Sa-Weet-Jeez O'Pete!  There's one of thee hottest babes to grace this site thus far!  Thanks so much to Jinky Coronado for taking time out of her busy schedule to answer a bunch'a questions for all you good people of 'snug' to read!  To show your appreciation, please visit her site cuz it's loaded with goodies and gimmicks galore! 

Dude, there's some blood-pumpin' shots like this too!

Whoa, so good-looks run in the family.  Jinky and her sister, Michelle, hangin' out and doing sister-stuff.

By Todd Tochioka

So your resume can be read as such:  model, author, artist, beauty pageant winner, um... anything else?

Wow, isn't that enough?  (giggles)  I was Miss Pond's Asia -- you know, the cold cream company? -- back in '98.  I'm doing a little bit of modelling now, but most of my efforts are focused on BANZAI GIRL -- both the comic book and the ever-expanding free website.

Do you cook a lot?

A lot of RICE! And mostly Filipino food, such as Adobo, Sinigang, beefsteak.  Fresh seafood whenever I can get it -- cajun catfish, shrimp, crabs.

Do you enjoy traditional Filipino foods then?

Of course!

I'd imagine that moving to the United States has introduced you to a lot of different foods as well.

Well, it almost all tastes the same!

So then what's your absolute favorite-favorite food?

Whole crab!

Did you eat well during the San Diego Comic Con?

Certainly not in the Convention Center!  Ewwww.  We found some Filipino and Chinese restaurants during the whole week, and seafood places.  So I did fine.  We even did OK at the Spaghetti Factory.  So where were you?

I uh, think I was, umm...  Probably busy?  No, honestly, I was probably recovering from the night before, and the night before that one...  Sh*t, I know, I really look forward to the annual Glasshouse / Euphoric rage at Spaghetti Factory.  I seriously hope we'll all be able to meet up next year for sure!

Me too.  Dave Campiti talked a lot about you.

How was San Diego for you this year?  Did you have an enjoyable time?

I have one word for San Diego:  Overwhelming.  My table was buried back in the No Man's Land of the Small Press Area, which many fans couldn't even find, or were too exhausted to get to, or ran out of time, money, and interest before they got there.  I was disappointed.  It was so huge, to go to a panel or go meet someone took an hour to get there and back!

That said, it was still wonderful to meet my favorite cartoonist Sergio Aragones, and the always-classy Stan "The Man" Lee.  And quite a few Filipinos familiar with my website came looking for me, which was great.