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Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV Launches In May

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins gets its fourth comic book volume from Dark Horse Comics kicking off in May by Jody Houser and Noah Hayes.

Published Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:57:12 -0600

by Rich Johnston

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New 'Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV' releases in May from Dark Horse Comics.
Matthew Mercer and cast consult on the comic, with Jody Houser as writer.
Artwork by Noah Hayes with Diana Sousa's colors and Ariana Maher's letters.
Comic explores a dark mystery awaiting Vox Machina in a mysterious basement.

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins gets its fourth comic book volume from Dark Horse Comics kicking off in May. Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins IV #1 created in consultation with Matthew Mercer and the rest of the cast of Critical Role, written by Jody Houser with art by Noah Hayes, colours by Diana Sousa, letters by Ariana Maher, and cover art by Alicia Sánchez. Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins lV #1 (of 6) is published on the 29th of May.

"Vox Machina is tasked to investigate the whereabouts of Sir Fince after his disappearance, and after some poking and prodding, clues lead the team to a mysterious basement. What dark surprises await our heroes in the bowels of his homestead? "I'm excited to head back to Exandria and continue the adventure alongside Vox Machina," said Houser. "The stakes have never been higher, so we'll see if splitting the party was a good idea…"

Critical Role starting as a roleplaying game between celebrity voiceover friends Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O'Brien playing Dungeons & Dragons in front of a camera. And is one of the fastest growing independent media companies in the world, with fiction and nonfiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers list, comic books, graphic novels, collectibles, tabletop and roleplaying games, podcasts, live events, animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina on Prime Video and a tabletop game publishing company, Darrington Press.

Founded as an offshoot of his comics retail chain, Mike Richardson, launched Dark Horse Comics in 1986. And has published work from Frank Miller, John Byrne, Mike Miognola, Sergio Aragones, Yoshitaka Amano, Margaret Atwood, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Colleen Doran, Janet Evanovich, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Geof Darrow, Faith Erin Hicks, Kazuo Koike, Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire, Kentaro Miura, Moebius, Chuck Palahniuk, Eric Powell, Stan Sakai, and Gerard Way, as well as Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Richard Corben. The company originated work such as Sin City, 300, The Mask, Hellboy and Concrete, and has published comics based on properties such as Star Wars, Stranger Things, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, Minecraft, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, Dragon Age, James Cameron's Avatar, Game of Thrones, Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Halo. Dark Horse established an entertainment division in 1989, including movies such as The Mask and TimeCop, The Umbrella Academy on Netflix and Resident Alien on SyFy. In 2022, Dark Horse Media, LLC was established as the parent company of all three divisions, and became part of Embracer Group AB.