Hooky

Hooky is a magical, fantasy webcomic written and drawn by Spanish artist Míriam Bonastre Tur. It was serialized on WEBTOON from April 10, 2015 to January 9th, 2020 with 222 episodes.^[1] The series follows the two young witch twins Daniela "Dani" and Dorian Wytte as they become embroiled in a prophecy set to alter the balance of their world.

The first volume of the series was published in print on September 7th, 2021 in English, with a Spanish and Catalan translation releasing later. The second volume was published on September 6th, 2022 in English, with a Spanish translation releasing later. Volume 3 was published on September 5th, 2023 in English.

Official Summary[]

Webtoon[]

Dani and Dorian have missed the bus of the school of magic. Now, they must find someone to teach them how to be great and good witches... Or maybe not.^[2]^[3]

Volume 1[]

Two twins. one prophecy, and a whole lot of hijinks. From WEBTOON, the #1 digital comic platform, comes a fantastical story about twin siblings Dani and Dorian who have missed the bus to magic school and scramble to find a mentor to teach them before their parents find out. Perfect for fans of THE OKAY WITCH and the 5 Worlds series.

When Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they never thought they'd wind up declared traitors to their own kind! Now, thanks to a series of mishaps, they are being chased by powerful magic families seeking the prophesied King of Witches and royals searching for missing princes.

But they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, they might just be able to clear their names…but can they heal their torn kingdom?

Based on the beloved webcomic from WEBTOON, Hooky is in stunning print format for the first time with exclusive new content sure to please fans new and old.^[4]

Background[]

Hooky first came to life when Míriam participated in the 2014 Inktober challenge, a challenge for artists to make one ink drawing a day. Míriam drew Dani and Dorian on October 20th and soon became so "obsessed with them" that she started to develop a comic about them. A friend suggested that she compete in one of WEBTOON's contests at the time.^[5]^[6] Hooky soon debuted on WEBTOON's Challenge League (now called CANVAS) and on March 22, 2015, Míriam announced that Hooky would become a featured webtoon on the platform.^[7]

Post-release[]

On July 26th, 2020, six months after the final episode was released, Hooky was made into a WEBTOON Daily Pass series, locking episodes 22 to 222 to the WEBTOON app. Unlike most Daily Pass series, Hooky allows 2 chapters to be unlocked per day, instead than of the standard 1.

On January 29, 2021, Míriam announced on Instagram that Hooky would be published in print.^[8] The first volume was released on September 7th, 2021 by HMH/Clarion Books under the Etch imprint. This volume contains the first 71 chapters of the series. Míriam also revealed that when reformatting the series for the volume, the first 60 pages had to be redrawn because the original files were lost. In addition, the volume includes an extra 10 pages of content, as well as an updated translation.^[9]^[10] A Spanish edition of the volume was announced on October 31, 2021.^[11]