Prolific cartoonist James Kochalka landed a slot in Palmer’s Picks with one of his early graphic novels.
minicomics
Wizard #46: Adrian Tomine
My interview with Optic Nerve creator Adrian Tomine appeared just as he was taking his minicomic to Drawn & Quarterly as a full-size comic.
Wizard #37: Jay Stephens
The first of two full-length “Palmer’s Picks” focusing on the imaginative worlds of Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens.
Wizard #34: Marshal Law
Brutal superhero parody Marshal Law got the “Palmer’s Picks” treatment, the only time I broke format to focus on a character instead of a single writer or artist.
Wizard #32 & #33: Minicomics
My look at some standout minicomics of the ’90s was spread over two issues of Wizard, and there still wasn’t room for all the good ones.
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 #25: Tragedy Strikes Press
Wizard’s milestone 25th issue contained my overview of short-lived Canadian publisher Tragedy Strikes Press (Pickle, Cheese Heads, Sin, Way Out Strips).
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).