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Dark Horse, Critical Role, and Amazon MGM Studios present The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Library Edition

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Dark Horse Books, Critical Role, and Amazon MGM Studios have announced The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Library Edition, a new hardcover edition collecting The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley, Cassandra, and The Briarwoods.

All three prequel stories to the hit animated series The Legend of Vox Machina are written by Marieke Nijkamp; illustrated by Tyler Walpole, Travis Hymel, and Aviv Or; colored by Walpole and Diana Sousa; and lettered by Comicraft.

This set of interconnected graphic novels delves deeper into the world of The Legend of Vox Machina Season 1 and shines a light on the show’s offscreen storylines.

The library edition will also feature brand-new cover art by Or.

Get a deeper look into the pasts of iconic characters from The Legend of Vox Machina animated series with this hardcover collection of prequels! Gain a look into the motivations of Dr. Anna Ripley as she betrays the de Rolo family to aid the vicious Briarwoods, then root for Cassandra de Rolo as she works in the shadows to rebel against Delilah and Sylas as they parade her around the city as their pawn. Just as the hate for the Briarwoods settles in, see how the couple fell in love, formed an unbreakable bond, and fell into darkness throughout their time together.

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Library Edition (hardcover, 240 pages, 9 x 12”) will be available wherever books are sold on January 26, 2027. It is now available for preorder at Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $59.99.

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Library Edition

Exclusive Preview: Fantastic Four #14

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Fantastic Four #14

(W) Ryan North, Marieke Nijkamp (A) Ramón Rosanas, Andrea Di Vito
(C) Edgar Delgado, Erick Arciniega (L) Joe Caramagna
(CA) Humberto Ramos and Edgar Delgado (VCA) Aaron Kuder and Sonia Oback, David Nakayama, Matthew Waite, Steve Rude and Edgar Delgado

OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: ABSOLUTELY THE MOST UNEXPECTED STORY YOU’LL READ ALL YEAR! Something has gone terribly wrong on Earth, and it’s spreading from human to human — quickly, unstoppably. The Baxter Building is not immune — and before they can even realize there is a problem, everyone on the Fantastic Four is compromised!… Everyone, that is, save for Jo and Nicki — the young adopted children of Ben and Alicia, whose alien Kree and Skrull physiology leaves them immune. But what can two children do to save an entire world all by themselves? And what if what’s needed for a cure is physically impossible? Jo and Nicki take center stage in this mind-bending single-issue epic!

PLUS: A SPECIAL BACKUP STORY CELEBRATING DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH!

Fantastic Four #14

Preview: Uncanny X-Men #31

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Uncanny X-Men #31

(W) Gail Simone, Marieke Nijkamp (A) David Baldeón, Jim Towe, Andrea Di Vito

Louisiana is GROUND ZERO for an attack force of alien ships with a mission, and woe betide any human or mutant who gets in their way! As if that isn’t enough, an Outlier goes on the worst first date ever! Kids are dancing during the end of the world, and the UNCANNY X-MEN are the chaperones to terror!

PLUS: A SPECIAL BACKUP STORY CELEBRATING DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH!

Uncanny X-Men #31

Marvel Celebrates Disability Pride Month with New Covers and Stories Spotlighting Misty Knight, Daredevil, and more!

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This July, Marvel Comics celebrates Disability Pride Month with an all-new saga starring heroes that represent strength and empowerment for the disability community. Written by Marieke Nijkamp and drawn by Andrea Di Vito, the story will be told in special backup stories across four issues: Amazing Spider-Man #32, Uncanny X-Men #31, Fantastic Four #14, and Wolverine #24. Each issue will also feature a Disability Pride Variant Cover by one of several seminal artists: Jamie McKelvie, David Mack, Aaron Kuder, Leinil Francis Yu, and Stephen Segovia.

Intersecting with a range of different disabilities, the iconic characters spotlighted include DAREDEVIL, MISTY KNIGHT, ECHO, HAWKEYE, SILHOUETTE and FINESSE. This formidable group of heroes will come together to save Colleen Wing from a deadly threat in an action-packed story highlighting the power of community and uplifting one another.

