MADNESS AND MYSTERY AWAIT FANS OF EDWARDIAN-ERA INTRIGUE IN A NEW COMIC SET IN « OUR BRILLIANT RUIN »
Dark Horse is partnering with Studio Hermitage, comics writer (and possible Eldritch Horror) Cullen Bunn (Arkham Horror: The Terror at the End of Time ), artist Christopher Mitten (Witchfinder: The Reign of Darkness ) to bring the Our Brilliant Ruin tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) setting to comics with the new series Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion . Depicting an Edwardian twist on Lovecraftian horror and dark murder mysteries, the series also features colorist Piky Hamilton, letterer Frank Cvetkovic, and cover art from Helen Mask (Critical Role: The Tales of Exandria: The Bright Queen ). This series of three comic issues will tell a chilling tale from the world of the Our Brilliant Ruin TTRPG, starting with issue #1 available in March 2025.
« Role-playing games? Gothic horror? Rich backgrounds, histories, and stories? Sign me up! OUR BRILLIANT RUIN is my kind of setting, and I am absolutely honored to introduce consulting detective duo Elizabeth Ranseur and Arielle Wren to readers and players. We’ve got a chilling mystery for them to solve, and it will be a perfect window into the world of OUR BRILLIANT RUIN » said Bunn.
« We’re very pleased to work with Dark Horse and a team of extremely talented creators to bring the gilded-age drama and gothic horror of Our Brilliant Ruin into the exciting world of comics, » said Studio Hermitage CCO, Justin Achilli.
In Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion:
An investigator for hire finds herself in deep when a simple job of vetting a wealthy heiress’s suitors becomes a death trap. When guests at the heiress’s birthday party start turning up dead, their bodies brutally mangled, rumors and accusations start flying as our hero attempts to untangle a mystery she was not expecting to have to solve. The question in this Edwardian eldritch-nightmare meets Upstairs-downstairs drama becomes: who is a tragic victim, and who is the ruthless hunter?
Don’t miss your chance to learn the secrets of Our Brilliant Ruin: Horror at Crane Mansion #1 (of 3) when it arrives in comic shops on March 26, 2025, for $4.99. Visit Comic Shop Locator to help find stores near you.