The Witcher: Wild Animals sends Geralt up against some militant vegans

Geralt of Rivia is back, but this time it’s the version from CD Projekt Red’s video games, not the one from the Netflix show — and he’s starring in a new comic from Dark Horse. The comic’s title is Wild Animals: The Witcher, and it’s set for a four-issue run starting on Sept. 20.

The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us Wild AnimalsGeralt encounters a tribe with a very unique and interesting way of living that may seem complicated to a witcher. In Polygon’s exclusive preview of a few pages from early in the comic, we can see how his new and dangerous journey begins:

Image: Bartosz Sztybor, Nataliia Rerekina/Dark Horse Comics

Image: Bartosz Sztybor, Nataliia Rerekina/Dark Horse Comics

Image: Bartosz Sztybor, Nataliia Rerekina/Dark Horse Comics

Image: Bartosz Sztybor, Nataliia Rerekina/Dark Horse Comics

Image: Bartosz Sztybor, Nataliia Rerekina/Dark Horse Comics

The best way to pitch a story is by using a compelling hook. Wild AnimalsBartosz Sztybor said to Polygon, in a written statement:

Wild Animals: The Witcher which — in short — I would call a postmodern take on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (with Coppola’s Apocalypse Now as an appendix) and Kipling’s The Jungle Book telling a story about conflicted ideologies and — wait for it! — a special kind of veganism, the one that could happen only in the Witcher world.

Image: Nataliia Rerekina/Dark Horse

Sztybor goes on to explain more of what the story is about, saying: “What if there’s a tribe, a flock, a group of people that believe every creature deserves to live? All creatures. Every creature. Geralt the monster hunter is betrayed by his friends and injured. He then comes upon this group. What is going to happen?”

Sztybor claims that Geralt can now answer many of the more complex questions throughout this comic.

Wild Animals: The WitcherNataliia Resekina is the Ukrainian artist who drew the book. She told Polygon in a press release that she loves the Witcher Universe, but also the art.

It was an honour to be able to participate in a Wild Animals project, as The Witcher games and books have been extremely popular in Ukraine. I experience the stories I draw very closely, and so now my life is divided into two parts — the night when I worry about war and fear missile attacks and the day when I forget myself in the story of Geralt, who faces an unusual enemy and difficult moral choices.

You can pre-order the first comic of this new series starting September 20.