Last year, the world’s largest digital comic platform, Webtoon, announced it had acquired the rights to Dark Horse’s back catalogue of The Witcher. And on March 9, copies of the comics will be released, but just with a twist. Instead of the traditional comic pages, the comics will be reformatted to a vertical scrolling style, designed for smartphones.
This is the latest joint collaboration release between Dark Horse and Webtoon, and is a part of a bigger partnership to bring other major franchises to the platform. Other series coming to Webtoon as a part of the same deal include Cyberpunk 2077, Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. The goal is to reach younger readers who now use mobile devices to consume comics.
The Witcher began as a fantasy series by Andrzej Sapkowski, but since then has grown into a groundbreaking multimedia franchise with TV shows and films, comics, video games, and novels. There have been over 15 million books sold and tens of millions of games sold globally.
This time around, Webtoon is starting things off with Paul Tobin’s The Witcher: House of Glass. The comic was drawn by Joe Querio and coloured by Carlos Badilla. Webtoon’s acquisition of these comics will help bring these stories to newer audiences, targeting readers who don’t buy physical copies anymore.
Source: IGN
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