A recap of the year 1995 in alternative comics, and a look at what was in store for 1996.
Wizard’s milestone 25th issue contained my overview of short-lived Canadian publisher Tragedy Strikes Press (Pickle, Cheese Heads, Sin, Way Out Strips).
adrian tomine alan moore al columbia amazing heroes andi watson ariel bordeaux art spiegelman batton lash bernie mireault bill sienkiewicz black eye bob fingerman bone brian michael bendis cerebus charles burns charles vess chester brown chris oliveros chris ware colleen doran completed stories dan clowes dave cooper dave mckean dave sim david lapham david lasky david mazzucchelli don simpson drawn & quarterly drew friedman dylan horrocks eddie campbell eightball evan dorkin fantagraphics frank miller from hell gerhard gilbert hernandez harvey pekar hate interview ivan brunetti jaime hernandez james kochalka james owen james sturm jason lutes jay stephens jeff smith jessica abel jim woodring joe chiappetta joe matt joe sacco jon lewis julie doucet king hell press kitchen sink larry marder madman marc hempel mark martin mark schultz martin wagner maximortal megan kelso michael zulli mike allred minicomics neil gaiman palmer's picks paul grist paul pope peter bagge peter kuper raw rick veitch robert crumb rob walton sam henderson sarah dyer scott mccloud self-publishing seth slave labor spiderbaby grafix steve bissette steven weissman taboo terry laban terry moore tom hart tragedy strikes tundra unfinished stories wizard xeric grant
