The penultimate “Palmer’s Picks” featured cartoonist Ed Brubaker and his autobio and fiction comics including Lowlife, At The Seams, and Detour.
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Wizard #72: Peter Kuper
Famed magazine illustrator and master of silent comics Peter Kuper was interviewed for Wizard in the summer of ’97 to discuss several of his graphic novels.
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 #65: 1997 Preview
The Palmer’s Picks recap of 1996/preview of 1997 was the final year-end installment of the column.
Wizard #62: Seth
The Palmer’s Picks interview with Canadian cartoonist Seth appeared shortly before he began his long-running Clyde Fans graphic novel.
Wizard #61: Dave Cooper
Dave Cooper talked about his serialized graphic novel Crumple in his Palmer’s Picks interview.
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 #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 #52: Strange Attractors
The obscure self-published series Strange Attractors got a full-length Palmer’s Picks column near the end of its run.
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 #41: The Picks of ’94
Relive the heyday of alternative comics as I recap the best of 1994.
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And now for something completely different…an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.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 #35: Teri S. Wood
There were quite a few self-published comics in the ’90s. Teri S. Wood’s science fiction series Wandering Star was one of the few to get a “Palmer’s Picks” profile.
Wizard #30: Peter Bagge
Grab your flannel shirt, crank up some Seattle grunge, and read my profile of Peter Bagge’s Hate from 1994.
Wizard #29: Dan Clowes
My “Palmer’s Picks” about Daniel Clowes’ Eightball: magazine column or college essay? You be the judge!
Wizard #23: Paul Chadwick
Paul Chadwick’s Concrete was the subject of a “Palmer’s Picks” column, but what happens when you lose interest in a comic you used to like?
Wizard #22: Larry Marder
Larry Marder’s Tales of the Beanworld is a most peculiar comic book experience, but my “Palmer’s Picks” about it had a decidedly peculiar opening line.
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).