Who originally founded Giant Robot and what year was GR formed?
ERIC: Giant Robot was founded in the summer of 1994. I came up with the idea and got Martin involved. N8 Shimizu came later on at about issue 4. J! (DENNIS): What was the inspiration to create GR and was it a very difficult process? Also, for those who have never heard of Giant Robot, can you describe what kind of magazine it is? ERIC: The inspiration to create GR came from our heads and hearts. That’s really it. We wanted to make a magazine that we would buy. There wasn’t one out there. Giant Robot is an Asian American/Asian underground pop culture magazine that also encompasses music, art, history and many related topics. It’s a wide range of a magazine. J! (DENNIS): In the few years that GR has been around, you have worked and befriended many Asian/Asian American celebrities. Who are the most interesting people that you have met and worked with? What was it like with hard to interview major Asian stars like Maggie Cheung and Jet Li? ERIC: Maggie Cheung is the hardest to interview an
