New Baldur’s Gate 3 Comic Books Coming from Dark Horse
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Article Summary
- Dark Horse has teased a new upcoming comic book series based on the popular Baldur’s Gate 3 video game.
- Initial images posted on social media feature the vampire spawn Astarion and tiefling barbarian Karlach.
- The creative team includes French artist Gerald Parel and Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Becky Cloonan.
- Full details will be revealed at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2026.
Baldur’s Gate 3 continues to be the game that keeps on giving, with Dark Horse teasing a new comic series based on Larian Studios best-selling RPG. The series will at least feature Astarion and Karlach, and full details will be revealed on Friday, October 9 at New York Comic Con.
This marks yet another major D&D comic book to be released by Dark Horse, who picked up the rights to the franchise from Wizards of the Coast back in 2024 from IDW. It also marks the continued cross-pollination of BG3 across other forms of media, including a recently released Astarion novel, an upcoming HBO live-action series, an official coloring book and even a cookbook.
Below, we take a closer look at everything we know so far about this latest BG3 adaptation.
What is the new Dark Horse D&D comic book series about?
So far details are fairly light on what the comics will be about. Dark Horse did release several social media posts. The first was an image of Astarion illustrated by award-winning French artist and graphic designer Gerald Parel.
The second was an image of Karlach by Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Becky Cloonan, who is best known for her work on Wonder Woman, Gotham Academy, Conan the Barbarian, Southern Cross, The Mire and Somna.
What other Dark Horse D&D comics are in the works?
Dark Horse has definitely been ramping up its D&D comic book line over the past few years and has released a number of series, including:
- The Fallbacks: The initial miniseries that launched Dark Horse’s D&D license, with a series based on the popular Forgotten Realms Fallbacks novels by author Jaleigh Johnson.
- Total Party Killers: A comedic take on traditional dungeon crawls that flips the script by following a group of misfit monsters who are tasked with defending their dungeon from invading adventuring parties.
- Ravenloft: A four-issue gothic horror miniseries set in the Domains of Dread that follows the adventures of mad scientist Viktra Mordenheim.
- Ongoing D&D Series: Follows the exploits of the legendary wizard Mordenkainen as he travels to the Forgotten Realms to stop an ancient draconic enemy.
Final thoughts
Baldur’s Gate 3 has become one of the biggest and most beloved video games of the past few years, so it’s not surprising that it continues to appear in other media. Whether this new series will live up to fan expectations, however, remains to be seen.
We’ll be keeping a close eye on this story in the days ahead and will update this page with new information as its revealed on October 9th at New York Comic Con.
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Jason Volk is the Publisher of Dungeons & Dragons Fanatics and lives in the wilds of Western Canada. He has been playing D&D for over 25 years and is a huge fan of Dragonlance and the Forgotten Realms. His favorite character of all time was a Necromancer named Neek who spent most of his adventuring career resurrecting the corpses of slain monsters. When he’s not playing TTRPGs, Jason enjoys video games, Magic: The Gathering, Warhammer 40K, watching football and spending time with his wife and adorably nerdy children.
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