Magazines

Giant Robot, Issue 43, Oct 2006; 3 1/2 out of 5 stars
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Giant Robot, according to their tagline is about "Asian Pop Culture and Beyond". It presents of art, books, movies, tv, music etc. from this subsection of alternative culture which appears to have become more popular recently with the introduction of anime, manga, and North American remakes of Asian horror ("The Ring"), action ("The Departed") and romance ("The Lake House") films. However, it is also about whatever's "Beyond"- in this issue, articles cover experiences of Asian-Americans at a NASCAR festival in Alabama and a research station in the Antarctic. There are also numerous music and DVD reviews of little known (to me) artists, one group's experience of making a fake boy band in Hong Kong for a documentary, and coverage of Asian-American film festivals. The layout is professional and original and I enjoyed the graphic art as well as the pictures chosen. This would certainly attract teens, if only for the advertisements inside which feature cool t-shirts and weird Asian toys, stuffed animals and gizmos (i.e. anthropomorphic hamburgers and toast, UglyDolls and other strange creatures).
This magazine would not just attract Asian-Canadian teens but anyone who's ever picked up and read a manga or is interested in alternative forms of music, art, movies, etc. Older teens would probably find this magazine more interesting, maybe around 13/14+ as some articles are a little long and the layout is a little complicated (it changes a lot from page to page).