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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

Dark Horse, Critical Role, and Amazon Studios tease The Legend of Vox Machina: Whitestone Chronicles

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Dark Horse Books, Critical Role, and Amazon Studios officially announced they have teamed up to bring fans a new prequel book series based on the record-breaking animated show, The Legend of Vox Machina! The upcoming series of interconnected stories will be written by Marieke Nijkamp, in collaboration with the cast of Critical Role, and will include art by acclaimed illustrator Tyler Walpole.

Fans can get a sneak peek at the first book in the series, The Legend of Vox Machina: Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley with a digital sampler now available on The Legend of Vox Machina Amazon Storefront, Dark Horse Digital, and other digital reading platforms. The graphic novel focuses on Dr. Anna Ripley and the choices she makes after the de Rolo family of Whitestone is taken over by the vicious Briarwoods.

The Legend of Vox Machina: Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley will be available in 2024, with more information coming later this year.

The Legend of Vox Machina: Whitestone Chronicles—Ripley

Spend the holidays with Bill & Ted and Death Dealer spotlights Opus Comics’ Final Order Cut Off

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On FOC Monday, November 21, for December 21 on sale, Opus Comics has a new BILL & TED special and the latest installment of our flagship title DEATH DEALER. Plus, a COVER GALLERY featuring the amazing covers we’ve had for the first five issues.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Holiday Special

Roll over Beethoven, the Wyld Stallyns have their own ode to joy to share with the world! John Barber (Back to the Future) and Butch Mapa (Marvel Action: Avengers) bring you this most triumphant message of peace, love, and misunderstanding. Plus, another bonus story featuring Rufus by Barber and Juan Samu!

$6.99 • 40 pages
OCT221846 Cover A – Butch Mapa
OCT221847 Cover B (1:5) – Beethoven Action Figure
OCT221847 Cover C (1:10) – Wayne Nichols

Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer #8

Critically acclaimed animation writer Mitch Iverson (Dota: Dragon’s Blood) and world-renowned artists Esau & Isaac Escorza and Luis Antonio Delgado (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin) chronicle the next chapter in our hero’s twisted life, where in order to atone for a terrible deed, he must literally go through Hell—both of them!

$4.99 • 32 pages
OCT221852 Cover A – Clara Tessier
OCT221853 Cover B – Frank Frazetta
OCT221854 Cover C (1:5) – Tyler Walpole
OCT221855 Cover D (1:10) – Dave Dorman
OCT221856 Cover E  (1:20) – Dave Dorman unbranded

Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer Cover Gallery #1

Collected in one volume are the awe-inspiring and epic covers to the Death Dealer series. Artists include Simone Bianchi, Frank Cho, Gabrielle Dell’Otto, David Finch, Joseph Michael Linsner, Dan Panosian, Paul Renaud, Bill Sienkiewicz, and many more!

$4.99 • 40 pages
OCT221857 Cover A – Liam Sharp

Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer Cover Gallery #1

Exclusive Preview: Bequest #1

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BEQUEST #1

Writer: Tim Seeley 
Artist: Freddie E. Williams II 
Colorist: Jeremy Colwell 
Letterer: Marshall Dillon 
Cover: Freddie E. Williams II w/ Jeremy Colwell 
Incentive cover: Tyler Walpole
$4.99 / 32 Pages / Color / On Sale 3.17.2021 

Welcome to the high fantasy world of Tangea! A land where wizards and warriors battle dragons in dark dank dungeons! Where thieves pillage ancient ruins and priests answer the audible words of their great gods! 

Welcome to Chicago, Illinois! Where the magical items from Tangea are being traded on the black market and are messing everything up. 

Now, a group of Tangea adventurers must go undercover in our modern world to stop artifacts and monsters from falling into the wrong hands. But how will they fare in a world without wizards and warriors? A world without heroes? 

From Tim Seeley (DARK RED, BRILLIANT TRASH) and Freddie E. Williams II (HeMan/Thundercats, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) comes BEQUEST, a real-world fantasy tale. 

Each issue of BEQUEST has 24 pages of story and art and cardboard stock covers! 

BEQUEST #1

Fantasy Meets Chicago in Bequest from Tim Seeley, Freddie E. Williams II, Jeremy Colwell, and Marshall Dillon

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BEQUEST #1

Writer: Tim Seeley
Artist: Freddie E. Williams II
Colorist: Jeremy Colwell
Letterer: Marshall Dillon
Cover: Freddie E. Williams II w/ Jeremy Colwell
Incentive cover: Tyler Walpole
$4.99 / 32 Pages / Color / On Sale 3.17.2021

Welcome to the high fantasy world of Tangea! A land where wizards and warriors battle dragons in dark dank dungeons! Where thieves pillage ancient ruins and priests answer the audible words of their great gods!

