mike allred

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.

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.

mike allred's madman adventures trade paperback cover

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!

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And now for something completely different...an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.

peep show by joe matt from the wizard 1997 preview issue

Wizard #65: 1997 Preview

The Palmer's Picks recap of 1996/preview of 1997 was the final year-end installment of the column.

the back cover of jay stephens' land of nod treasury

Wizard #37: Jay Stephens

The first of two full-length "Palmer's Picks" focusing on the imaginative worlds of Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens.

james o'barr's the crow trade paperback cover from tundra publishing

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.

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

Wizard #17: Christmas 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.