Asian American Magazines Almost Nonexistent

[boycott]

Why is it that as affluent as Asians in America are we have so few magazines directed at us or for us? The latinos have at least five mags and the blacks have at least that much or more, but don't Asians have the most money compared to the others? Is it money or is it writers? What's the problem? Moreover, why is it that the Asian Mags so far are so lame and superficial?

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by boycott@Aug 23 2002, 05:56 AM
Why is it that as affluent as Asians in America are we have so few magazines directed at us or for us? The latinos have at least five mags and the blacks have at least that much or more, but don't Asians have the most money compared to the others? Is it money or is it writers? What's the problem? Moreover, why is it that the Asian Mags so far are so lame and superficial?
there's not enough of us for so many nationally circulated magazines, so the market is small.
many if not most of us relate more to our own ethnic groups than the asian american identity.

[wylin]

dude we got a few u probs didnt notice. tho their non activist ones but help portray typically japanese stuff as cool.

super street has a strong APA slant, especially since they are trying to bring about a change in the import car market to goto Japanese Domestic Market style...to be more in tune w/ wat the japanese market cars and scene is like (mild aerokits, performance tuning b4 looks, track racing not drag racing, drifting, etc). Majority of their staff is sum sorts of asian guyz =X.

Newtype USA - manga and anime and japanese culture magazine, starts sept.

Animerica - very japanese and japanese culture centric anime magazine.



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[DaBestSpooner]

good:
giant robot
robot power
bamboo girl
jade

bad:
transpacific
yolk
A
koream

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by DaBestSpooner@Aug 23 2002, 11:01 AM
good:
giant robot
robot power
bamboo girl
jade

bad:
transpacific
yolk
A
koream
A has shut down. and robot power is also published by the guys at giant robot. there's also Tokyopop.

[Chris]

There is finally a good gay asian publicaiton Noodle that cater to gay asian issues. Finally!

[DaBestSpooner]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 24 2002, 02:10 AM
Originally posted by DaBestSpooner@Aug 23 2002, 11:01 AM
good:
giant robot
robot power
bamboo girl
jade

bad:
transpacific
yolk
A
koream
A has shut down. and robot power is also published by the guys at giant robot. there's also Tokyopop.
yeah I know robot power is published by gr

I'm glad A went down in flames, piece of shit, it was worse than ebony jet

[DaBestSpooner]

Originally posted by Chris@Aug 24 2002, 03:27 AM
There is finally a good gay asian publicaiton Noodle that cater to gay asian issues. Finally!
are the articles similar to the other AA mags?

do they have articles on gaysian issues like rice Queens, and gaysians dating whites?

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 23 2002, 02:48 PM
many if not most of us relate more to our own ethnic groups than the asian american identity.
the "asian-american" identity a lot of those magazines (especially Asianweek and A) try to promote is kinda divorced from daily reality. most chinese and ABC people I know here in the states don't have that much problem chilling with other east asians - some similar values and life experiences. but they have a bit of trouble believing that there's this common pan-Asian-continental cultural identity naturally grouping together Bangladeshis, Laotians, and Koreans. most of the groups they're trying to throw into this Asian-American identity have as little in common with each other as they do with white people, except for the single fact that we're all non-European.

as for me, i don't read asian-american magazines all that much. their articles discuss either:
1) political issues, in which case I'd rather read Worker's World Weekly for an honest leftist analysis and World Journal or Sing Tao for an honest Asian community analysis,
2) Asian society and pop culture, in which case I'll read it in Chinese or Japanese instead and get info closer to the source, and probably cooler pictures too, or
3) Asian-American identity issues, which rarely contain a deeply insightful piece that makes you think, just intellectual comfort food

the only section I usually pay attention to in such magazines are the restaurant reviews.

[thaite]

Because AsianAmericans don't support them, that's why.

A was a decent magazine. I had friends lose their jobs when it ceased operation.

[angel nympho]

Uhhh... probably because not enough Asian Americans get up and start publishing them... and other Asian Americans just don't read them.

[DaBestSpooner]

Originally posted by buoywonder@Aug 24 2002, 05:26 AM
Because AsianAmericans don't support them, that's why.

