

CRITICAL ROLE DARK HORSE COMICS SERIES
From award-nominated writer Jody Houser ( Orphan Black, Stranger Things ) and first series artist Olivia Samson, with colorist MSASSYK ( Isola, Gotham Academy ) and letterer Ariana Maher ( James Bond, Xena ) comes Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins series II, the highly anticipated sequel to Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins series I. On July 10, 2019, Dark Horse and Critical Role will release Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins series II #1, which finds the unlikely heroes of Vox Machina back in action-packed yet absurdly entertaining adventures! The six-issue series will be available through Dark Horse Digital and through retail stores and continues to follow the origin stories of engaging characters, material hinted at but not fully disclosed in the live-stream. The cast includes Matthew Mercer ( Overwatch, Final Fantasy XV, Fallout 4), Travis Willingham ( Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, The Legend of Korra), Marisha Ray ( Star Wars: Battlefront, Batgirl: Spoiled, Metal Gear: Survive), Taliesin Jaffe ( Street Fighter, World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy XIV), Ashley Johnson ( Blindspot, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teen Titans Go!), Sam Riegel ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, One Punch Man, The Amazing Spiderman), Liam O’Brien ( Star Wars Rebels, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Wolverine and the X-Men), and Laura Bailey ( Dragon Ball Z, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gears of War 4).


In each episode, veteran voice actor and Game Master Matthew Mercer leads his nerdy ass and wildly entertaining friends (also fellow voice actors!) on a thrill ride of turmoil and adventure. Based on epic tales from the world of Exandria, these new comics, art books and more will explore this universe in new and original ways! The most popular digital tabletop game in the world, Critical Role is live-streamed every week and set in Exandria. Look for the Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Volume III and Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria – The Bright Queen trade paperbacks to arrive, respectively, in stores on May 4th and June 15th of 2022.Dark Horse Comics and Critical Role are proud to announce three new projects set to release in 2019. Critical Role’s third campaign recently kicked off, and the streaming tabletop RPG series is getting an animated adaptation from Amazon Prime next year. The publisher also has a number of The Mighty Nein Origins graphic novels, focused on Caleb, Yasha, and Nott the Brave releasing next year. The two new collected editions are the latest Critical Role releases from Dark Horse Comics. So when another piece appears nearby, Leylas sends her eternal lover Quana to collect it…with consequences that may threaten the entire Dynasty! Leylas Kryn, the Bright Queen, has spent multiple lives in pursuit of assembling the otherworldly Luxon. Here’s Dark Horse’s description for that book, which collects issues 1-4 of the series of the same name: The Tales of Exandria – The Bright Queen is written by Mercer & Darcy van Poelgeest, illustrated by CoupleofKooks, colored by Cris Peter, and lettered by Maher. Vox Machina will have to save the day again, against a much bigger foe than they first realized! Unfortunately, their ring-fighting turns out to be just a warm-up for a cold reality when a mysterious attack on Winter’s Crest festivities leaves the whole town magically frozen––including one of their own. But that costs coin, which has a bad habit of running out, so they join an underground fighting ring and bash their way to cash. Vox Machina enjoy a week in Westruun’s lap of luxury leading up to the Winter’s Crest Festival.
