Monday, September 22, 2008

PRESS RELEASE - BARACK KEEPS BRINGING IT!Savage Dragon's endorsement results in yet another printing for SAVAGE DRAGON #137!

22 September 2008 (Berkeley, CA) - The world's only super powered presidential endorsement keeps lighting up the headlines as SAVAGE DRAGON #137, featuring the titular character's endorsement of Barack Obama, sells out at a distribution level yet again, resulting in a third printing!

"Believe me, we're trying to keep it in stock," said SAVAGE DRAGON creator Erik Larsen. "We've been printing much more than we predicted needing and the demand just kept growing. I'm thrilled to know that whether people agree or disagree with Dragon, they're extremely passionate about what may be the most important US Presidential election yet."

SAVAGE DRAGON #137 has been talked about the world over, from within comic book communities like Comic Book Resources, Newsarama, ICV2 and iFanboy to the wider world of pop culture with the New York Times, Huffington Post, IMDB, UGO and many, many more. This heat has resulted in what has been the best selling issue of Dragon in several years and a third printing, featuring another variation on the cover colors.

SAVAGE DRAGON #137 3RD PTG (AUG088060), a 32-page full color comic book for $2.99, will be in stores October 15th, 2008.

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