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Gray book cover with a large violet rectangle on top third of cover with title and artist's name in English and Japanese. A close up illustration of a startled man with multicolor pupils looks at the viewer.
Takashi Murakami - I Love Prints And So I Make Them Catalog
$ 98.00
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Giant Robot issue 3. It features a black and white robot illustration from a tin toy box. It's facing left and firing missiles. There is cover text that says Alfredo Alcala, MAK 90, Emilys Sassy Lime, Doughnuts made by Cambodians, Asian Topics in Punk Songs, Hong Kong films, UFC V, Pizzicato, Sebadoh.
Giant Robot - Issue 3 Zine (Re-print)
$ 12.00
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Two stacked copies of zine, white background with a colored illustration by Terada of a woman in an elaborately mechanical helmet with two salamander creatures around her head.
Katsuya Terada Hot Pot Girls II Zine
$ 5.00
Sold Out
Cover for Issue #3 of "Optic Nerve" comic, featuring an illustration of 2 people standing at a gas station, talking. One holds a soda and the other has headphones in.
Adrian Tomine - Optic Nerve #03
$ 2.95
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Cover for issue 2 of "Optic Nerve" comic, featuring a cover illustration of a woman with short hair, glasses and a yellow jacket, looking down with her hands in her pockets and a concerned expression. Background is a busy street.
Adrian Tomine - Optic Nerve #02
$ 2.95
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Katsuya Terada - Hot Pot Girls Zine
Katsuya Terada - Hot Pot Girls Zine
$ 5.00
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Tan colored cover of Shortcomings, with white petal patterns. 2 black and white illustrated people are in the bottom, each only half visible. One woman and one man.
Adrian Tomine - Shortcomings (Softcover)
$ 22.95
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Julie Doucet - Elle Humour book cover, all white with an upper case "E" made up of collaged newspaper.
Julie Doucet - Elle Humour
$ 39.95
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Giant Robot - Issue #16 features a color image of a woman dressed as a "school girl" kicking a rollerblader in the face. It reads "kicking face with Ming Tran"
Giant Robot - Issue #16
$ 12.00
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Christopher Doyle - Buenos Aires. A man wearing all jean material clothes and a baseball cap stands, looking away. A large ship is in the background.
Christopher Doyle - Buenos Aires
$ 105.00
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Giant Robot - Issue #62 features an illustration of an airplane going downwards, perhaps crashing into the ground. Behind it are many other planes doing the same. Yet also in the sky are rock like clouds and trees also falling.
Giant Robot - Issue #62
$ 12.00
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Giant Robot Issue #59 magazine cover, featuring an illustration of an urban street setting with vending machines, store fronts, signage and washing machines confined to a spherical shape. The sphere is floating above a mosaic ground empty city street. "Giant Robot" is written in bold red font at the top and topics that can be read in the product description.
Giant Robot - Issue #59
$ 8.00
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Giant Robot - Issue #58 features an illustration of a woman sitting in a Chinese painting like image. She's holding a bloody knife dripping of blood and there is a lake and trees behind her. There appears to be hiding mammals of some sort. Perhaps they are small bears.
Giant Robot - Issue #58
$ 12.00
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Giant Robot - Issue #53 features a red faced simple drawing that's reminiscent of a happy face, but more pear shaped. It's all on a white background
Giant Robot - Issue #53
$ 12.00
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Giant Robot Issue #51 magazine cover features free form line art illustration of a nude woman with long hair, perched with one leg up against a tree. "Giant Robot" is written in bold pink font across the top, with topics below reading "Hot Links, Get in the Minivan, Meet John Jay, Blog Jam, Black Arts, Lusty Ladies, Flashers, Feric."
Giant Robot - Issue #51
$ 8.00
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Giant Robot - Issue #52 features an illustration of two women with cone heads with hear. Their outfits include a pattern and the second person has one made up of further illustrations although it's shaped like a jacket. There is hand written text that includes Maid Cafes, Hawaii Modern, Iced Out, Machine Girl, and Albert Reyes,
Giant Robot - Issue #52
$ 12.00
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Giant Robot Issue #47 magazine cover featuring an illustration of a cartoon bear standing holding large ant and ladybug in its hand. Its surrounded by other happy cartoon animals, such as a pig, elephant, squirrel, turtle and hedgehog. "Giant Robot" is written in bold yellow font along the top. Written topics can be read in product description.
Giant Robot - Issue #47
$ 8.00
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Giant Robot - Issue #46 features a green background, fronted by a cartoon illustration of a large pink bear kneeing a small child in the face, but you cannot see the point of impact, but you can see circles of blood. In the upper left corner. you can see the child and bear happily playing, but the child is large sized and the bear is tiny.
Giant Robot - Issue #46
$ 12.00
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Giant Robot Issue #45 magazine cover, cream cover with a red Murakami DOB character on the cover. "Giant Robot" is written in blue across the top. Listed topics can be read in product description.
Giant Robot - Issue #45
$ 20.00
Gray book cover with a large violet rectangle on top third of cover with title and artist's name in English and Japanese. A close up illustration of a startled man with multicolor pupils looks at the viewer.
Open page excerpt, illustration of many multicolor Murakami flower faces.
Gray book cover with a large violet rectangle on top third of cover with title and artist's name in English and Japanese. A close up illustration of a startled man with multicolor pupils looks at the viewer.
Open page excerpt, illustration of many multicolor Murakami flower faces.

