The NYT has today published a nice article (under the byline of Randy Kennedy, which name I've seen before on similar articles, if memory serves) on one of my favorite magazines that crossed over the zine to official pub line - Giant Robot. Replete with anecdotes about their tough formation (sadly, my run starts at issue number 2, rather than what sounds like a delightful number 1...), their increasing influence in promoting-but-not-promoting Asian and Asian-American culture, and their irascible but friendly zine nature.

Huzzah, I say. Those are the good publications, the ones that stick true even as they grow larger in print run and page count.

Posted by esinclai at July 05, 2004 09:44 AM |