Shortly before the passing of the great comic artist Nick Cardy, Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen decided, apropos of nothing, to make the cover of February’s Savage Dragon #196 into a tribute to Cardy, whose work had greatly influenced Larsen over the years.The first time Larsen has done an outright homage cover on Savage Dragon, the artist posted it to Facebook with temporary flat color on Halloween, just days before Cardy’s passing. The grim timing has turned the homage cover into a nice tribute to the late Cardy.”This one is an homage to the great Nick Cardy. My first legitimate homage cover on Savage Dragon,” he noted on the image, which he reposted a couple of days later as part of a parade of his favorite Cardy covers after the artist passed away of congestive heart failure on November 3.
