The Palmer’s Picks interview with Canadian cartoonist Seth appeared shortly before he began his long-running Clyde Fans graphic novel.
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Wizard #60: Tom Hart
Cartoonist Tom Hart was featured in Palmer’s Picks for Wizard’s fifth anniversary issue.
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 #53: 1996 Preview
A recap of the year 1995 in alternative comics, and a look at what was in store for 1996.
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 #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 #38: Steve Bissette
Horror master Steve Bissette’s sorely-missed dinosaur comic Tyrant was the subject of Palmer’s Picks in the fall of ’94.
Wizard: How To Collect Comics
And now for something completely different…an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.
Wizard #32 & #33: Minicomics
My look at some standout minicomics of the ’90s was spread over two issues of Wizard, and there still wasn’t room for all the good ones.
Wizard #31: Chester Brown
A great example of perfect timing: this column about Chester Brown’s Yummy Fur was published in 1994, right as the influential series ended.
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.
The Origins of “Palmer’s Picks”
So how did “Palmer’s Picks” get started? The short answer is that I was in the right place at the right time. Want the longer version? Keep reading.