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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[Baron Opal II]

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.

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We had dwarf clerics in 1e. They were meant to be npcs per RAW, I think, but we rolled with it. Having a dwarf cleric with high Con being nearly immune to poison at the get-go was fun.

 

[bedir than]

I'm not a big comics nerd, but I know Greg Pak's work. I like that they have someone with extensive experience working within, while expanding, a familiar universe

Greg Pak - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Azzy]

Um…I’m pretty sure thicc is vastly more appropriate here than corpulent.

She cute, and she thicc. It’s a good thing.

One could say "voluptuous".

 

[sevenbastard]

It's the modern Forgoten Realms so i don't expect anything even close to traditional medieval attire and its modern D&D so i don't expect anyone to wear armor.

Times have changed, but I'm not mad.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

How hard is it to fight with a broken sword?

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

How hard is it to fight with a broken sword?

Depends on the author. I mean, in film, we've seen Riddick fight with his tin cup successfully.

 

[Leatherhead]

There are Two things that annoy me with this picture:
The Fedora.
And the Trench Coat.
Like, I know FR actually crosses over with Earth on occasion, but they really could have not imported our horrible fashion trends.

 

[Richards]

Unless that tiefling's horns bend, there's no way for him to be able to put his hat on like that.

Johnathan

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Unless that tiefling's horns bend, there's no way for him to be able to put his hat on like that.

They seem to be laden with magical items. A hat that he could put on over his horns would be a relatively minor one.

 

[Rabulias]

We had dwarf clerics in 1e. They were meant to be npcs per RAW, I think, but we rolled with it.

By the initial AD&D rules, yes, but once Unearthed Arcana came out, Cleric was a legal class (to various level limits) for all player races (except Wild Elves, who could be Druids).