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Promo Cover by JAMIE MCKELVIE
Disability Pride Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
On Sale 7/1

UNCANNY X-MEN #31

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Variant Cover by DAVID MACK
On Sale 7/8

FANTASTIC FOUR #14

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Variant Cover by AARON KUDER
On Sale 7/15

WOLVERINE #24

Featuring a special backup story celebrating Disability Pride Month by MARIEKE NIJKAMP & ANDREA DI VITO
Disability Pride Variant Cover by STEPHEN SEGOVIA
On Sale 7/22

Marvel’s Disability Pride Celebration is part of the Marvel’s Voices program, which delivers super-powered storytelling that explores the multitude of unique backgrounds, journeys and identities found in the Marvel Universe.

Check out Jamie McKelvie’s Disability Pride Variant Cover along with David Mack’s Disability Pride Variant Cover and preorder them at your local comic shop today!

Dark Horse, Critical Role, and Amazon MGM Studios present The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3 – The Briarwoods

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Dark Horse Books, Critical Role, and Amazon MGM Studios have revealed the third volume in the hit Whitestone Chronicles series, The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3—The Briarwoods. This final graphic novel in The Whitestone Chronicles series is written by Marieke Nijkamp, with art by Aviv Or, colors by Diana Sousa, and letters by Comicraft. This set of interconnected graphic novels explores more of the world of The Legend of Vox Machina Season 1 and shines light on the off-screen storylines of the show.

How did Delilah Briarwood come to be known as a powerful necromancer?

As a student at the Alabaster Lyceum, Delilah was a strategic and cunning mage with deadly ambitions. Her tactical elegance and cold confidence eventually led her to a position at the Soltryce Academy, which provided her a place to conduct her research as well as the opportunity to rub elbows with the rich and powerful of the Dwendalian Empire. With her unwavering focus, everything was going to plan…that is, until she met Sylas Briarwood.

They quickly fell in love and were married, but their life of wedded bliss is tragically upended when Sylas falls ill and succumbs to his rare disease before Delilah can find a cure. Heartbroken and beyond desperate, Delilah turns to a powerful being that ultimately reunites her with her soulmate…with a few monstrous caveats.

Though they can pretend that their life together is back to the way it once was, Delilah and Sylas must now walk down the path of no return. What obstacles will befall the Briarwoods as they attempt to resurrect the Whispered One?

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3—The Briarwoods (80 pages, 6.625” x 10.1875”, hardcover) arrives in bookstores on June 30 and in comic shops on July 1, 2026. It is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $19.99.

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3—The Briarwoods

See more sides of the story with The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 2 — Cassandra

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Dark Horse Books, Critical Role, and Amazon MGM Studios have revealed the second volume in the hit Whitestone Chronicles series, The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 2—Cassandra. This second graphic novel is written by Marieke Nijkamp, with art by Travis Hymel, colors by Diana Sousa, and letters by Comicraft. 

Critically injured and seemingly abandoned by her brother after the murder of her family, Cassandra de Rolo finds herself at the mercy of Whitestone’s usurpers. Much to her shock, Delilah and Sylas Briarwood treat her with the utmost care—almost like a daughter—as she recovers within the relative safety of her own childhood bedroom. On edge and suspicious of their motives, Cassandra adapts to survive while processing the trauma of her family’s demise and Percy’s abandonment.

The Briarwoods delight in parading Cassandra around the city in an attempt to convince the despairing populace of their benevolence. Instead of becoming their paragon of obedience, Cassandra unwittingly becomes the guiding light of the rebellion attempting to rescue Whitestone, particularly in the eyes of her childhood friend and rebel leader, Archie. Cassandra vows to do whatever she can to help her beloved home, but are the ghosts of her past powerful enough to overcome the ghosts in her present, or will the Briarwoods’ brainwashing drown out all reason?

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 2—Cassandra (80 pages, 6.625” x 10.1875”, hardcover) arrives in bookstores and comic shops on March 10 and 11, 2026. It is now available for pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore for $19.99.

