Savage Dragon The Image Founder Who Never Stopped

Seven of the hottest artists in comics walked out of Marvel in 1992 and founded Image Comics. Todd McFarlane built Spawn into an empire. Jim Lee ended up running DC. Rob Liefeld's Deadpool became a billion-dollar franchise. And Erik Larsen? Erik Larsen just kept drawing Savage Dragon. For thirty-four years. This isn't a story about a comic Hollywood ignored — Savage Dragon had a USA Network cartoon in 1995, before most Image books got anywhere near a screen. It's about what Larsen did instead of chasing the next adaptation: he let his hero age, let his son grow up in the same book, let the original Dragon die in #225, and never rebooted. 281 issues later, he's still writing and drawing it. CHAPTERS 0:00 Seven founders, one who never stopped 1:15 Hollywood got there first 2:15 What Image was actually about 3:25 The Dragon was his before Image existed 4:28 Superhero time is elastic — Larsen let the clock run 5:10 Emperor Kurr, and why Dragon has a son 5:50 Malcolm Dragon grew up in the comic 6:59 Savage Dragon #225 — Dragon dies 8:09 Invincible chose an ending. Larsen didn't. 8:52 Why there's never been a Savage Dragon movie 9:32 Adaptation isn't graduation 10:31 He helped run Image, too 11:10 He never left 12:07 What success actually looks like Savage Dragon is created, written and drawn by Erik Larsen and published by Image Comics. All comic art is © Erik Larsen and is used here for commentary and criticism. Marvel, DC, Image and Top Cow covers and film posters are © their respective owners. Grey Beard Comics — comic history and character analysis, one book at a time. Subscribe for the next one. #SavageDragon #ErikLarsen #ImageComics #ComicBooks #ComicHistory #Invincible #Spawn