Darkish Horse has been publishing a wide range of Witcher comics, some direct variations of the unique tales, some based mostly on the videogame canon, one reimagining Geralt as a yokai-hunting manga hero. Proper now there is a five-issue miniseries popping out about Geralt’s retirement adventures as a winery magnate following The Witcher 3’s remaining growth, Blood & Wine.
What English-speaking Witcher enjoyers have not had the prospect to learn, nonetheless, are the primary run of Witcher comics first revealed in Poland from 1993 to 1995. These six comics included retellings of the traditional quick tales like The Lesser Evil and The Final Want, in addition to extra oddball cuts, like a narrative about Geralt’s mom and a flashback to his coaching that depicts the betrayal of the Cat Faculty of witchers, which was based mostly on a top level view supplied by writer Andrzej Sapkowski slightly than certainly one of his accomplished works.
Illustrated by Bogusław Polch, who additionally supplied cowl artwork for among the novels and illustrations that accompanied the quick tales after they first appeared in Fantastyka journal, these comics present a pre-videogame thought of what Geralt and his supporting forged regarded like. Whereas Yennefer is instantly recognizable, the elves have eyelashes midway to Zerrikania and Geralt is rocking a topknot and bangs that appear to be a post-breakup coiffure he is already regretting.
Darkish Horse’s English-language translation might be out there in a single 296-page quantity known as The Witcher: Basic Assortment, and might be launched on March 18, 2025. That is a good manner out, however there’s already a preorder up on Amazon.