Month: January 2019

dylan horrocks cover for pickle 1 from tragedy strikes press which later became black eye productions

Wizard #25: Tragedy Strikes Press

September 1993 (on sale date: July 1993)

Wizard's milestone 25th issue contained my overview of short-lived Canadian publisher Tragedy Strikes Press (Pickle, Cheese Heads, Sin, Way Out Strips).

jaime hernandez cover for love and rockets 24

Wizard #24: Los Bros Hernandez

August 1993 (on sale date: June 1993)

Wizard turned two years old and I profiled two of the world's greatest cartoonists in my overview of the iconic Love and Rockets from the summer of '93.

brian sendelbach's cover for tundra publishing humor anthology hyena featuring a lot of grotesque faces hurting each other

Wizard #23: Everything…And The Kitchen Sink Too

September 1993 (on sale date: July 1993)

My second feature about Kevin Eastman's Tundra spirals into chaos when Brandon Lee's death scuttles plans for The Crow and Kitchen Sink "buys" the company.

paul chadwick's concrete reflected in a mirror

Wizard #23: Paul Chadwick

July 1993 (on sale date: May 1993)

Paul Chadwick's Concrete was the subject of a "Palmer's Picks" column, but what happens when you lose interest in a comic you used to like?

larry marder's tales of the beanworld comic book cover

Wizard #22: Larry Marder

June 1993 (on sale date: April 1993)

Larry Marder's Tales of the Beanworld is a most peculiar comic book experience, but my "Palmer's Picks" about it had a decidedly peculiar opening line.

mike allred's madman adventures trade paperback cover

Wizard #21: Mike Allred

May 1993 (on sale date: March 1993)

The early work of Madman creator Mike Allred was the topic of the day for "Palmer's Picks" in the spring of 1993, and now you can experience it again!

scott mccloud's destroy comic book cover

Wizard #20: Scott McCloud

April 1993 (on sale date: February 1993)

I profiled Underrstanding Comics author Scott McCloud before his landmark book. Delve into his early work with a revisit of my original "Palmer's Picks."

rick veitch's maximortal cover from tundra publishing

Wizard #19: Rick Veitch

March 1993 (on sale date: January 1993)

"Palmer's Picks" focused on legendary comics creator Rick Veitch and his King Hell Heroica books Bratpack and The Maximortal in early 1993.

Wizard #18: Ted McKeever

February 1993 (on sale date: December 1992)

Underappreciated genius Ted McKeever was the "Palmer's Picks" in issue 18, where I examined his interconnected comics Eddy Current, Metropol, and more.