A was a decent magazine. I had friends lose their jobs when it ceased operation.
exactly, asian americans dont support crap

from what I heard, A had plenty of funding, and blew it all like the dotcoms, so they had it coming.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by AliBabaIncorporated@Aug 23 2002, 02:01 PM
Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 23 2002, 02:48 PM
many if not most of us relate more to our own ethnic groups than the asian american identity.
the "asian-american" identity a lot of those magazines (especially Asianweek and A) try to promote is kinda divorced from daily reality. most chinese and ABC people I know here in the states don't have that much problem chilling with other east asians - some similar values and life experiences. but they have a bit of trouble believing that there's this common pan-Asian-continental cultural identity naturally grouping together Bangladeshis, Laotians, and Koreans. most of the groups they're trying to throw into this Asian-American identity have as little in common with each other as they do with white people, except for the single fact that we're all non-European.

as for me, i don't read asian-american magazines all that much. their articles discuss either:
1) political issues, in which case I'd rather read Worker's World Weekly for an honest leftist analysis and World Journal or Sing Tao for an honest Asian community analysis,
2) Asian society and pop culture, in which case I'll read it in Chinese or Japanese instead and get info closer to the source, and probably cooler pictures too, or
3) Asian-American identity issues, which rarely contain a deeply insightful piece that makes you think, just intellectual comfort food

the only section I usually pay attention to in such magazines are the restaurant reviews.
yeah this is true. but don't forget that a big percentage of asian american population are actually 1st generation americans who immigrated to the US as adults. this group definitely usually don't relate to the Asian American identity. and i don't think that the pan-Asian-continental cultural identity is really enough for East Asian people to not purchase an Asian American magazine. but i definitely agree with you that many if not most people don't buy into that.

[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by buoywonder@Aug 23 2002, 02:26 PM
Because AsianAmericans don't support them, that's why.

A was a decent magazine. I had friends lose their jobs when it ceased operation.
hmmm... in my opinion, A tried too hard to be like an Asian GQ or something. that is fine, and i bought and read an issue whenever it came out, but i'm not really into all that "high class" stuff. it all seemed kind of pretentious to me.

and yeah, i also heard that A blew their funding away. got "rescued" by C2A. but then even C2A closed down.



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[kimpossible]

I had A for a while but that was only because it was free. No way I was going to pay for it.

[angel nympho]

mm... well u dont see very many hindu mags out there either. it's just because ppl who publish magazines try to cater to everybody.. have universal appeal ya know?
if you really dont like the fact that there's no quality asian american mags out there... do something about it.

[thaite]

Originally posted by SunWuKung@Aug 23 2002, 02:02 PM
Originally posted by buoywonder@Aug 23 2002, 02:26 PM
Because AsianAmericans don't support them, that's why.

A was a decent magazine. I had friends lose their jobs when it ceased operation.
hmmm... in my opinion, A tried too hard to be like an Asian GQ or something. that is fine, and i bought and read an issue whenever it came out, but i'm not really into all that "high class" stuff. it all seemed kind of pretentious to me.

and yeah, i also heard that A blew their funding away. got "rescued" by C2A. but then even C2A closed down.
Well, it was a New York-based magazine...

And as far as their finances go, beats me, I got no comment. I'm a journalist, not an accountant.



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[SunWuKong]

Originally posted by buoywonder@Aug 23 2002, 07:00 PM
Well, it was a New York-based magazine...

i don't understand what you're implying.

umm... that sounds rhetorical. but it's not. i honestly don't understand what you're implying.

[thaite]

I guess I'm implying that it was a bit too cosmopolitan for the readership it was trying to attract.

[boycott]

Originally posted by buoywonder@Aug 24 2002, 02:39 AM
I guess I'm implying that it was a bit too cosmopolitan for the readership it was trying to attract.
I think they were trying to gain readership with sexy models and popular Asian moviestars instead of putting in stories about normal asians who are not as well known but are making news of their own in whatever field they're in. In any case, I still get a high reading Asian mags like Giant Robot and Yolk Mag which I wished came out more often. However like most joys in life which come free, Asianweek is always available in the metal newsweek throughout SF. Usually their website is useful too if only it worked.