Wizard #64: Megan KelsoDecember 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.
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Wizard #64: Megan Kelso
Wizard #61: Dave CooperSeptember 1996 (on sale date: July 1996)
Dave Cooper talked about his serialized graphic novel Crumple in his Palmer's Picks interview.
Wizard #58: Top 10June 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 #53: 1996 PreviewJanuary 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: How To Collect ComicsUnpublished (written spring 1994)
And now for something completely different...an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.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 #32 & #33: MinicomicsApril & May 1994 (on sale dates: February & March 1994)
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 BaggeFebruary 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.
Wizard #22: Larry MarderJune 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.
Wizard #11 & #12: EC ComicsJuly/August 1992 (on sale dates: May/June 1992)
Back in the summer of 1992, I devoted two "Palmer's Picks" columns to EC Comics. Now you can relive the whole experience in one handy blog post!
Wizard #10: AnthologiesJune 1992 (on sale date: April 1992)
Anthology comics Raw, Taboo and Drawn & Quarterly get the spotlight in this reexamination of my fourth "Palmer's Picks" column.
Wizard #8: Humor ComicsApril 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.
Wizard #6: Neil GaimanFebruary 1992 (on sale date: December 1991)
Revisiting the very first "Palmer's Picks" column from Wizard Magazine and my essay about Neil Gaiman's iconic Sandman series.