Takashi Murakami - I Love Prints And So I Make Them Catalog

$ 98.00
Softcover, 10" x 8.5", 128 pages, Full Color, Text in Japanese & English

A wonderful catalog of Murakami's prints from his KaiKai KiKi Gallery! Classic first run prints from his collection.
Giant Robot issue 3. It features a black and white robot illustration from a tin toy box. It's facing left and firing missiles. There is cover text that says Alfredo Alcala, MAK 90, Emilys Sassy Lime, Doughnuts made by Cambodians, Asian Topics in Punk Songs, Hong Kong films, UFC V, Pizzicato, Sebadoh.
The back features an Asian man in a robe surrounded by four Asian women all pointing guns at the man. It says Lounging Like a Giant Robot Spy.
Page that has picture of a person holding an assault rifle. The headline reads Welcome to the Wonderful World of Chinese Guns.
Giant Robot Launch! Page spread, featuring a sumo wrestler in center. There's a right hand page Blurts and has pictures of Hello Kitty, Bruce Lee, and a shaved head woman.
Giant Robot - Issue 3 Zine (Re-print)
Giant Robot issue 3. It features a black and white robot illustration from a tin toy box. It's facing left and firing missiles. There is cover text that says Alfredo Alcala, MAK 90, Emilys Sassy Lime, Doughnuts made by Cambodians, Asian Topics in Punk Songs, Hong Kong films, UFC V, Pizzicato, Sebadoh.
The back features an Asian man in a robe surrounded by four Asian women all pointing guns at the man. It says Lounging Like a Giant Robot Spy.
Page that has picture of a person holding an assault rifle. The headline reads Welcome to the Wonderful World of Chinese Guns.
Giant Robot Launch! Page spread, featuring a sumo wrestler in center. There's a right hand page Blurts and has pictures of Hello Kitty, Bruce Lee, and a shaved head woman.
Giant Robot - Issue 3 Zine (Re-print)

Giant Robot - Issue 3 Zine (Re-print)

$ 12.00

Zine measures 8.5 x 11 inches, 70 pages, Black & White.

