Savage Fincast

Take a trip with us all the way back to the beginning in this very special Savage FINcast Retro, where Raven, Jim, and Craig take a look at the facsimile editions of Graphic Fantasy 01 & 02 to experience the thrills of Prism, Iron Hawk, and Domestic Tranquility. Oh and some guy named The Dragon. … Continue reading

With a might crack of thunder, Thor’s back and so is the Savage FINcast. Craig, Jim, & Raven discuss the finer points of chicken head based romance, speculate about the dream of Savage Dragon comics every week, apologize way too much, argue about just what a meme is, beat their head against the table trying … Continue reading

Evil Doppelgangers run amok in the latest Savage FINcast Retro. Raven, Craig, and Jim are introduced to the Throwaways, easily the most interesting and memorable villains ever to grace a comic book. And then some other, more actually cool, stuff happens. TIMESTAMPS02:02 – Freak Force 03 (Review)37:53 – Freak Force 04 (Review)

Its all about blades and bullets in the latest episode of the Savage FINcast Retro. Hosts Raven, Craig, and Jim take a look back at Savage Dragon 08 and 09 of the on-going series to see how Dragon got out of his particular impalement pickle. TIMESTAMPS06:06 – Savage Dragon 08 (Review)34:23 – Savage Dragon 09 … Continue reading

There’s blood in the water in the latest episode of the Savage FINcast. Hosts Craig, Jim & Raven take a look at the revelations of Savage Dragon 256. Who is the toothy creature the cover proclaims is back from the dead? Jim rants about blood. Craig rants about faceless mooks. Raven… does Raven things. All … Continue reading

Winter is coming, so lets talk insistently about Canadian super-heroes! Craig, Raven, & Jim take a look at Savage Dragon 255, where nothing of significance or importance happens. No sir. No shocking deaths, or brutal revelations, or ominous foreshadowing here. This surely will not go down as one of the most pivotal issues of Savage … Continue reading

Pranks and japery abound in the latest episode of the Savage FINcast. Craig, Jim, & Raven honk the clown horn at Savage Dragon 254 where the fun ever stops. The crew marvels at Canada’s newest super-hero, then marvels at the return of Shart and her baby Billy, and then just can not stop marveling as … Continue reading

The Savage FINcast rolls on with another pulse pounding episode. Hosts, Craig, Jim, & Raven take a look back at how the FINcast was started and then take a sniff at Savage Dragon 253 as the deadly Dart and her Vicious Circle make their move with Malcolm Dragon caught in the middle. All that and … Continue reading

This is it! The big one! They said it was impossible! One-Hundred Episodes of the Savage FINcast! And what better way to celebrate then to talk to all the people who made this Podcast possible. Host regulars, Craig, Jim, & Raven are joined by all our wonderful former and guest co-hosts for a massive chit-chat. … Continue reading

Lo! There shall come… a couple endings. The Savage FINcast comes to the end of a journey several years in the making as TMNT Urban Legends reaches its final conclusion after 20 years. Craig, Jim, and Raven look at the final three, and brand new, issues of TMNT: Urban Legends, revisit IDW’s TMNT 30th Anniversary … Continue reading

Its a magical world when Savage Dragon and the Savage FINcast go SUNDAY FUNNY! Craig, Jim, & Raven take a further look at Savage Dragon 251 before diving into the Savage Dragon’s Salute to the Funnies in Savage Dragon 252. It’s gag comic references galore as Erik Larsen pulls out all the stops emulating the … Continue reading

Get out the cake, its a birthday! The Savage FINcast goes green once again to catch up on the ongoing adventures of the Image Comics Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by reviewing the final 3, of the original run, issues of TMNT: Urban Legends. Craig, Jim, & Raven yuck it up about lax museum security, Dino … Continue reading

Its post anniversary bliss as the Savage FINcast crew; Craig, Jim & Raven are joined by the man himself Erik Larsen to discuss the titanic events of Savage Dragon 250 and 251! What’s the deal with Paul? How did the 250 back-ups come about? What is Larsen’s favorite kind of music? All this in the … Continue reading

In this episode of the Savage FINcast Retro Raven, Jim, & Craig finally arrive to the main event. Spinning out of the pages of Savage Dragon Freak Force is here! Cramped apartments, bounty hunting, revenge, bathroom comfortableness, and confusion about Manga. These issues have them all!

