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Preview: Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #3

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #3

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Christopher Mitten (CA) Helen Mask
In Shops: Jun 04, 2025
SRP: $4.99

Based on the tabletop RPG of the same name! The mounting tension at Crane Mansion is cut by a supernatural attack, and accusations fly as the attendees scramble to reveal the truth behind Constance’s transformation. Can Elizabeth, Arielle, and their unlikely allies elude the monster stalking the halls of the mansion? Or will they face the same grotesquely violent fate as her other victims?

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #3

Preview: Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #2

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #2

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Christopher Mitten (CA) Helen Mask
In Shops: May 07, 2025
SRP: $4.99

Based on the tabletop RPG of the same name, Our Brilliant Ruin depicts a world where intricate social ties of allegiance and conflict are tested by the Ruin-a malignant force that corrodes the world and turns people into horrific creatures. The plot thickens at Crane Mansion after the discovery of Alexander Valgreave’s body. While suspicions grow between the partygoers, Piedmont Accord investigator Elizabeth Ranseur begins to unravel the mystery-only to discover it may be more tragic than anyone could guess…

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #2

Preview: Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #1

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #1

(W) Cullen Bunn (A) Christopher Mitten (CA) Helen Mask
In Shops: Mar 26, 2025
SRP: $4.99

Created in association with the tabletop RPG of the same name, Our Brilliant Ruin depicts a world where intricate social ties of allegiance and conflict are tested by the presence of the Ruin-a malignant force that corrodes the world and turns people into horrific creatures. In “Horror at Crane Mansion,” an investigator for hire finds herself in deep when a simple job vetting a wealthy woman’s suitors becomes a death trap. Who is a tragic victim, and who is the ruthless hunter?

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #1

Madness and mystery await as Our Brilliant Ruin from Cullen Bunn and Christopher Mitten goes from the tabletop to comics

Dark Horse is partnering with Studio Hermitage, comics writer (and possible Eldritch Horror) Cullen Bunn, and artist Christopher Mitten to bring the Our Brilliant Ruin tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) setting to comics with the new series Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion. Depicting an Edwardian twist on Lovecraftian horror and dark murder mysteries, the series also features colorist Piky Hamilton, letterer Frank Cvetkovic, and cover art from Helen Mask. This series of three comic issues will tell a chilling tale from the world of the Our Brilliant Ruin TTRPG, starting with issue #1 available in March 2025.

An investigator for hire finds herself in deep when a simple job of vetting a wealthy heiress’s suitors becomes a death trap. When guests at the heiress’s birthday party start turning up dead, their bodies brutally mangled, rumors and accusations start flying as our hero attempts to untangle a mystery she was not expecting to have to solve. The question in this Edwardian eldritch-nightmare meets Upstairs-downstairs drama becomes: who is a tragic victim, and who is the ruthless hunter? 

Don’t miss your chance to learn the secrets of Our Brilliant RuinHorror at Crane Mansion #1 (of 3) when it arrives in comic shops on March 26, 2025, for $4.99.

Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #1

Dark Horse presents Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria – The Mighty Nein Part Two Deluxe Edition

Dark Horse Books and Critical Role have revealed that the previously announced book Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria—The Mighty Nein Part Two will also be available for collectors in a stunning Deluxe Edition in early 2025. Written by Dani Carr and adorned with a beautiful cover by artist Helen Mask with designer Cindy Cacerez-Sprague, this volume was created in collaboration with Matthew Mercer and the Critical Role team, as well as Critter community artists.

The saga of Exandria’s famous adventurers continues in this second collection of art, narrative, and lore from the cast of Critical Role and the Critter community! The Chronicles of Exandria: The Mighty Nein Part Two follows Critical Role’s Mighty Nein campaign from their adventures in Xhorhas to encounters with the Kryn and the Bright Queen, to discoveries at the Cinderrest Sanctum and in the belly of a behemoth, all the way to events at the Whitedawn Lagoon and beyond.

The Deluxe Edition will include a foil-stamped, debossed hardcover with spine ribs and a ribbon marker, a triptych-style portfolio with a lithograph by Hannah Freidrichs, a coin from the Kryn Dynasty featuring an image of the Bright Queen presented with a velvet pouch, a die-cut and faux leather foil-stamped bookmark, and a foil-stamped envelope containing: five postcards featuring art from inside the book, a Marquis Party invitation, fliers for Brenatto’s Apothecary and Blooming Grove Tea by Helen Mask, Beacon Research Notes and the Xhorhaus Floorplan by Hunter Severn Bonyun, and a Willi Blueprint by Fernando Heinz Furukawa. All items will be housed within an intricate clamshell package inspired by Iva Deshin, proprietor of Chastity’s Nook.

Critical Role: The Chronicles of Exandria—The Mighty Nein Part Two Deluxe Edition (304 pages, 9.5″ x 13″)will be available in bookstores on February 4, 2025 and in comic shops on February 5, 2025. It is now available to preorder at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, TFAW, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $149.99.

Dark Horse Reveals Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria

The world of the hit phenomenon Critical Role is expanding in a new mini-series from Dark Horse Comics. Written by Eisner Award-winner Darcy Van Poelgeest and illustrated by Critical Role fan artist CoupleofKooks, and covers by Helen Mask with creative consultation by Critical Role cast member Matthew Mercer, Critical Role and Dark Horse Comics present Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria.

Focused on side characters and stories, the first series in this line of bimonthly comics focuses on Leylas Kryn, the Bright Queen of the Kryn Dynasty. Leylas has spent multiple lives in her pursuit to assemble the Luxon. With her eternal lover Quana at her side, she will stop at nothing to use its power to bring a Golden Age to the people under her rule. When what seems to be the final piece of the Luxon appears nearby, Leylas sends Quana to collect it…with consequences that may threaten the entire Kryn Dynasty!

Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria #1 (of four) is the next addition in an ever-growing line of Critical Role comics, graphic novels, and art books from the ongoing collaboration between Critical Role and Dark Horse Comics! It will be in comic shops on March 17, 2021.

Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria

Preview: Adventure Time Comics #10

Adventure Time Comics #10

Publisher: KaBOOM!, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writers: Jorge Corona, Marina Julia, Kellye Perdue
Artists: Jorge Corona, Marina Julia, Kellye Perdue
Cover Artists:
Main Cover: Adam Gorham
Subscription Cover: Kellye Perdue
Incentive Cover: Helen Mask
Price: $3.99

Finn and Jake try to find a challenging new quest, Marceline helps Princess Bubblegum deal with her haunted lab, and BMO wants to see what the big deal about 3-D is.

Preview: Lumberjanes #35

Lumberjanes #35

Publisher: BOOM! Box, an imprint of BOOM! Studios
Writers: Shannon Watters & Kat Leyh
Artist: Carolyn Nowak
Cover Artists:
Main Cover: Kat Leyh
Incentive Cover: Helen Mask
Price: $3.99

Jen is elated about being a roller derby ref, and soon the ‘Janes are laced up and ready to go full Rumblejanes on the Sasquatches!

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