eightball Archives – Palmer’s Picks

cover of peter bagge's hate collection buddy the dreamer featuring buddy bradley

Wizard #30: Peter Bagge

Grab your flannel shirt, crank up some Seattle grunge, and read my profile of Peter Bagge’s Hate from 1994.

cover of daniel clowes' lout rampage, colleting stories from eightball

Wizard #29: Dan Clowes

My “Palmer’s Picks” about Daniel Clowes’ Eightball: magazine column or college essay? You be the judge!

paul chadwick's concrete reflected in a mirror

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?

larry marder's tales of the beanworld comic book cover

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.

eddie campbell's bacchus on the cover of deadface immortality isn't forever trade paperback

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.

chester brown's ed the happy clown from the cover of yummy fur

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).

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