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cover of jeff smith's bone 12 featuring fone bone, smiley bone and phoney bone

Wizard #27: Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith’s Bone was profiled in “Palmer’s Picks” way back in the fall of 1993, when it was just a black and white comic book.

jaime hernandez cover for love and rockets 24

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.

cover of the first trade paperback of art speigelman's maus a survivor's tale from raw magazine

Wizard #17: Christmas 1992

Take a look back at what might be the weirdest Christmas list ever assembled: Maus, Bone, Skin, Madman, and more in “Palmer’s Picks” from winter 1992.

martin wagner's hepcats comic book cover

Wizard #16: Martin Wagner

Troubled self-publisher Martin Wagner, and his comic Hepcats, was the focus of my tenth “Palmer’s Picks” column. Where did it all go wrong?

dave sim's cerebus wielding a hammer standing on a crumbled statue of superman

Wizard #7: Dave Sim

I tackle the controversial Cerebus and its equally contentious creator Dave Sim as I reexamine the second installment of “Palmer’s Picks” from 1992.

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