newspapers and magazines.

Spreading laughter isn’t the magazine’s only important mission. It also aims:
-- to poke and prod at political and business titans, the hardest at those needing it most;
-- speak with humor and clout for the masses, hundreds of millions strong and without the resources or voices to be heard otherwise;
-- reinforce media independence, free speech and the art of political satire; and
-- build a new line of defense for human rights and basic freedoms.

All cartoon and magazine enthusiasts are invited to the launch party. Please RSVP by email to: gallery.sarasen@gmail.com

The SARAsen Gallery
Winner Building, 5/F
27-37 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong
Central, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2525-6984


SARA, an award-winning political cartoonist,
unleashes his talents to create FUNWORLD.

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