February 2019

Wizard #31: Chester Brown

A great example of perfect timing: this column about Chester Brown's Yummy Fur was published in 1994, right as the influential series ended.

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

Wizard #30: Peter Bagge

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

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

back cover of colleen doran's a distant soil 1

Wizard #28: Colleen Doran

The most controversial "Palmer's Picks" ever! Read about all of the trouble surrounding my profile of Colleen Doran and A Distant Soil.

cover of jeff smith's bone 12 featuring fone bone, smiley bone and phoney bone

Wizard #27: Jeff Smith

Jeff Smith's Bone was profiled in "Palmer's Picks" way back in the fall of 1993, when it was just a black and white comic book.

Wizard #26: James A. Owen

Self-publisher James A. Owen and his fantasy series Starchild was the subject of the twentieth installment of "Palmer's Picks."

dylan horrocks cover for pickle 1 from tragedy strikes press which later became black eye productions

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).

jaime hernandez cover for love and rockets 24

Wizard #24: Los Bros Hernandez

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.