Tag: mike allred

peep show by joe matt from the wizard 1997 preview issue

Wizard #65: 1997 Preview

January 1997 (on sale date: November 1996)

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

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 #56: Jay Stephens

April 1996 (on sale date February 1996)

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.

the back cover of jay stephens' land of nod treasury

Wizard #37: Jay Stephens

September 1994 (on sale date: July 1994)

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

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Unpublished (written spring 1994)

And now for something completely different...an unpublished article about indy comics written for a specialty magazine co-produced by Wizard and Toys R Us.

mike allred's madman adventures trade paperback cover

Wizard #21: Mike Allred

May 1993 (on sale date: March 1993)

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!

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.

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

Wizard #12: Tundra-The Creator’s Edge

August 1992 (on sale date: June 1992)

A look back at my first feature length magazine article, a profile of Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman's Tundra Publishing.