[1][2][3] While initially the series received mixed reviews, it has become more popular later, and is accepted as an important milestone in the development of The Witcher's franchise, as well as setting the visual style of the universe.

[1] An English translation of series is planned to be released as The Witcher: Classic Collection by Dark Horse Comics on 18 March 2025.

[6] At first, the comics gained only a lackluster following and mixed reviews; it would not be until the television and video game version of the 2000s that The Witcher franchise became more widely recognized.

[1] However, in time, the series gained a "second life", and become more positively reviewed as a pioneering endeavour—being the first visual representation of The Witcher universe—which, "while flawed, had many successful episodes and ideas".

[1][3] Later critics noted that much of the earlier criticism of Polch's art style was unfair, as Sapkowski's description of characters, including of Geralt of Rivia himself, were generally vague, and Polch had the difficult task to use what sparse descriptions there were and then meet the visions of the world as vividly imagined by the book readers.