Author: Martin Wong

Editorial

Jan 19, 2016

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Sometimes things don't go right, even on vacation. There are enormous crowds over a three-day weekend. Your niece fractures her wrist. After facing harsh windstorms all weekend, there's fresh powder on the morning that you leave. On the way home, you want to go to a certain café but it's too crowded so you are...

Editorial

Jan 12, 2016

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"In the early 1940s, there was a spot in central California between Sequoia National Park and Death Valley where Japanese Americans hung out. Coming from each of the Western states, they gardened, painted pictures, published newspapers, composed poetry, made babies, and played volleyball and baseball there." I totally remember writing "Return to Manzanar" for Giant Robot...

Editorial

Jan 05, 2016

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My family and I were kindly given passes to The Broad over the holidays and the museum is as amazing as everyone says it is. The architecture and viewing are incredible, the pieces are jaw dropping, and it's true--admission is free whether you make reservations months in advance or wait a couple of hours in...

Editorial

Dec 29, 2015

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Around this time of year, we gather as much of the crew as possible to share a meal and discuss highlights from Imprint's previous 12 months. I scribbled down everyone's thoughts on their favorite articles as quickly as I could! Tanya Raukko: "I was really intrigued by Matt Jay’s interview of the 'laboratory for publication' duo,...

Editorial

Dec 15, 2015

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My niece's birthday is on December 24, so her party always takes place a couple of weeks earlier because what kids can attend a function on Christmas Eve? Children gotta be in bed before the Fat Man parks his sled on the roof. Yet the celebration inevitably has a lot of overlap with the holidays--making...

Editorial

Dec 01, 2015

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Sharing ideas and aesthetics through the printed page was an awesome experience, especially since my friend Eric and I had started off with the most humble form of journalism--the zine. And for our publication to push a subculture and build a community whose impact would trickle up into the mainstream was never anticipated or even...

Editorial

Nov 24, 2015

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The holidays have been a big deal at Disneyland for a long time now. It's a Small World has been decorated with Christmas lights since 1997 and the Haunted Mansion has had a Nightmare Before Christmas seasonal makeover since 2001. Just a couple of years ago, the Jungle Cruise boats have been rechristened with festive--and...