There have been three series of comic books based on Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher series. A series published in Poland between 1993 and 1995, a 2011 miniseries published by Egmont, and the currently ongoing series published by Dark Horse Comics, started in 2014. The latter two series are part of CD PROJEKT RED's The Witcher franchise.
Parowski/Polch series[]
From 1993-1995, 6 issues of The Witcher comic books, based on Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher short stories, was published in Poland. They were written by Maciej Parowski and illustrated by Bogusław Polch.
The original issues were (in order of publication):
- Droga bez powrotu (A Road with No Return, based on the short story Droga, z której się nie wraca)
- Geralt comic (based on the short story "The Witcher")
- Mniejsze zło (based on the short story "The Lesser Evil")
- Ostatnie życzenie (based on the short story "The Last Wish")
- Granica możliwości (based on a short story "The Bounds of Reason")
- Zdrada (The Betrayal, not based on a short story, but on an outline by Andrzej Sapkowski)
In 2001, the graphic novels were collected in 2 hardcover volumes, in the order of internal chronology:
Volume 1[]
- Droga bez powrotu
- Zdrada
- Geralt
Volume 2[]
- Mniejsze zło
- Ostatnie życzenie
- Granica możliwości
CD PROJEKT RED's The Witcher franchise[]
Since 2011, new Witcher comics are being released as part of CD PROJEKT RED's franchise. The depiction of Geralt and other characters in these comics are based on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video games and are authorized by CD PROJEKT RED. They are not in any way related to the previous Parowski/Polch series.
Egmont series[]
In 2011, Egmont released a 2-part comic book not based on any of the novels or short stories (instead containing a new adventure for Geralt). It was written by Michał Gałek, illustrated by Arkadiusz Klimek, and colorized by Łukasz Poller.
Standalone[]
Late on in 2015, a separate comic was released by CD PROJEKT RED that expanded on CD PROJEKT RED's storyline after the events in the second game.
Dark Horse series[]
Dark Horse Comics released four sets of comic series in 2014 to 2016 made up of 4 comics written by Paul Tobin and illustrated by Joe Querio. While the first storyline, House of Glass, is an original story, the second one, Fox Children, is an adaptation of one of the chapters of Andrzej Sapkowski's Season of Storms novel.
- House of Glass
- Fox Children
- Killing Monsters (standalone)
- Curse of Crows
Afterwards, Dark Horse Comics began to release a number of comics illustrated by various artists, some of which had multiple series:
- Of Flesh and Flame (December 2018)
- Fading Memories (November 2020)
- Witch's Lament (May 2021)
- Once Upon a Time in the Woods (August 2021)
- Ronin (Kickstarter comic released in April 2022)
- A Grain of Truth (June 2022)
- The Ballad of Two Wolves (December 2022)
- Frog Kiss (May 2023)
- Wild Animals (September 2023)
- The Lesser Evil (December 2023)
- Corvo Bianco (May 2024)
Polapaz-IsisT series[]
On April 8, 2016, CD PROJEKT RED started a new comics mini series on their Facebook site with four comic strips, written by CDPR team and drawn by Polapaz-IsisT.
- No.1: Skellige's Most Wanted
- No.2: Uncivil War
- No.3: Roach Revealed
- No.4: Where is Iorveth?
Novel-based series[]
A new series covering the events of novel series was to be written by Maciej Parowski and illustrated originally by Przemysław Truściński (who also created concept art for The Witcher), and later by Marek Oleksicki. This series was apparently canceled.
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