The Witcher franchise has always been a natural fit for the comic book medium (see our review of 2014’s The Witcher #1 for more). Now those stories are being brought to an entirely new audience, as WEBTOON reveals it’s acquired the rights to Dark Horse’s back catalog of The Witcher comics.
This is the latest collaboration between WEBTOON and Dark Horse, with the latter’s Cyberpunk 2077, Critical Role, and Avatar: The Last Airbender comics also appearing on the platform. Check out the slideshow gallery below to see how the series will look in the WEBTOON format:
WEBTOON is kicking things off with The Witcher: House of Glass, which was written by Paul Tobin, drawn by Joe Querio, and colored by Carlos Badilla. House of Glass is set in the world of the Witcher games and follows Geralt of Rivia as he makes his way through the titular haunted mansion.
Here’s the original logline for The Witcher: House of Glass:
Traveling near the edge of the Black Forest, monster hunter Geralt meets a widowed fisherman whose dead and murderous wife resides in an eerie mansion known as the House of Glass – which seems to have endless rooms, nothing to fill them with, and horror around every corner.
WEBTOON will begin serializing The Witcher on Monday, March 9 at 5pm PT. These stories will be adapted from the original Dark Horse graphic novels and modified for WEBTOON’s vertical scrolling format. New installments will be added weekly.
In other The Witcher news, reports suggest that The Witcher 3 could be getting another expansion. You can also check out our comprehensive timeline of all The Witcher books.
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