Tag: dave sim

Wizard #79: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

March 1998 (on sale date: January 1998)

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 #77: A Small World?

January 1998 (on sale date: November 1997)

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 #58: Dave Sim Q&A

June 1996 (on sale date: April 1996)

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

Wizard #58: Top 10

June 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 #57: Rick Veitch

May 1996 (on sale date: March 1996)

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

Wizard #53: 1996 Preview

January 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 #50: Small Press Expo 1995

October 1995 (on sale date: August 1995)

Palmer's Picks hit the road for the Small Press Expo for Wizard's fiftieth issue.

Wizard #47: Eddie Campbell

July 1995 (on sale date: May 1995)

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

Wizard #42: Very Vicky

February 1995 (on sale date: December 1994)

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

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

Unpublished (written spring 1994)

And now for something completely different...an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.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 #26: James A. Owen

October 1993 (on sale date: August 1993)

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

larry marder's tales of the beanworld comic book cover

Wizard #22: Larry Marder

June 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.

scott mccloud's destroy comic book cover

Wizard #20: Scott McCloud

April 1993 (on sale date: February 1993)

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."

cover of the first trade paperback of art speigelman's maus a survivor's tale from raw magazine

Wizard #17: Christmas 1992

January 1993 (on sale date: November, 1992)

Take a look back at what might be the weirdest Christmas list ever assembled: Maus, Bone, Skin, Madman, and more in "Palmer's Picks" from winter 1992.

martin wagner's hepcats comic book cover

Wizard #16: Martin Wagner

December 1992 (on sale date: October 1992)

Troubled self-publisher Martin Wagner, and his comic Hepcats, was the focus of my tenth "Palmer's Picks" column. Where did it all go wrong?

alan moore and bill sienkiewicz's big numbers cover image

Wizard #14: Alan Moore

October 1992 (on sale date: August 1992)

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

June 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.

dave sim's cerebus wielding a hammer standing on a crumbled statue of superman

Wizard #7: Dave Sim

March 1992 (on sale date: January 1992)

I tackle the controversial Cerebus and its equally contentious creator Dave Sim as I reexamine the second installment of "Palmer's Picks" from 1992.

morpheus from the cover of neil gaiman's sandman #1 by dave mckean

Wizard #6: Neil Gaiman

February 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.