Savage Dragon #137 on second printing

Besides my love for Batman (and distaste for the Flash), I try to keep things neutral here on Omnicomic. So when the Savage Dragon officially endorsed Barack Obama for the upcoming presidential election I didn't really cover it. But Image Comics feels that we should all be paying attention to it now considering Savage Dragon #137 sold out and is on its second printing. "A lot of people have asked me whether or not Dragon would run again this election, but given its importance, I decided to have him bow out," said Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen. "Given Dragon's history and the opinions he expressed during his own run, Obama really was the only candidate for Dragon to endorse, my own opinions aside." This is one of those few times when comics seem to transcend comics and become something more, and this story has certainly garnered lots of attention from mainstream press. I think its great that Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen decided to use his creation as a vehicle for change. This is along the lines of MTV's Rock the Vote, just with less TRL and The Hills. So huzzah to Image Comics and Savage Dragon, and huzzah to increasing the vote. And make sure you do vote this election, as the decision is too important to not have a say. I'll step down from my soapbox now. Full press release below. Pre-release sell out results in a limited edition second printing! 2 September 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - SAVAGE DRAGON's recent endorsement of Barack Obama heated up headlines from the New York Times to the Huffington Post and has led to a pre-release distributor-level sell out, resulting in an emergency second printing to meet demand. "A lot of people have asked me whether or not Dragon would run again this election, but given its importance, I decided to have him bow out," said Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen. "Given Dragon's history and the opinions he expressed during his own run, Obama really was the only candidate for Dragon to endorse, my own opinions aside." The SAVAGE DRAGON #137 second printing will feature an altered version of the Barack Obama cover, including a new background and trade dress. SAVAGE DRAGON #137 2ND PTG (JUL088177D), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in stores September 10th, 2008. Image Comics is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. There are currently five partners in Image Comics (Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino), and Image is currently divided into four major houses (Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, and Image Central). Image comics and graphic novels cover nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable, offering science fiction, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor, and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. Visit www.imagecomics.com.