Amazon Prime Video has become the home for “alternative” superhero content. There are more “low-key” features such as the remake of The Tick and Samaritan, but the adaptations of The Boys and Robert Kirkman’s Invincible have been very successful. The latter in particular shows that there’s an audience for mature-rated animated superhero shows, which is a niche that another Image Comics adaptation can find similar success in.Savage Dragon was one of the first books published by Image Comics, and it’s been running ever since the company was founded. Satirizing elements of the superhero genre, the book revels in excess and its more adult nature. This is somewhat similar to the gore and other aspects that have helped Invincible stand out from the crowd, and Savage Dragon can blaze a similar trail in a new animated adaptation.The Savage Dragon comic book didn’t shy away from themes involving sex, gory violence and other adult content. Likewise, these elements were used humorously on many occasions, sometimes to gross effect. For instance, one of these Super-Freaks (whose name was, strangely enough, Pete Davidson) was a walking pimple, with his powers allowing him to weaponize his oozing pus. Likewise, genre conventions were frequently played with, such as when Dragon chastises Badrock (a guest character from Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood) for destroying property in a fight that was simply meant to “audition” Dragon for said superhero team.
Amazon Prime Video has become the home for “alternative” superhero content. There are more “low-key” features such as the remake of The Tick and Samaritan, but the adaptations of The Boys and Robert Kirkman’s Invincible have been very successful. The latter in particular shows that there’s an audience for mature-rated animated superhero shows, which is a niche that another Image Comics adaptation can find similar success in.
Savage Dragon was one of the first books published by Image Comics, and it’s been running ever since the company was founded. Satirizing elements of the superhero genre, the book revels in excess and its more adult nature. This is somewhat similar to the gore and other aspects that have helped Invincible stand out from the crowd, and Savage Dragon can blaze a similar trail in a new animated adaptation.
The Savage Dragon comic book didn’t shy away from themes involving sex, gory violence and other adult content. Likewise, these elements were used humorously on many occasions, sometimes to gross effect. For instance, one of these Super-Freaks (whose name was, strangely enough, Pete Davidson) was a walking pimple, with his powers allowing him to weaponize his oozing pus. Likewise, genre conventions were frequently played with, such as when Dragon chastises Badrock (a guest character from Rob Liefeld’s Youngblood) for destroying property in a fight that was simply meant to “audition” Dragon for said superhero team.
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