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 2—Cassandra

Ink Girls is cute and a great message for young readers but might be too altruistic for older readers

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Eleven-year-old Cinzia is a printer’s apprentice. She adores Mestra Aronne for taking her in–most guilds don’t have room for apprentices with a crippled leg–and she loves life in the raggedy workshop that smells of paper and printing, where secrets and stories are always circulating. So when Mestra Aronne is imprisoned for publishing accusations against the ruling family, Cinzia will do anything to prove that Mestra Aronne only told the truth.

Story: Marieke Nijkamp
Art: Sylvia Bi

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The Legend of Vox Machina receives a prequel comics trilogy

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Learn more about beloved characters from Critical Role and Amazon Studios’ The Legend of Vox Machina animated series in the newest graphic novel trilogy from Dark Horse Books, The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles! The first volume in the series, focusing on Ripley, serves as a prequel to Prime Video’s hit animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina. The graphic novel is written by Marieke Nijkamp with illustrations and coloring by Tyler Walpole and letters by Jimmy Betancourt.

Tragedy strikes the renowned de Rolo family of Whitestone when they’re massacred by the vicious Briarwoods. Luckily for Dr. Anna Ripley, the bloodshed and regime change present the perfect opportunity for her to further her own dark plans in service to Whitestone’s new ruling family. But just how much of her loyalty lies with the family, when compared to her work?

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley HC arrives in bookstores April 16, 2024 and in comic shops April 17, 2024. It is now available to pre-order at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and at your local comic shop and bookstore.

The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley HC

Preview: Star Trek: Warriors of The Mirror War

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Star Trek: Warriors of The Mirror War

(W) Danny Lore, Marieke Nijkamp, Celeste Bronfman, J Holtham (A) Carlos Nieto, Roberta Ingranata, Carlos Rodriguez, Hendry Prasetya, Megan Levens (CA) J. K. Woodward
In Shops: May 31, 2023
SRP: $17.99

Expand upon the world of The Mirror War in these short stories focusing on some of your favorite characters: Data, Geordi La Forge, Benjamin Sisko, and Deanna Troi! When Barclay becomes preoccupied with revenge, Data determines to help him right past wrongs so that the human can return to peak operating efficiency. Then, Geordi La Forge is on a scouting mission for Picard when he suddenly finds himself ambushed and teleported into an agony booth. When Benjamin Sisko is tasked with taking out Intendant Kira Nerys’ political rival at a very public party, things quickly escalate from tense to dangerous when another figure from Sisko’s past makes a dark appearance. And in the finale, at the rise of a new dawn for the Terran Empire, Deanna Troi reflects on how far her ambition has driven her on her calculating quest to seek power and escape among the stars.

Star Trek: Warriors of The Mirror War

Preview: Star Trek: Warriors of The Mirror War

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Star Trek: Warriors of The Mirror War

(W) Danny Lore, Marieke Nijkamp, Celeste Bronfman, J Holtham (A) Carlos Nieto, Roberta Ingranata, Carlos Rodriguez, Hendry Prasetya, Megan Levens (CA) J. K. Woodward
In Shops: May 31, 2023
SRP: $17.99

Expand upon the world of The Mirror War in these short stories focusing on some of your favorite characters: Data, Geordi La Forge, Benjamin Sisko, and Deanna Troi! When Barclay becomes preoccupied with revenge, Data determines to help him right past wrongs so that the human can return to peak operating efficiency. Then, Geordi La Forge is on a scouting mission for Picard when he suddenly finds himself ambushed and teleported into an agony booth. When Benjamin Sisko is tasked with taking out Intendant Kira Nerys’ political rival at a very public party, things quickly escalate from tense to dangerous when another figure from Sisko’s past makes a dark appearance. And in the finale, at the rise of a new dawn for the Terran Empire, Deanna Troi reflects on how far her ambition has driven her on her calculating quest to seek power and escape among the stars.

Star Trek: Warriors of The Mirror War
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