colleen doran

black hole by charles burns

Wizard #77: A Small World?

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.

peep show by joe matt from the wizard 1997 preview issue

Wizard #65: 1997 Preview

The Palmer’s Picks recap of 1996/preview of 1997 was the final year-end installment of the column.

cerebus by dave sim

Wizard #58: Dave Sim Q&A

My first Q&A-style article was an interview with Cerebus creator Dave Sim for Wizard’s unofficial small press issue.

a selection of alternative comics from the 1990s, including robert crumb, joe matt, joe sacco, roberta gregory, julie doucet, chester brown, terry laban and stephen bissette

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And now for something completely different…an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.

back cover of colleen doran's a distant soil 1

Wizard #28: Colleen Doran

The most controversial “Palmer’s Picks” ever! Read about all of the trouble surrounding my profile of Colleen Doran and A Distant Soil.

james a owen's starchild cover art

Wizard #26: James A. Owen

Self-publisher James A. Owen and his fantasy series Starchild was the subject of the twentieth installment of “Palmer’s Picks.”

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?

Cartoonist Kayfabe Playlist: Palmer's Picks