Dark Horse Reveals First Dungeons & Dragons Comic

Dark Horse has revealed its first Dungeons & Dragons comic, the result of a new licensing deal between the comics publisher and Wizards of the Coast. Today, The Gamer posted a preview for Dungeons and Dragons: The Fallbacks, a new comic book focused on an adventuring group of misfits. The team consists of elf ogue Tess, human fighter Anson, the tiefling bard Lark, dwarf cleric Baldric, and otyugh companion Uggie. The Fallbacks previously were featured in two novels published by Random House and also appeared in artwork in the new 2024 Core Rulebooks.

The new comics series will be written by Greg Pak, with pencils by Wilton Santos, inks by Edvan Alves, colors by Raul Angulo, and letters by Nate Piekos. The four issue miniseries will launch starting in October 2025.

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[DarkCrisis]

Yup. Looks like modern D&D.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

They're definitely leaning into what makes D&D different than, say, their previously published (and excellent) Conan comics.

 

[Yenrak]

The dwarf cleric is a deliberate provocation of old school D&D folks. I'm fine with it. But I know they were trying to trigger my reactionary soul.

 

[Afroconan]

Yup. Looks like modern D&D.

This was my first thought.

Love the diversity and I know medieval fantasy is anachronic almost by definition.

But man, this doesn't even look like 2014 D&D... I'll dare say it even looks like a Critical Role knock off

 

[Azzy]

The dwarf cleric is a deliberate provocation of old school D&D folks. I'm fine with it. But I know they were trying to trigger my reactionary soul.

In what way?

 

[DarkCrisis]

Is the Elf Rogue "Thicc"?

 

[MGibster]

Is the Elf Rogue "Thicc"?

Corpulent. She's corpulent.

 

[MuhVerisimilitude]

It's very flashy in a modern way that I imagine will tick some people off. The elf's design is pretty cool, though. Not a fan of the tiefling's look.

 

[pukunui]

The team consists of elf ogue Tess, human fighter Anson, the tiefling bard Lark, dwarf cleric Baldric, and otyugh companion Uggie. The Fallbacks previously were featured in two novels published by Random House and also appeared in artwork in the new 2024 Core Rulebooks.

Who's the woman with the magic staff in back? I'm not familiar with this group, not having read the novels.

The dwarf cleric is a deliberate provocation of old school D&D folks. I'm fine with it. But I know they were trying to trigger my reactionary soul.

How so? He just looks like a typical Faerûnian gold dwarf to me.

Is the Elf Rogue "Thicc"?

I guess so. I mistook that character for a dwarf at first and had to look more closely ...