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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[Genghis Don]

I'm confused by this response:


That doesn't even seem to be a response to what I wrote. (Maybe you clicked 'reply' on the wrong post?)

In any event, as I said, this is not official WotC art, so it can't even be called "D&D art style".

But the artist is clearly influenced by official D&D content: rules, adventures, settings, etc. And in my opinion it's a fair interpretation of the direction WotC has taken in recent years. Which I dislike.



And this seems like an unrelated tangent:


I haven't seen anybody claim to have done that, to actually discard rules they like because of the art. I've seen people reject games without reading them because of the art, or have trouble getting past the art to read the rules objectively. But "I like this game but won't play it because of the art"? Maybe that exists, but I haven't seen it.

Not really wise of me, jumping in on the one post, but if you look around, you will find that WOTC has indeed been controlling/demanding via their artists. Whether their choices to do so were wise or foolish, wicked or progressive, you can decide for yourself, but they DEFINITELY have done so, artists on the inside have spilled the tea.

But it was the last that I wanted to respond to...somebody playing a game is secondary to a publisher. They need people to BUY books, and mostly they need the DM's to buy books. Art TOTALLY helps sell a product, especially books. See above post for more on specifics to this product, but it always applies. we are advised to never judge a book by its cover precisely because it's human nature to do so.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

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She's not "I need a wal-mart scooter to move around" big. Just because you're overweight doesn't mean you can't have muscle. Just look at female rugby players.

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I feel honored that you went to all the effort to make a meme over my opinion.

Look I'm not a fan of for various reasons, but it's not a deal breaker for me, and I doubt I will convince any of you, so I'm moving on. Feel free to make more memes over it however .

 

[Morrus]

virtue signalers

It falls to the virtue signalers

Are you sure you're a gamer? You claim to have read the rules, but most gamers are good at following rules.

And since we're here, yes, we did see the now-edited post where you called us 'tyrants'... again. It says an awful lot about somebody how they treat the staff in the locations they frequent; the next time you abuse any of our staff in that manner, this will cease to be a location you frequent. We have zero tolerance for bullying or abusive comments being directed at our staff and volunteers. I hope that's clear.

 

[Genghis Don]

I feel honored that you went to all the effort to make a meme over my opinion.

Look I'm not a fan of for various reasons, but it's not a deal breaker for me, and I doubt I will convince any of you, so I'm moving on. Feel free to make more memes over it however .

changed post
like what you like, as others can as well

memes appear to be a grey zone
i said it better, but cest la vie

 

[Genghis Don]

Are you sure you're a gamer? You claim to have read the rules, but most gamers are good at following rules.

And since we're here, yes, we did see the now-edited post where you called us 'tyrants'... again. It says an awful lot about somebody how they treat the staff in the locations they frequent; the next time you abuse any of our staff in that manner, this will cease to be a location you frequent. We have zero tolerance for bullying or abusive comments being directed at our staff and volunteers. I hope that's clear.

how do I respond? rules say not here

 

[Genghis Don]

the system here is bonkers, in the technical sense, cannot edit./delete, etc.

 

[gban007]

how do I respond? rules say not here

Click on Persons name and send direct message

 

[Genghis Don]

Click on Persons name and send direct message

thanks, it worked before but I must have done it wrong a minute ago

 

[Morrus]

how do I respond? rules say not here

Correct. Not here. Since you did, and you seem determined to ignore our rules, you won't be posting in this thread again.

 

[Dire Bare]

One of my main criticisms of the novel, which I would categorize as "kind of fun" and "not terrible" overall...is that in the book, she could have been built like a supermodel, and it wouldn't have changed anything in the characterization?

It's been a minute since I read "Bound for Ruin", the first Fallbacks story, but . . . if Tess's (Tessalynde, our elven rogue) weight/size doesn't impact her being a nimble rogue and if the character doesn't have issues with her own weight/size . . . why should the book make a big deal about it? Seems like a plus to me, making someone who's body-shape doesn't fit our stereotyped ideals be a descriptive, but not actually important, part of her character. Folks IRL can have that body-shape and do just fine, including being sneaky and nimble. Somebody upthread mentioned the martial arts star Sammo Hung, he's a good example!