Tag: james owen

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.

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Unpublished (written spring 1994)

And now for something completely different...an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.

a collection of minicomics including work by david lasky, aleksander zograf, matt feazell, elizabeth watasin, tom motley and sean bieri

Wizard #32 & #33: Minicomics

April & May 1994 (on sale dates: February & March 1994)

My look at some standout minicomics of the '90s was spread over two issues of Wizard, and there still wasn't room for all the good ones.

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."