With only two issues left before the (apparently) status-quo shattering Savage Dragon #175 hits shelves and Comixology, Malcolm and Angel Dragon are back in business today and back in conflict with Mister Glum and…well…Angel.It all makes sense in context.At any rate, the Dragon family splits the issue between new revelations about a few subplots and an A plot that has Angel more actively joining the superhero fray and, as ever, Erik Larsen has joined Gavin Higginbotham and myself for a discussion of the issue.Russ Burlingame: So first thing’s first, I guess–should be a good day for the new issue, right? I mean, it’s not like there’s anything else going on at the shops today.Erik Larsen: I’m pretty sure other publishers did a little counter-programming when they got wind that another issue of Savage Dragon was in the pipeline.RB: A little more seriously, though, do you think it would have been nice to have #175 ship today (as was reported earlier) and have a real dramatic, status quo-shattering issue on the stands and on Comixology at the time when DC’s big push has got everyone talking, or do you think it’s better that itgot pushed and isn’t going to be lost in the flood?EL: It’s probably just as well that it missed its mark. I’m actually going to skip a month of solicitations to try and get back on track. It’s been a busy year for me.Gavin Higginbotham: Rock House Diner crew active the past two issues. Does this mark the return of these characters as regular supporting characters (as regular as you can get in this book, anyway)?EL: It’ll be as regular as anything is in this book. It’s their hangout as much as school or the playground or police station. If they’re getting a bite to eat–it’ll likely be there.GH: Angel is back to being Battle Girl after not using that codename for the past couple of years. Any reason to reaffirm that identity? Was it to differentiate her further from “Evil” Angel?EL: Somebody else at Image wanted to use the name and I thought–hey, wait–I have dibs on that. I never really meant to ditch it, really, but I’m thinking it’s more a case of Angel not wanting to be in the shadow of Malcolm and Dragon quiet so much. She’s not really grabbing headlines as Dragon’s daughter so why not try doing her own thing? At this point Malcolm is getting all kinds of attention and honestly–she’s a bit jealous of that.
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