Giant Robot history reprinted! Before it was a magazine, Giant Robot was a zine. And Issue 3 is back 20 years later! Culture that is still relevant and interesting to this day.  Re-discover it all! Articles on:

  • Alfredo Alcala comic book artist
  • MAK-90's - Are you safe without one?
  • Emily's Sassy Lime vs Rice! The War.
  • Doughnuts made by Cambodians.
  • Asian Topics in old Punk Songs
  • Hong Kong Films
  • Nails, Youth, Sumo, UFC V, Pizzicato, Blurts, Sebadoh and Tons More!
Two stacked copies of zine, white background with a colored illustration by Terada of a woman in an elaborately mechanical helmet with two salamander creatures around her head.

Katsuya Terada Hot Pot Girls II Zine

$ 5.00
Softcover, 32 pages, Measures 4.25 x 6 inches, black & white.

Released along with Katsuya Terada's second solo art show at our Giant Robot 2 gallery comes this Hot Pot Girls zine. Hot Pot Girls 2 features black and white photos of the artist's various drawings and paintings for his Hot Pot Girls show. What wonderful work!
Katsuya Terada - Hot Pot Girls Zine

Katsuya Terada - Hot Pot Girls Zine

$ 5.00
Softcover, 32 pages, Measures 4.25 x 6 inches, black & white.

Released along with Katsuya Terada's solo art show at our Giant Robot 2 gallery comes this Hot Pot Girls zine. Features black and white photos of the artist's various drawings and paintings for his Hot Pot Girls show. What wonderful work!

Tan colored cover of Shortcomings, with white petal patterns. 2 black and white illustrated people are in the bottom, each only half visible. One woman and one man.
Black and white panel excerpt, an illustrated woman lays on her bed and looks and various photos of herself.
Tan colored cover of Shortcomings, with white petal patterns. 2 black and white illustrated people are in the bottom, each only half visible. One woman and one man.
Black and white panel excerpt, an illustrated woman lays on her bed and looks and various photos of herself.

Adrian Tomine - Shortcomings (Softcover)

$ 22.95
Softcover, 9.25" x 6.5", 108pp, Black & White

Ben Tanaka has problems. In addition to being rampantly critical, sarcastic, and insensitive, his longåÐterm relationship is awash in turmoil. His girlfriend, Miko Hayashi, suspects that Ben has a wandering eye, and more to the point, it's wandering in the direction of white women. This accusation (and its various implications) becomes the subject of heated, spiralling debate, setting in motion a story that pits California against New York, devotion against desire, and trust against truth.

By confusing their personal problems with political ones, Ben and Miko are strangely alone together and oddly alike, even as they fly apart. Being human, all too human, they fail to see that what unites them is their shared hypocrisies, their double standards. This gray zone between the personal and the political is a minefield that Tomine navigates boldly and nimbly. The charged, volatile dialogues that result are unlike anything in Tomine's previous work or, for that matter, comics in general. But Shortcomings is no mere polemic. Any issues that are raised stand on equal footing with expertly-crafted plot turns, subtle characterization, and irreverent humor, all drawn in Tomine's heart-breakingly evocative style. What Tomine ultimately offers is more provocation than pronouncement--a brutal, funny, and insightful reflection of human shortcomings.

Shortcomings was serialized in Tomine's iconic comic book series Optic Nerve (issues #9-11) and was excerpted in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13.

Cover varies in color.
Julie Doucet - Elle Humour book cover, all white with an upper case "E" made up of collaged newspaper.

