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[Comic Review] “The Witcher: Fox Children” #3 Is A Masterful Addition To The Lore
The Witcher: Fox Children continues with another strong entry in this mini-series. We’re over halfway now and judging by the quality of each issue this’ll end up being quite the worthwhile tale. Tobin maintains his formidable grasp on the world of The Witcher, having played an exorbitant amount of The Witcher 3 recently I can attest to this.
WRITTEN BY: Paul Tobin
ART BY: Joe Quiero
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $2.99
RELEASE: June 3, 2015
This story could easily fit into The Witcher 3 as a side quest, it feels totally in line with the world. You can practically hear Geralt’s gravely voice in all of his lines and his sage wisdom never fails to make you think. There’s actually about a half dozen wise words from him this issue alone and they’re all superb.
Picking up immediately after last issue our motley crew have just ‘lost’ their boat and must traverse the treacherous swamp on foot. As they set out in search of an exit the Vulpess challenges them at every turn. Crafting illusions so masterful that even Geralt cannot tell where reality ends and the delusions begin. Causing him to question and evaluate every occurrence, although not everyone is as competent. Many of the fools who Geralt has become trapped with are easily tricked, causing many of them to died quite unfortunate deaths. Even after being thoroughly tricked time and time again they practically throw themselves into the thresher. Luckily Geralt’s sarcasm and gallows humour are always there to cut through their idiocy. His utter frustration with their
Even after being thoroughly tricked time and time again they practically throw themselves into the thresher. Luckily Geralt’s sarcasm and gallows humour are always there to cut through their idiocy. His utter frustration with their incompetency is one of the best parts of this issue, they continually bumble about until he verbally explodes on them.
The Vulpess’ constant trickery does become tiresome by the end, especially after she begins to recycle her methods. This isn’t as big of an issue as it could be because of the ending of the issue. There’s enough interesting twists and reveals to keep the story interesting going forward. The whole crew are in significantly worse shape by the end so things’ll intriguing next issue.
While the Vulpess’ tricks are beginning to wear thin every other aspect of the story is strong enough that it’s easily overlookable. Tobin has the world and characters down pat now, this is an authentical witcher story through and through. If you’ve been enjoying The Witcher 3 I’d highly recommend this series.
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‘You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive’ – IDW Dark’s Next Horror Comic Will Make You Question Reality
Five friends. Four houses. One perfect life. Bloody Disgusting is excited to exclusively announce You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive, a brand new horror comic from IDW Dark.
From Eisner-Nominated writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, and rising horror artist Heather Vaughan, You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is described as a “paranoia-laced, socially-conscious, horror mystery that will leave you questioning reality, and reveal that this crafted world is more of a nightmare than the idealistic dream they were expecting.”
Phoebe Joplin has never questioned the world her parents built: a secluded community where she and her friends were raised to be smarter, stronger, and better than anyone else. No distractions. No dangers. No secrets. Until the night of their graduation.
When one of them dies under impossible circumstances, Phee starts to pull at the edges of her perfect life—and what she finds is something far more terrifying than she ever imagined.
Because this place isn’t a sanctuary. It’s a cage. And no one who discovers the truth ever leaves it alive.
Collin Kelly & Jackson Lanzing (Batman – One Bad Day: Clayface, Star Trek: The Last Starship) co-write the upcoming IDW Dark horror comic, featuring art by Heather Vaughan.
Jackson Lanzing said in a statement to Bloody Disgusting, “You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive is in many ways a spiritual successor to our last creator-owned horror, The Principles of Necromancy – a dive into the promise and consequence of playing god with the blood of innocents. But the Hivemind book this reminds me of most is Clayface: One Bad Day. This is a deeply human story with intensely raw emotions – five best friends and their five mysterious parents, tearing one another apart for the promise of some impossible glory that’s waiting just beyond their darkest actions. We’re thrilled to be bringing this story to life with our long-time partner in crime, editor Heather Antos, at IDW Dark – and we’re particularly excited to give our Clayface fans a new, brutal and emotional horror made just for them.”
Adds Collin Kelly, “We’re deconstructing a feeling that seems universal these days; our elders have a death grip on their power, without any intention of giving it up to the generations that come next. YNLTPA is about growing up with the limitless potential of the future… and realizing how much it’s a lie we’ve been fed to keep us under the yoke of the past. Bringing this brutal experience to life is our artist and co-creator, Heather Vaughan, who brings an incredible amount of humanity to our cast. But it’s in our youthful leads that Heather’s art really shines – you are going to fall in love with these young people, even as they go through the worst experience of their lives. What we’ve all crafted together is going to be tragic, painful, but above all else, sincere – with a future so uncertain, there’s only one thing we can trust: you’ll never leave this place alive.”
“Some horror stories are about monsters in the dark. YNLTPA is about realizing the monsters raised you,” previews Senior Group Editor Heather Antos. “Working with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly on this series has been a dream in the darkest possible way. They’ve built a story that’s layered, brutal, and deeply emotional, and every issue gives artist Heather Vaughan opportunities to push the art into places that feel both haunting and deeply personal. Some horror comics will keep you up at night…this is one that will stick with you for years to come.”
The first issue of You’ll Never Leave This Place Alive goes on sale October 14, 2026! Make sure to pre-order at your local comic shop by September to guarantee a copy.
Exclusively check out the various covers for Issue #1 down below.
IDW Publishing’s horror imprint IDW DARK features comics like A Quiet Place: Storm Warning, Smile: For the Camera, The Exorcism at 1600 Penn, Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees, The Twilight Zone, Event Horizon: Dark Descent & Event Horizon: Inferno, and more.
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