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Mr. Nakamura’s Opus

A new book celebrates 30 years of Giant Robot

BY GEORGE CHEN PUBLISHED: OCT 17, 2024

I n 1994, Los Angeles native Eric Nakamura photocopied 240 copies

of his first fanzine. Nakamura, then 25, had no inkling that Giant

Robot would determine the direction of his life for the next three

decades. Very little was planned, yet his zine would expand to a

bimonthly magazine, retail stores on both coasts, a restaurant, an art

gallery, and a podcast.