Julie Doucet - Elle Humour

$ 39.95
Hardcover, 7.25" x 8.25", 144pp, Full Color

Renowned cartoonist Julie Doucet has created a unique, mass produced artistí«í´s book. Printed on a half dozen different papers in eight colors, this amalgamation of drawing, collage, painting, and narrative is a visionary meditation on love and its discontents. Using cut out, collaged letters and phrases to compose her oblique, poetic text, Doucetí«í´s words are as graphically enticing as her images. The book moves from pointed collages made from 1960s Quebecois magazines to abstract, psychedelic drawings to a moving catalog of her loverí«í´s possessions, and back again. The diversity of images could be the work of multiple artists, but Doucetí«í´s funny, frank sensibility ties it all together. Doucet, long known as the "female R. Crumb," and regarded as the finest female cartoonist of the 20th century, has never before published a book like this: a pure, non-comics distillation of her artistic sensibility. This complete work of art will appeal both to fans of her graphic novelsí«ÌÎÌÓwho will appreciate her sense of humor and vivacious drawingí«ÌÎÌÓand art aficionados who will be moved and surprised by her skills, and bowled over by her unforgettable images.
Giant Robot - Issue #16 features a color image of a woman dressed as a "school girl" kicking a rollerblader in the face. It reads "kicking face with Ming Tran"

Giant Robot - Issue #16

$ 12.00

The Martial Arts & Leisure Issue. Cover with Ming Tran.

An oldie but goodie! Tura Santana Returns, Stick Fighters Revenge, Parappa Raps, Ming Tran, Shaolin Kung Fu, Tae-Bo Fever, Matrix Mahem and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.
Christopher Doyle - Buenos Aires. A man wearing all jean material clothes and a baseball cap stands, looking away. A large ship is in the background.

Christopher Doyle - Buenos Aires

$ 105.00

Hardcover, 6" x 8.25", 220pp, Text in English and Japanese

Some copies have some minor imperfections to the cover to some degree.

Buenos Aries is sort of a visual journal of acclaimed cinematographer Christopher Doyle (2046, Hero, Infernal Affairs). The book documents his everday experiences on the set of Buenos Aries, a film that recreates the experiences of director Wong Kar-Wai and his crew while in Argentina in 1996. Each page is in entry penned by Doyle himself which is accompanied by incredible photographs of behind the scene moments on set and various locations in Argentina.

Giant Robot - Issue #62 features an illustration of an airplane going downwards, perhaps crashing into the ground. Behind it are many other planes doing the same. Yet also in the sky are rock like clouds and trees also falling.

Giant Robot - Issue #62

$ 12.00

The Character Builders issue. Cover by Rob Sato.

Cover art and interview with artist Rob Sato
Thrift shopping with author/futurist William Gibson
Hong Kong's God of Vinyl Michael Lau
The photography of skate legend/ripping musician Ray Barbee
DMC champ/sound system master DJ Kentaro
Oakland A's catcher/MVP/Hawai'i local Kurt Suzuki
Daniel Wu eats 90-year-old beef brisket noodle broth
The post garage rock fury of The Dirtbombs
The Invisible Cities sighting
Social design by Project H
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY LIFTING INDUSTRIES lands in L.A.
Korean filmmaker Kim Ji-won ain't nothing but a gorehound
Actor Hiroshi Watanabe on rice
Masakatsu Sashie + T.Rex = ?
A Perfect Day in Santa Ana with Free The Robots
Anime, movies, videogames, comics, and way more...

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot Issue #59 magazine cover, featuring an illustration of an urban street setting with vending machines, store fronts, signage and washing machines confined to a spherical shape. The sphere is floating above a mosaic ground empty city street. "Giant Robot" is written in bold red font at the top and topics that can be read in the product description.

Giant Robot - Issue #59

$ 8.00

The Wreck Age Issue. Cover by Masakatsu Sashie.

Artist Masakatsu Sashie, Actor Masahiro Motoki and director Yojior Takita from the Academy Award-winning Departures, Actress and ass kicker from Chocolate Jija Yanin, aniel Wu moving bricks in Sichuan, Tokyo Sonata director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Tokyo! actress Ayako Fujitani, Master of cute bento, Makiko Ogawa, Ex-mafia badass relocated, Kenji Gallo, Seventies smut deconstructed by Anna Biller, Art photographer Gina Osterloh, Anti-war photographer Paul Park, Thao Nguyen interviews The Get Down Stay Down, Abe Vigoda--the band, not the actor, Suki Ewers--from Opal, Mazzy Star, Anemone, and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot - Issue #58 features an illustration of a woman sitting in a Chinese painting like image. She's holding a bloody knife dripping of blood and there is a lake and trees behind her. There appears to be hiding mammals of some sort. Perhaps they are small bears.

