Witchers Geralt and Ciri have heard whispers about a striga on the road to Novigrad. Geralt is one of few men who have faced one of these werewolf-like creatures and lived to tell the tale. Is this his past come back to haunt him?
Paul Tobin is the Eisner-award winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Bandette, Colder, and many other comic books and graphic series.
Bandette, drawn by Colleen Coover, was awarded the Eisner Award for Best Digital Series in 2013, 2016, and 2017; and was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award for Graphic Literature in 2016. His original graphic novel I Was the Cat was nominated for an Eisner in 2015.
Wonderfully tongue-in-cheek. It pokes fun of some of the contrivances of the games (including Gwent!) while making things quite interesting all around. It also ends with a bang (no, not that kind. Well, almost that kind..) and continues its retelling of Geralt's meeting with his first Striga.
This is about Curse of Crows #1 - #5. I chose this issue because it had the prettiest cover (don't judge me please)
In all fairness, I read these already not expecting to adore them - I just wanted something to take the edge off while waiting to start the original book series by Andrzej Sapkowski.
I enjoyed the story mainly because it shows the family relationship that ties Geralt, Ciri and Yennefer together. As someone who's only watched the tv show so far, I can't wait to see that developed in the second season. Also, I hope book Geralt resembles more Henry Cavill's Geralt than this one (who, I understand, is from the videogames). Didn't like him very much.
It's The Witcher. What more can you say? Who will like it? Those who watch The Witcher on Netflix, those who've played The Witcher video games and anyone who likes the fantasy genre.