But, I have to be honest, it was getting more difficult with each new iteration.
You can read about my brush with suicide in the summer of 2016 here: Įven then, I kept creating new stories with these four women throughout it all. They took a heavy toll, bringing me back to a dark place I thought I’d escaped when this Rat Queens journey began. It’s no secret Rat Queens has had its share of controversies. The years following September 25 th, 2013 have been a trail through the highest mountains and the darkest caves. Since then, it’s been a long and difficult journey.
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We always struggled to get the series out on its monthly schedule (I have many thoughts about the industry’s demand on artists, but that’s for another time), but we were creating something we loved and the fans loved in returned. It was the highlight of success after years of personal struggles that had nearly sapped me of hope and strength.Īnd it was good for a while.
Both in sales and in the acclaim it garnered from an industry, a community that had become so important to me. Within months, Rat Queens became the most successful project I’d ever worked on. Rat Queens #1 came out on September 25 th, 2013. Our best guess was five issues and a good looking trade collection. Where it would land, how it would end, we had no idea. It was a terrible mash, but we both knew what it meant. We did a call and I laid out the idea that I’d come up with in the worst way possible: It’s Lord of the Rings meets Sex in the City. And in so many of the fantasy books I’d read, it almost always certainly was. What I wanted to do was have a fantasy adventure story where being a woman wasn’t a thing. Having four female leads wasn’t the novel idea, in my opinion. It wasn’t a new thing for me to have female leads in my stories Debris, The Intrepids, Beautiful Creatures and even Peter Panzerfaust, while predominantly male, had women that are, to date, my favourite I’ve written. What did I love about fantasy? What was ridiculous? What was annoying and outdated? And we both knew we wanted to try something fresh with a genre we loved. We both knew we wanted to work on fantasy. Didn’t seem like there was much interest in a story about a three-piece all girl goblin punk band that sang about love and getting along. We’d attempted a small pitch on a concept that I’d originally worked on with Owen Gieni (who, in a strange twist, became a later Rat Queens artist), it was called Goblinettes, and it ultimately didn’t float. While he finished Vescell, we emailed several times, batting around ideas. He was making art in a way I’d never seen in a comic series. I’d seen his work on Vescell and was inspired by it. I’d been in contact with Roc Upchurch after meeting him randomly on a street corner over the weekend of NYCC in 2011. Darrington Press features games created and enjoyed by the team at Critical Role, and looks to solidify a long-lasting positive impact on the gaming community and industry as a whole.Īs Critical Role continues to expand the unique universe it has created, with complex stories set in an ever-evolving world, it also continues to create more ways for fans to experience the brand, including both fiction and nonfiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers list, comic books, graphic novels, collectibles, tabletop and roleplaying games, podcasts, live events, and a critically-acclaimed animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, airing exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.It was early 2012 when the core concept of Rat Queens came together. Critical Role began as a group of friends sharing stories around a table, and with their strong passion and experience in tabletop gaming and roleplaying, launching Darrington Press was the natural next step to provide ways for people around the globe to do the same. Additionally, The Chronicles of Exandria I: The Tale of Vox Machina, and The Chronicles of Exandria II: The Legend of Vox Machina art books are both receiving reprints under the Darrington Press banner.ĭarrington Press is a publishing company that provides ways for people worldwide to create shared experiences through storytelling, shaping their own adventures and making invaluable memories along the way through games, books, and more.
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