<i>Giant Robot</i>'s humble beginnings

Giant Robot's humble beginnings The birth of Giant Robot Giant Robot, never a drag No other magazine like Giant Robot A diverse audience Father in camp but learning from history books Skateboarding at Manzanar Giant Robot, a stepping stone for young artists Japan's view on Asian American pop culture and art

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Giant Robot got started, basically as a ‘zine of my bedroom in 1994. And, basically I wanted to make a publication that hit upon Asian American topics and there’s no money for us to do it, so we just basically had to photocopy it, staple and fold it ourselves, and even that we just made this rickety looking publication, but it was really thick and we were really happy with it so I think the whole point of it was to just keep going with it and improve as we went along.

Date: November 27, 2005
Location: California, US
Interviewer: John Esaki and Janice Tanaka
Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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