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Prolific cartoonist James Kochalka landed a slot in Palmer's Picks with one of his early graphic novels.

Cartoonist Frank Cho was interviewed in 1997, back when his popular Liberty Meadows got its start as a newspaper comic strip.

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.

Cult-favorite series Minimum Wage and creator Bob Fingerman were featured in early 1996.

Andi Watson, creator of Skeleton Key, was the interview subject for the final installment of "Palmer's Picks" in Wizard magazine.

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.

Brian Michael Bendis was interviewed for Palmer's Picks to promote his indy crime comics years before he redefined mainstream superhero comics.

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.

A recap of the year 1995 in alternative comics, and a look at what was in store for 1996.