steve bissette

girlhero by megan kelso

Wizard #64: Megan Kelso

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

cerebus by dave sim

Wizard #58: Dave Sim Q&A

My first Q&A-style article was an interview with Cerebus creator Dave Sim for Wizard’s unofficial small press issue.

jar of fools by jason lutes

Wizard #58: Top 10

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!

rare bit fiends by rick veitch

Wizard #57: Rick Veitch

The second Palmer’s Picks on Rick Veitch focused on the “Crypto Zoo” story from his Rare Bit Fiends series of dream comics.

rob walton's ragmop

Wizard #54: Rob Walton

Cartoonist Rob Walton discussed his self-published Ragmop in an interview for Palmer’s Picks.

charless burns' black hole

Wizard #48: Charles Burns

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

eddie campbell's bacchus

Wizard #47: Eddie Campbell

My second profile of Eddie Campbell featured an interview with the legendary creator on his newly-launched Bacchus comic.

don simpson's bizarre heroes

Wizard #45: Don Simpson

Dandy Don’s superhero parody series Bizarre Heroes was featured in Palmer’s Picks in early 1995.

the cast of very vicky

Wizard #42: Very Vicky

Self-published ’90s comic Very Vicky was profiled in “Palmer’s Picks” along with its creators Jana Christy and John Mitchell.

cover of stephen bissette's tyrant 2

Wizard #38: Steve Bissette

Horror master Steve Bissette’s sorely-missed dinosaur comic Tyrant was the subject of Palmer’s Picks in the fall of ’94.

a selection of alternative comics from the 1990s, including robert crumb, joe matt, joe sacco, roberta gregory, julie doucet, chester brown, terry laban and stephen bissette

Wizard: How To Collect Comics

And now for something completely different…an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.

scott mccloud's destroy comic book cover

Wizard #20: Scott McCloud

I profiled Underrstanding Comics author Scott McCloud before his landmark book. Delve into his early work with a revisit of my original “Palmer’s Picks.”

alan moore and bill sienkiewicz's big numbers cover image

Wizard #14: Alan Moore

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

art spiegelman's iconic cover of raw magazine #1

Wizard #10: Anthologies

Anthology comics Raw, Taboo and Drawn & Quarterly get the spotlight in this reexamination of my fourth “Palmer’s Picks” column.

Cartoonist Kayfabe Playlist: Palmer's Picks