So its come to this. Savage Dragon. The big 250. Craig, Jim, Raven, and Scott delve into the 100 page monster to experience the cover to cover excitement as only Erik Larsen can bring us. In this episode the gang plays rank the variant, get excited about avoiding COVID, wonders about space octopi, and get … Continue reading

In this episode of the Savage FINcast retro Raven, Jim, and Craig take a look at some of the most iconic moments of early Savage Dragon. The founding of Freak Force. The first titanic confrontation with Overlord. It can’t hardly be contained! TIMESTAMPS02:05 – Savage Dragon 06 (Review)49:16 – Savage Dragon 07 (Review)

Hell has come to Toronto and the Savage FINcast is here to give you all the details. Jim, Raven, and Craig dig in as the new war between the Vicious Circle and Malcolm Dragon heats up. Old friends, old foes, old page layouts, this issue’s got it all. All this and a new FINteresting Conversation! … Continue reading

In this episode of the Savage FINcast Retro hosts Raven, Jim & Craig take a look at the final three issues of Gary Carlson’s Vanguard series. Featuring the art stylings of Rick Leonardi, Angel Medina, and Andy Smith. TIMESTAMPS01:57 – Vanguard 04 (Review)35:32 – Vanguard 05 (Review)59:15 – Vanguard 06 (Review)

In this latest episode of the Savage FINcast, things get a little… zany. Hosts Craig, Jim, & Raven have comic strips on the brain with the unveiling of Savage Dragon 252’s cover and its promise of Savage Dragon as comic strip promise. But after that they dig into the main event, Savage Dragon 248. Chicago … Continue reading

It’s time for another Savage Dragon side trip! Raven, Jim & Craig delve into deep space to to experience the initial adventures of Vanguard, alien super-hero come to protect the Earth from terrible extraterrestrial threats. The trio talk about the myriad of Vanguard artists and the pros and cons of changing art teams every issue … Continue reading

Many of us may be trapped inside due to a raging pandemic, but that doesn’t stop the Savage FINcast from rolling on. Craig, Jim, & Raven are back to record a long overdue interview with Savage Dragon front man Erik Larsen! Were we discus the challenges of Erik’s guest return to Marvel, Savage Dragon’s status … Continue reading

The world is in viral lock down, so instead of reviewing the latest and greatest issue of Savage Dragon, FINcast crew Craig, Jim, and Raven go back a few months to take a look at Erik Larsen’s Captain America: The End one-shot and react to its many many ironic parallels with today’s reality. Oh, and … Continue reading

In this very special episode of the Savage FINcast Jim, Raven, and Craig take a long overdue look at the Savage Dragon cartoon from 1994. Watch along at home on your tablet or PC as the gang riffs on the animation and voice over stylings of early 90s action cartoons. NOTE: This episode best listen … Continue reading

In this episode of the Savage FINcast Retro; Raven, Jim, & Craig take a look at Savage Dragon (on-going) issues 04 and 05, have options about how much a of jerk Dragon is, meet the very very gross Cesspool, ask pertinent questions about Doubleheader, and wish much merry death upon each other. All that plus … Continue reading

In this wacky and wild Savage FINcast Retro Raven, Craig, and Jim take a look at all the Savage Dragon Guest-Appearances that occurred from 1992 to around 1994. Some minor, some… major? But all worth talking about in some fashion. So join us as we cover…Spawn 04Shadowhawk 04Supreme 02Bombast 01The Maxx 06Team Youngblood 03Tribe 03Tribe … Continue reading