Was there a future for the small press after the late ’90s comic book market crash? I tried to answer that question with this feature in Wizard #77.
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Wizard #72: Peter Kuper
Famed magazine illustrator and master of silent comics Peter Kuper was interviewed for Wizard in the summer of ’97 to discuss several of his graphic novels.
Wizard #68: Jon Lewis
True Swamp creator Jon Lewis embarked on a new comic book series, Spectacles, in 1997 and got some coverage in Wizard Magazine to mark the occasion.
Wizard #67: Linda Medley
Linda Medley was interviewed for Palmer’s Picks when she began her fairy tale comic book Castle Waiting.
Wizard #65: 1997 Preview
The Palmer’s Picks recap of 1996/preview of 1997 was the final year-end installment of the column.
Wizard #64: Megan Kelso
Megan Kelso and her self-published one-woman anthology series Girlhero were the focus of Palmer’s Picks in the fall of 1996.
Wizard #61: Dave Cooper
Dave Cooper talked about his serialized graphic novel Crumple in his Palmer’s Picks interview.
Wizard #58: Top 10
Wizard’s unofficial small press issue featured a special Palmer’s Picks rundown of Ten Small Press Books You Should Own: Hate, Eightball, Dirty Plotte, and more!
Wizard #55: Bob Fingerman
Cult-favorite series Minimum Wage and creator Bob Fingerman were featured in early 1996.
Wizard #53: 1996 Preview
A recap of the year 1995 in alternative comics, and a look at what was in store for 1996.
Wizard #52: Strange Attractors
The obscure self-published series Strange Attractors got a full-length Palmer’s Picks column near the end of its run.
Wizard #51: Harvey Pekar & Joyce Brabner
Legendary American Splendor writer Harvey Pekar was the subject of a Palmer’s Picks column along with his wife Joyce Brabner.
Wizard #49: Chris Ware
Chris Ware was interviewed for “Palmer’s Picks” as he began serializing Jimmy Corrigan in the pages of Acme Novelty Library.
Wizard #48: Charles Burns
My interview with Charles Burns was featured in “Palmer’s Picks” when he began his landmark series Black Hole in 1995.
Wizard #44: Rob Schrab
Fan-favorite comic series Scud: The Disposable Assassin was the subject of Palmer’s Picks in 1995, long before its creator Rob Schrab made the jump to Hollywood.
Wizard #43: David Mazzucchelli
Legendary cartoonist David Mazzucchelli on his anthology series Rubber Blanket and the joys of two-color comics.
Wizard #41: The Picks of ’94
Relive the heyday of alternative comics as I recap the best of 1994.
Wizard #36: Jim Woodring
Delve into the dreamscapes of Jim Woodring with a revisit of my “Palmer’s Picks” about his Frank comics.
Wizard #30: Peter Bagge
Grab your flannel shirt, crank up some Seattle grunge, and read my profile of Peter Bagge’s Hate from 1994.
Wizard #29: Dan Clowes
My “Palmer’s Picks” about Daniel Clowes’ Eightball: magazine column or college essay? You be the judge!
Wizard #24: Los Bros Hernandez
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.
Wizard #23: Paul Chadwick
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?
Wizard #22: Larry Marder
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.
Wizard #14: Alan Moore
Alan Moore, Big Numbers, From Hell, Lost Girls, glaring typos, and flatulence…all in my revisit of “Palmer’s Picks” from 1992.
Wizard #13: “Weird” Comics
Relive the time I talked about Chester Brown’s adults-only Yummy Fur in Wizard Magazine (along with Dan Clowes, Charles Burns and Jim Woodring).
Wizard #8: Humor Comics
A look back at my very serious examination of some seriously funny cartoonists like Peter Bagge, Drew Friedman, Doug Gray, and more.