Dark Horse to Publish Print Versions "Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins I"
Dark Horse and Critical Role are celebrating 10 years of Critical Role by releasing single issues of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins I in print for the first time. The comic series, written by Matthew Mercer and Matthew Colville, illustrated by Olivia Samson, colored by Chris Northrop and Travis Ames, and lettered by Northrop, was digitally released in 2019.
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins I shows the origins of the members of Vox Machina before they became the (in)famous adventuring party. The comic tells of stories and events that happen during the players' home game before it became the streaming juggernaut.
In issue #1, the "roguish twins Vax’ildan and Vex’ahlia investigate a curse afflicting the impoverished citizens of the port city of Stilben. Things are not what they seem for the adventurous siblings—between fighting shark-riding fish men and black-clad assassins, they meet an antlered half-elven wild mage with her own theory about the curse." (Dark Horse)
Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins I #1 (of 6), featuring a new cover by Olivia Samson, goes on sale on June 11, 2025.
(Image via Dark Horse - Olivia Samson's Cover of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins I #1)