The Witcher returns to comics with Witch's Lament

The Witcher: Witch's Lament #1 cover
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Geralt returns to comic books this summer with a new The Wicher limited series by one of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red's key writers.

The Witcher: Witch's Lament by writer Bartosz Sztybor with ꦿartist Vanessa R. del Rey, colorist Jordie Bellaire, and letterer Aditya Bidikar returns to the fictional fantasy realm of the Continent with a story inspired by tragic events from our own real world - and Geralt's past.

"The Witcher: Witch's Lament follows famed witcher Geralt after🎃 a routine hunt. But when the captured witch is burned at the stake, Geralt is haunted by images of her death, and a harrowing warning begins to take shape," reads Dark Horse Comics' description of The Witcher: Witch's Lament. "Soon, Geralt finds himself drawn into the mystery surrounding this heinous persecution."

Elements of this are reminiscent of the story of Felicia Cori, from The Witcher game franchise. First introduced in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, she was burned at the stake by witch hunters for being a mage in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - with Geralt coming up short in saving her.

limited series. Sztybor is CD Projekt Red's narrative manager, and also a writer for its game. He's also an establiꦚshed comic book writer, with several Polish comic book series including the autobiographical OGN .

Toss a coin for The Wi༺tcher: Witch's Lament #1 (of 4) when it goes on sale o𓂃n May 26.

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Chris Arrant covered comic book news for Newsarama from 2003 to 2022 (and as editor/senior editor from 2015 to 2022) and has also written for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel Entertainment, TOKYOPOP, AdHouse Books, Cartoon Brew, Bleeding Cool, Comic Shop News, and CBR. He is the author of the book Modern: Masters Cliff Chiang, co-authored Art of Spider-Man Classic, and contributed to Dark Horse/Bedside Press' anthology Pros and (Comic) Cons. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey A෴wards, and the Stan Lee Awards. Chris is a member of the American Library Association's Graphic Novel & Comics Round Table. (🔴He/him)