The Witcher: Blood Stone #2- Run While You Still Can!

When the town is taken over by a mysterious treasure, Geralt has to begin looking for what’s causing the issue. Believing the town is victim to a gorgon, Geralt prepares a plan, but all is not as it seems. Like the review for The Witcher: Blood Stone #1, Travis and I will be teaming up for this review.

Creative Team

Writer: Daniel Freedman
Artist: Pius Bak
Colorist: Roman Titov
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Writing

Shawn: I love the story Daniel Freedman is crafting with The Witcher: Blood Stone. It’s not always smooth transitioning an IP from one medium to another, but Freedman has done a masterful job in crafting a story that feels like it could easily be DLC for The Witcher III. The dialogue used and speech patterns capture the spirit of the story perfectly. I think Freedman perfectly captures Geralt with the “I’m just here for the monster” attitude we continue to see in the story.

Travis: Daniel Freedman continues to give Witcher fans exactly what they want with his writing!
The story continuation from issue one to this issue is spot on! No loops or time jumping
to be had! The dialogue and narrative capture the essence of an Irish tone. I became
entranced by the story, so much so that it felt like I turned four pages, and it was over.
Amazing!

Art

Shawn: Pius Bak continues to blow me away with the art on this series. Roman Titov makes exceptional choices for his color palette. The art feels perfect for the period and setting, and it really makes the town a character in this story as much as Geralt or Baker Smith.

Travis: Pius Bak and Roman Titov are exceptional artists for The Witcher! Pius’s crisp bold
The lines mixed with Roman’s choice of colors really bring the mood of this story to life.
When certain scenes are meant to be gloomy, the colors and shading emphasize it
perfectly!

Final Thoughts

Shawn: 9/10. This was a really solid entry in The Witcher: Blood Stone Series. I can’t wait to see where the story goes, but even with its page length, this issue felt a bit short to me. I finished the final page and saw the “to be continued” and said, “Oh man, that’s it.” Don’t get me wrong, this issue is outstanding and deserves a spot on your pull list, but I felt like I could have used 1-2 more pages in this issue headed into the penultimate issue.

Travis: 9/10. This second issue continues to tell the story amazingly. I enjoy Geralt’s
demeanor when he is asked to save this town, but he is only there for the monster.
Proving to be overwhelming for him. The plot is growing, and with only two more issues
to come, I was sure the climax of the story would have happened in this issue. But you
will have to wait for that in issue three. Go pick up this second issue of The Witcher:
Blood Stone, as well as issue one! Regret will not be yours when you do!

Overall Grade: 9/10

What did you think of this issue? Let me and Travis know in the comments below.