Wizard #18: Ted McKeever
Underappreciated genius Ted McKeever was the "Palmer's Picks" in issue 18, where I examined his interconnected comics Eddy Current, Metropol, and more.
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Wizard #51: Harvey Pekar &
Joyce Brabner
Legendary American Splendor writer Harvey Pekar was the subject of a Palmer's Picks column along with his wife Joyce Brabner.
Wizard #73: Ed Brubaker
The penultimate "Palmer's Picks" featured cartoonist Ed Brubaker and his autobio and fiction comics including Lowlife, At The Seams, and Detour.
Wizard #70: Frank Cho
Cartoonist Frank Cho was interviewed in 1997, back when his popular Liberty Meadows got its start as a newspaper comic strip.
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 #55: Bob Fingerman
Cult-favorite series Minimum Wage and creator Bob Fingerman were featured in early 1996.
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.
Wizard #37: Jay Stephens
The first of two full-length "Palmer's Picks" focusing on the imaginative worlds of Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens.
Wizard #62: Seth
The Palmer's Picks interview with Canadian cartoonist Seth appeared shortly before he began his long-running Clyde Fans graphic novel.
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.
Wizard #29: Dan Clowes
My "Palmer's Picks" about Daniel Clowes' Eightball: magazine column or college essay? You be the judge!
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.
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 #60: Tom Hart
Cartoonist Tom Hart was featured in Palmer's Picks for Wizard's fifth anniversary issue.
Wizard #49: Chris Ware
Chris Ware was interviewed for "Palmer's Picks" as he began serializing Jimmy Corrigan in the pages of Acme Novelty Library.
Wizard #61: Dave Cooper
Dave Cooper talked about his serialized graphic novel Crumple in his Palmer's Picks interview.
Wizard #21: Mike Allred
The early work of Madman creator Mike Allred was the topic of the day for "Palmer's Picks" in the spring of 1993, and now you can experience it again!
Wizard #79: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
My final indie comics-related writing for Wizard: a Special Report from the 1997 Small Press Expo where I followed Jeff Smith for the weekend.
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!
Wizard #68: Jon Lewis
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.
Wizard #23: Everything…And The Kitchen Sink Too
My second feature about Kevin Eastman's Tundra spirals into chaos when Brandon Lee's death scuttles plans for The Crow and Kitchen Sink "buys" the company.
Wizard #59: Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis was interviewed for Palmer's Picks to promote his indy crime comics years before he redefined mainstream superhero comics.
Wizard #36: Jim Woodring
Delve into the dreamscapes of Jim Woodring with a revisit of my "Palmer's Picks" about his Frank comics.
Wizard #69: James Kochalka
Prolific cartoonist James Kochalka landed a slot in Palmer's Picks with one of his early graphic novels.
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.
Wizard #56: Jay Stephens
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.
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 #12: Tundra-The Creator’s Edge
A look back at my first feature length magazine article, a profile of Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman's Tundra Publishing.
Wizard #22: Larry Marder
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 #74: Andi Watson
Andi Watson, creator of Skeleton Key, was the interview subject for the final installment of "Palmer's Picks" in Wizard magazine.
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."
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 #23: Paul Chadwick
Paul Chadwick's Concrete was the subject of a "Palmer's Picks" column, but what happens when you lose interest in a comic you used to like?
Wizard #72: Peter Kuper
Famed magazine illustrator and master of silent comics Peter Kuper was interviewed for Wizard in the summer of '97 to discuss several of his graphic novels.
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.
Wizard #15: Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell's Deadface got the "Palmer's Picks" spotlight, and now you can look back at all of the excitement just like it was '92 again.