Hey, you all visit Spinnerrack.com, right?  No?  Well, you should.  It's run by fan fave and current Image sales guy Eric Stephenson, as well as just being a swell place about comics.  Erik is given the interview treatment in Spinnerrack's feature column, The Third Degree.  To read the interview, click here.  God bless those geeky folks at Spinnerrack.com for putting it all together.

We're going bi-weekly baby!  Savage Dragon #94 is out this week.  The solicitation copy is as follows...

AT LAST! The Battle you've been waiting for! The Dragon vs. CyberFace for control of this Savage World! For nearly two years readers have witnessed the power and savagery of a world under control by the most powerful man alive! Now, witness the most awe-inspiring battle of all time! Hyperbole this is not! Part Three of a Four-part arc that redefines the very planet! Reclaim the Earth! The world will never be the same!! As always, this issue of Savage Dragon is COMPLETELY accessible to old and new readers! Savage Dragon comes with our Highest Possible Recommendation! 

Savage Dragon #94 is $2.95 and published by Image Comics.

It's kind of old news that the Savage Dragon bobble has been shelved over at Hour Glass Studios, but they're going to make up for it by releasing (hopefully) a Savage Dragon Christmas ornament!  Picks should be up next month, so stay tuned!

Thanks to Joe Shuler.

Recently, Robert Kirkman, that guy who draws/publishes/blah, blah, blah that swell indie comic, BATTLE POPE, has recently been interviewed at CBR!  So far, this has nothing to do with anything, right?  Wrong.  In said interview, Kirkman gives Erik a nod!  As quote...

"Does anyone else think it's a CRIME that the numbers for Savage Dragon are so low? I mean where do you find someone more dedicated to a book that Erik Larsen?"

To read the rest, head on over to ComicBookResources.com and check the Hot Seat Column.

Thanks to Pete Venkman.

We all know that McFarlane Toys is putting out the Dragon toy, but what you might NOT have known is that Spawn.com has this nifty keen poll rating the best of the best of the upcoming toys. Here's the direct link.  Go and vote every day to stuff Dragon's votes so that he may get number one!  Yeah, it's a one in a million shot, seeing as how it IS the Spawn website, but we can dream, right?  Right?

Liberty Meadows artist Frank Cho must either really really love Dragon, or.... well... really really REALLY love Dragon.  heh.  This is the second pin-up I've seen that this fellow has done! I may not care much for Liberty Meadows, but this guy draws one hell of a Dragon pic.   Seeing as how this one's a lot more completed than the one shown here before, it's a safe bet to say that this is the proposed pin-up for the upcoming Savage Dragon #100.  Man, if the other pin-ups are anywhere CLOSE to as cool as this one, this book is going to own you all when it comes out.  Game on!

More Spinnerrack.com news! 

Rob Liefeld's got his own message board there, where our very own Erik decided to drop by, at first setting us all straight about Wizard's misquote, and then against Rob's petty verbal abuse.  Rob even gets to a point where he brings up Dart!  Hey, at least he's knowledgable enough about Erik's characters that he knows about that book!  If you're interested in geeky comic creator arguments, go check out Rob's message board at Spinnerrack.com. 

Even stallwarts like Dan Fraga and that guy who drew the Violator/Badrock mini (no, he didn't commit suicide after drawing that filth) have voiced their opinions!  Fans of both creators have been pretty cool so far, because hey, love them or not, Erik and Rob are two unique and prominent  figures in the comics industry, with an honest love for the comic book profession.... it's just too bad that Rob's such a fucking asshole.... 

Erik's been talking a LOT about upcoming trade paperbacks and hardcovers that will be coming from his neck of the woods.  Every time he posts at the Savage Forum about it is like throwing gasoline on a fire for us fans.  Says Erik, we can expect...

*Both The Fallen and Gang War to be rereleased (both with numbers on the spine, indicating their place in-continuity), 

*The This Savage World collection will be getting the hardcover treatment (score!) first, and the actual softcover tpb will follow about six months later. 

*In July there will be a Trade of SuperPatriot: Liberty & Justice. The first SP series will come later. 

*When (if?) the Talk With God tpb gets reprinted (for it's third print run), it'll be sporting a brand new cover! 

And for the overall rundown of the trades and their hardcover status...

1. Baptism of Fire (miniseries/99¢) HC available of this as its first printing under the title Savage Dragon. There will NOT be a hardcover of this revised book. 

2. A Force to be Reckoned With (1-6) HC available 

3. The Fallen (7-11) HC available 

4. Possessed (12-16) HC available 

5. Revenge (17-21) HC available 

6. Gang War (22-26) HC WILL BE available 

7. A Talk with God (27-33) HC available 

Stand alone one-shot: Dragon/Hellboy (34-35--NO HC) 

8. Terminated (34-40) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

9. Worlds at War (41-46) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

10. Endgame (47-52) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

11. Resurrection (53-58) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

12. Broken Hearts (59-63, plus the first two pages of #64) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

13. Desperate Times (64-69) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

14. The End of the World (70-75) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule)

15. This Savage World (76-81) HC WILL BE available 

16. Arena of Death (82-86)HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

17. Homecoming (87-91) HC WILL BE available (title tentative, book itself not yet on schedule) 

This news is subject change at a moments notice too, folks, so let's all pray that all these books will get the chance to see the light of day.

Thanks to Erik Larsen for originally posting the list at the Savage Forum.