Savage Dragon #252

Savage Dragon #252 pays loving homage to the newspaper funny pages, and the cover by Erik Larsen sets the playful tone perfectly — a harried, green-skinned Dragon juggles an impossible armload of food while three small fin-headed kids run chaotically underfoot, all as a dark-haired woman in the background throws her hands to her face in exasperation. The bold red background and clean, cartoonish linework give the whole scene the warm, domestic-comedy energy of a Sunday strip come to life. With the book now on a monthly schedule and a story titled "Famous Funnies" inside, this is a cheerful, confident issue that wears its love of comics history right on its sleeve.