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 #73: Ed Brubaker
The penultimate “Palmer’s Picks” featured cartoonist Ed Brubaker and his autobio and fiction comics including Lowlife, At The Seams, and Detour.
Wizard #71: Gary Spencer Millidge
The critically-acclaimed comic Strangehaven and creator Gary Spencer Millidge were the subject of Palmer’s Picks in the summer of ’97.
Wizard #61: Dave Cooper
Dave Cooper talked about his serialized graphic novel Crumple in his Palmer’s Picks interview.
Wizard #56: Jay Stephens
The second Palmer’s Picks spotlight on Jay Stephens coincided with the launch of his two new comics, The Land of Nod and Atomic City Tales.
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 #41: The Picks of ’94
Relive the heyday of alternative comics as I recap the best of 1994.
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 #10: Anthologies
Anthology comics Raw, Taboo and Drawn & Quarterly get the spotlight in this reexamination of my fourth “Palmer’s Picks” column.
What is “Palmer’s Picks”?
The return of “Palmer’s Picks!” The old alternative/indy comics column from Wizard is back with a brief history of how it all began and a mission statement.