Tag: fantagraphics

Wizard #77: A Small World?

January 1998 (on sale date: November 1997)

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.

Wizard #72: Peter Kuper

August 1997 (on sale date: June 1997)

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 #68: Jon Lewis

April 1997 (on sale date: February 1997)

True Swamp creator Jon Lewis embarked on a new comic book series, Spectacles, in 1997 and got some coverage in Wizard Magazine to mark the occasion.

Wizard #67: Linda Medley

March 1997 (on sale date: January 1997)

Linda Medley was interviewed for Palmer's Picks when she began her fairy tale comic book Castle Waiting.

peep show by joe matt from the wizard 1997 preview issue

Wizard #65: 1997 Preview

January 1997 (on sale date: November 1996)

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

Wizard #64: Megan Kelso

December 1996 (on sale date: October 1996)

Megan Kelso and her self-published one-woman anthology series Girlhero were the focus of Palmer's Picks in the fall of 1996.

Wizard #61: Dave Cooper

September 1996 (on sale date: July 1996)

Dave Cooper talked about his serialized graphic novel Crumple in his Palmer's Picks interview.

Wizard #58: Top 10

June 1996 (on sale date: April 1996)

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 #55: Bob Fingerman

March 1996 (on sale date: January 1996)

Cult-favorite series Minimum Wage and creator Bob Fingerman were featured in early 1996.

Wizard #53: 1996 Preview

January 1996 (on sale date: November 1995)

A recap of the year 1995 in alternative comics, and a look at what was in store for 1996.

Wizard #52: Strange Attractors

December 1995 (on sale date: October 1995)

The obscure self-published series Strange Attractors got a full-length Palmer's Picks column near the end of its run.

Wizard #51: Harvey Pekar &
Joyce Brabner

November 1995 (on sale date: September 1995)

Legendary American Splendor writer Harvey Pekar was the subject of a Palmer's Picks column along with his wife Joyce Brabner.

Wizard #49: Chris Ware

September 1995 (on sale date: July 1995)

Chris Ware was interviewed for "Palmer's Picks" as he began serializing Jimmy Corrigan in the pages of Acme Novelty Library.

Wizard #48: Charles Burns

August 1995 (on sale date: June 1995)

My interview with Charles Burns was featured in "Palmer's Picks" when he began his landmark series Black Hole in 1995.

rob schrab's scud the disposable assassin

Wizard #44: Rob Schrab

April 1995 (on sale date: February 1995)

Fan-favorite comic series Scud: The Disposable Assassin was the subject of Palmer's Picks in 1995, long before its creator Rob Schrab made the jump to Hollywood.

Wizard #43: David Mazzucchelli

March 1995 (on sale date: January 1995)

Legendary cartoonist David Mazzucchelli on his anthology series Rubber Blanket and the joys of two-color comics.

Wizard #41: The Picks of ’94

January 1995 (on sale date: November 1994)

Relive the heyday of alternative comics as I recap the best of 1994.

Wizard #36: Jim Woodring

August 1994 (on sale date: June 1994)

Delve into the dreamscapes of Jim Woodring with a revisit of my "Palmer's Picks" about his Frank comics.

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

Wizard #30: Peter Bagge

February 1994 (on sale date: December 1993)

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

January 1994 (on sale date: November 1993)

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

jaime hernandez cover for love and rockets 24

Wizard #24: Los Bros Hernandez

August 1993 (on sale date: June 1993)

Wizard turned two years old and I profiled two of the world's greatest cartoonists in my overview of the iconic Love and Rockets from the summer of '93.

paul chadwick's concrete reflected in a mirror

Wizard #23: Paul Chadwick

July 1993 (on sale date: May 1993)

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

June 1993 (on sale date: April 1993)

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.

alan moore and bill sienkiewicz's big numbers cover image

Wizard #14: Alan Moore

October 1992 (on sale date: August 1992)

Alan Moore, Big Numbers, From Hell, Lost Girls, glaring typos, and flatulence...all in my revisit of "Palmer's Picks" from 1992.

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

Wizard #13: “Weird” Comics

September 1992 (on sale date: July 1992)

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).

doug gray's eye of mongombo with a duck attacked by a gang of mimes

Wizard #8: Humor Comics

April 1992 (on sale date: February 1992)

A look back at my very serious examination of some seriously funny cartoonists like Peter Bagge, Drew Friedman, Doug Gray, and more.