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 #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 #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 #57: Rick Veitch
The second Palmer’s Picks on Rick Veitch focused on the “Crypto Zoo” story from his Rare Bit Fiends series of dream comics.
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 #53: 1996 Preview
A recap of the year 1995 in alternative comics, and a look at what was in store for 1996.
Wizard #47: Eddie Campbell
My second profile of Eddie Campbell featured an interview with the legendary creator on his newly-launched Bacchus comic.
Wizard #40: Paul Pope
The prolific Paul Pope was the subject of my first proper interview for “Palmer’s Picks.”
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And now for something completely different…an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.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 #23: Everything…And The Kitchen Sink Too
My second feature about Kevin Eastman’s Tundra spirals into chaos when Brandon Lee’s death scuttles plans for The Crow and Kitchen Sink “buys” the company.
Wizard #15: Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell’s Deadface got the “Palmer’s Picks” spotlight, and now you can look back at all of the excitement just like it was ’92 again.
Wizard #14: Alan Moore
Alan Moore, Big Numbers, From Hell, Lost Girls, glaring typos, and flatulence…all in my revisit of “Palmer’s Picks” from 1992.
Wizard #12: Tundra-The Creator’s Edge
A look back at my first feature length magazine article, a profile of Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman’s Tundra Publishing.
Wizard #10: Anthologies
Anthology comics Raw, Taboo and Drawn & Quarterly get the spotlight in this reexamination of my fourth “Palmer’s Picks” column.
Wizard #6: Neil Gaiman
Revisiting the very first “Palmer’s Picks” column from Wizard Magazine and my essay about Neil Gaiman’s iconic Sandman series.