Issue 8 features an illustration cover featuring many faces including a sumo wrestler depicted in brown, three females on the bottom, on person on the upper right with a crooked neck, and there are three woman on the upper left. A sole person rides the bottom half of a Godzilla, and there is one man seemingly out of place on the left.

Giant Robot - Issue #8

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Giant Robot issue 8!

Topics include: Tsui Hark vs John Woo, Hello Kitty vs Godzilla, Margaret Cho vs Cibo Matto, Steve Caballero vs Asian Car Clubs, DJ Q!-Bert vs DJ Kid Koala, Nut Lifting vs Shoulin, Shonen Knife vs Sugarplant, Mishima vs Miran Kim, Sumo Psychiatrist vs you!

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