This May, Dark Horse‘s line of Witcher comics expands with The Witcher: Corvo Bianco — a new five-issue limited series that finds Geralt of Rivia near the end of his journey.
Per Dark Horse, The Witcher: Corvo Bianco marks the U.S. comics debut of Corrado Mastantuono — a legendary Italian artist. The new series teams Mastantuono with veteran Witcher comic book writer Bartosz Sztybor, colorist Matteo Vattani, and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. Issue #1 features a main cover by Mastantuono — not to mention variant covers by Tonci Zonjic, Neyef, and Jorge Molina.
Check out the covers for The Witcher: Corvo Bianco #1 below:
What is The Witcher: Corvo Bianco about?
An official synopsis for Corvo Bianco reads as follows: “For a witcher, the simple life can be hard to come by, and even harder to pass up. When Geralt acquires a taste for a slower pace — good wine, and good company — the routines of a witcher are easily eclipsed. With Yennefer at his side, one might hope that Geralt will truly get to enjoy a taste of the good life. But the stains of history are deep, and with blood and wine, every drop attracts those who want more.”
“For all who know Geralt, Corvo Bianco is his endgame,” Sztybor said. “The end of his journey, one and only place where he can retire — taking a break from killing monsters and trying to figure out how to make his own wine. As a fan of pop–culture and postmodern genre mixing, that setup above sounded like a perfect premise for a western. A western in The Witcher world — that’s something that was never done before! So I quickly got excited and thought about getting on board someone who really knows what western is.”
The writer continued, “Corrado Mastantuono is a comic book legend, one of the biggest names of all time, a person that created the most important titles in European comics, including a real western classic — Tex. With him mixing fantasy and western was never easier and more beautiful. Geralt roaming the Continent with a wild bunch of mages, Elves and Dwarves is my homage to Andrzej Sapkowski, Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone. Just imagine, Yennefer having a duel with another mage and Geralt attacking a stagecoach. Corvo Bianco was his dream, but he needs to fight for it!”
The Witcher: Corvo Bianco #1 goes on sale Wednesday, May 8 from Dark Horse Comics.
