slave labor Archives – Palmer’s Picks

Wizard #77: A Small World?

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.

Andi Watson, creator of Skeleton Key, was the interview subject for the final installment of “Palmer’s Picks” in Wizard magazine.

Cartoonist Frank Cho was interviewed in 1997, back when his popular Liberty Meadows got its start as a newspaper comic strip.

Prolific cartoonist James Kochalka landed a slot in Palmer’s Picks with one of his early graphic novels.

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.

Brian Michael Bendis was interviewed for Palmer’s Picks to promote his indy crime comics years before he redefined mainstream superhero comics.

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.

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

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