Giant Robot - Issue #58

$ 12.00

The Fifteen Years Issue. Cover by Stella Lai.

Asian jello extravaganza, Chandni Chowk to China and then some Pet Architecture by Atelier Bow-Wow, King of Remakes Roy Lee, Daniel Wu vs. Louis Koo, Hollywood hotshot Leonardo Nam, Gachi Boy director Norihiro, Truckin' with KoGI BBQ and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot - Issue #53 features a red faced simple drawing that's reminiscent of a happy face, but more pear shaped. It's all on a white background

Giant Robot - Issue #53

$ 12.00

The After Life issue. Cover James Jarvis.

Artist Yayoi Kusama, London, King of Noodles, 24Herbs, Filmmaker Brillante Mendoza, Kamikaze pilots, Artist James Jarvis, Stephen Chow and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot Issue #51 magazine cover features free form line art illustration of a nude woman with long hair, perched with one leg up against a tree. "Giant Robot" is written in bold pink font across the top, with topics below reading "Hot Links, Get in the Minivan, Meet John Jay, Blog Jam, Black Arts, Lusty Ladies, Flashers, Feric."

Giant Robot - Issue #51

$ 8.00

The Listen to J Church Issue. Cover by Feric.

Artist Feric, GR Awards 2007, Actress Joan Chen, A tribute to Lanc Hahn, John C. Jay, Hellz Bellz, Black Arts, Imprint Conference, Blogosphere, and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot - Issue #52 features an illustration of two women with cone heads with hear. Their outfits include a pattern and the second person has one made up of further illustrations although it's shaped like a jacket. There is hand written text that includes Maid Cafes, Hawaii Modern, Iced Out, Machine Girl, and Albert Reyes,

Giant Robot - Issue #52

$ 12.00

The Give and Take Issue. Cover by Albert Reyes.

An in-depth interview with artist Albert Reyes, Akihabara Otaku Scene, Hawaiian Shave Ice, Hawaii's Modern Architecture, Jill Bliss, Carbon Silicon and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot Issue #47 magazine cover featuring an illustration of a cartoon bear standing holding large ant and ladybug in its hand. Its surrounded by other happy cartoon animals, such as a pig, elephant, squirrel, turtle and hedgehog. "Giant Robot" is written in bold yellow font along the top. Written topics can be read in product description.

Giant Robot - Issue #47

$ 8.00

Grand Inquisition issue. Cover Mountain Mountain.

Taroshooten, Paradorn Srichaphan, Linda Linda Linda, Host Film, VHS OR BETA, Know1edge, artist Long Nguyen, and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot - Issue #46 features a green background, fronted by a cartoon illustration of a large pink bear kneeing a small child in the face, but you cannot see the point of impact, but you can see circles of blood. In the upper left corner. you can see the child and bear happily playing, but the child is large sized and the bear is tiny.

Giant Robot - Issue #46

$ 12.00

The First Impressionists. Cover by Mori Chack.

Ura-Harajuku Godfather Hiroshi Fujiwara, Gong Li, Towa Tei, Bons Brigade, Thai Cowboys, Gloomy Bear and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.

Giant Robot Issue #45 magazine cover, cream cover with a red Murakami DOB character on the cover. "Giant Robot" is written in blue across the top. Listed topics can be read in product description.

Giant Robot - Issue #45

$ 20.00

The Global Probing issue. Cover Takashi Murakami.

Superflat Forever, Nara A-to-Z, Gargamel Vinyl Toys, Hawaiian Crack Seed, 2006 GR Awards, Flattbush Metal Music, GESAI competition and much much more!

Note: Keep in mind we're nearing vintage age, so magazines will not always be in perfect condition, though all the contents will be just as great as you remember.