| PORTLAND, Ore. 02/24/2020 — Image Comics is pleased to reveal jaw-dropping Rob Liefeld (Deadpool) and Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) covers for the highly anticipated Savage Dragon #250. This milestone issue of the long-running, creator-owned series by Image Comics partner and CFO Erik Larsen will make waves at comic shops in May 2020. For 28 years, Erik Larsen has chronicled the lives and times of the Dragon and his extended family in one of comics’ only series set in real-time. This monumental oversized milestone issue is a sweeping culmination that sets the stage for the next phase of comics’ most uncompromising series with its most shocking story yet! Forces have conspired against Malcolm Dragon and his family—but is this a turning point or…THE END?! Find out as Savage Dragon becomes the second original Image title to reach its 250th issue and begins the countdown to #300. Savage Dragon #250 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 20. Savage Dragon #250 Cover A by Larsen (Diamond Code DEC190056)Savage Dragon #250 Cover B by Cho (Diamond Code DEC190057)Savage Dragon #250 Cover C by Liefeld (Diamond Code DEC190058)Savage Dragon #250 Cover D by Simonson (Diamond Code DEC190059)Savage Dragon #250 Cover E by Young (Diamond Code DEC190060)Savage Dragon #250 Cover F Blank Sketch variant (Diamond Code DEC190061)Savage Dragon #250 will also be available for purchase across many digital platforms, including the official Image Comics iOS app, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play. Select praise for Savage Dragon: “Erik’s a god; tell him for me. He’s like super-meta. He’s taken on all the changes in comic books. He’s like, f*cking done stories about it. He’s brilliant.” —Grant Morrison “A lethal combination of talent, drive, and discipline. I won’t see another run like this in my lifetime.” —Rob Liefeld “F*cking inspiring!” —Skottie Young “Energetic, inventive, surprising and most of all, fun. No matter what Erik does, he does it with the pedal to the metal.” —Kurt Busiek “The greatest superhero epic ever published. If you enjoy comics and you haven’t read Dragon, you screwed up… but it’s never too late!” —Robert Kirkman “The most consistently innovative and outrageous book in the history of our great medium. Erik Larsen is the boldest example of the spirit of Image comics.” —Chris Burnham |
| ABOUT IMAGE COMICS Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com. |