Welcome to Chicago, Illinois! Where the magical items from Tangea are being traded on the black market and are messing everything up.

Now, a group of Tangea adventurers must go undercover in our modern world to stop artifacts and monsters from falling into the wrong hands. But how will they fare in a world without wizards and warriors? A world without heroes?

From Tim Seeley (DARK RED, BRILLIANT TRASH) and Freddie E. Williams II (HeMan/Thundercats, Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) comes BEQUEST, a real-world fantasy tale.

Each issue of BEQUEST has 24 pages of story and art and cardboard stock covers!

BEQUEST #1

Review: Stronghold Vol. 1 The Primacy

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It’s a battle of good vs. evil, or is it? Michael Grey believes he’s a normal person but reality is he’s so much more.

Stronghold Vol. 1 The Primacy collects issues #1-5.

Story: Phil Hester
Art: Ryan Kelly
Co-Creator: Tyler Walpole
Color: Dee Cunniffe
Letterer: Simon Bowland

Get your copy in comic shops now in bookstores now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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AfterShock Comics Announces Stronghold from Phil Hester, Ryan Kelly, Dee Cunniffe, and Simon Bowland

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Our planet is actually a prison designed to both trap and shelter an amnesiac alien entity of incalculable power. Now known as Michael Grey, this cosmic angel of destruction currently believes himself to be an ordinary, midwestern insurance underwriter, who belongs to a global secret society dedicated to making sure he never discovers the truth about his past.

To make matters worse, our hero has fallen in love with Michael Grey. And for their love to be born, Earth must die. 

Phil Hester and Ryan Kelly weave a tale of cosmic horror, high adventure and tragic romance unlike anything else in comics.

Out February 20, 2019, Stronghold #1 is written by Hester, with art by Kelly, colors by Dee Cunniffe, and lettering by Simon Bowland. It ships with a cover by Kelly and another by Tyler Walpole.

Preview: Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Vol. 6: The Halfling’s Gem

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Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Vol. 6: The Halfling’s Gem

R.A. Salvatore, Andrew Dabb (w) • Tim Seeley (a) • Tyler Walpole (c)

Adapted from the famous book by R.A. Salvatore, The Legend of Drizzt: The Halfling’s Gem. At long last, Drizzt D’ourden has found a surrogate family to love and stand by through all. However, in the aftermath of the battle for Mithral Hall, Drizzt finds this family in pieces. Bruenor Battlehammer is lost, thought to be dead; Guenwhyvar–his loyal, magical panther–is missing; and Regis The Halfling has been kidnapped by Drizzt’s archenemy, Artemis Entreri.

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-865-6

Preview: Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Vol. 4: The Crystal Shard

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Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt, Vol. 4: The Crystal Shard

R.A. Salvatore, Andrew Dabb (w) • Val Semeiks (a) • Tyler Walpole (c)

Adapted from the best-selling book by R.A. Salvatore! Can an unorthodox dwarf and renegade dark elf unite the people of Ten-Towns in time to stave off the forces of the crystal shard?

TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN: 978-1-63140-621-8

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Relive the Terror in Michael Alan Nelson’s Fall of Cthulhu Omnibus

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BOOM! Studios invites you to experience the apocalypse all over again with the collected edition of Fall of Cthulhu Omnibus from acclaimed horror writer Michael Alan Nelson. This 600-plus-page omnibus collects each of The Fall of Cthulhu volumes, including The Fugue, The Gathering, The Gray Man (which features the first appearance of Lucifer, star of Nelson’s new ongoing series Hexed), GodWar, Apocalypse, and Nemesis. Nelson, alongside artists Greg Scott, Mateus Santolouco, Mark Dos Santos, and more, created the first epic story for BOOM! Studios and is being reprinted in one grand collector’s edition for the first time. Nelson’s epic was hailed by Leverage creator John Rogers as “the definitive Cthulhu in graphic novel format.” Never before has H.P. Lovecraft’s world been presented in such an expansive and complex way.  now by then.

Fall of Cthulhu Omnibus arrives from BOOM! Studios in comic shops on October 29th with a cover illustrated by Tyler Walpole and a cover price of $39.99 under Diamond Order Code AUG141165.

 FALL OF CTHULHU OMNIBUS

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