Hooky (Volume One)

## Hooky Volume 1

***Hooky* Volume One** was announced on January 9th, 2021 by Miriam Bonastre Tur, and released in English on September 7th, 2021. It contains 71 episodes from the original WEBTOON compiled into 3 chapters, plus two bonus chapters.

A Spanish edition of volume two was announced on October 31st, 2021, and was released on January 12th, 2022. A Catalan edition was announced on February 23rd, 2023, and was released on March 10th, 2023. A French edition is planned to be released on June 2nd, 2023, being shorter and containing a different number of episodes compared to the English, Spanish, and Catalan editions.

Coinciding with the release of volume one was the release of *Nico’s Love Letter*, an alternate-universe spin off of *Hooky*, released as a digital pre-order bonus.

## Description

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> **"TWO TWINS. ONE PROPHECY. A WHOLE LOT OF HIJINKS.**
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> When Twelve-year-olds Dani and Dorian missed the bus to magic school, they didn't expect to be declared traitors to their own kind. But thanks to a mishap with a dragon egg, a broken broom, and a high-profile prisoner, their faces are on **WANTED** posters throughout the country! Chased by powerful families seeking the prophesied King of the Witches and royals searching for missing princes, the twins don't know whom to trust.
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> Luckily, they aren't alone. With a local troublemaker, a princess, and a teacher who can see the future on their side, the twins might just clear their names. . . but can they heal their torn kingdom?
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> Based on the webcomic from WEBTOON, the #1 digital comic app averaging more than 10 million daily readers and 100 billion views annually, *Hooky* is in a stunning print format for the first time with exclusive new content sure to please fans new and old."
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## Differences Between Original WEBTOON

While the printed version of Hooky is largely similar to the digital version, there are a quite few differences between the two. A majority of these changes are altered dialogue, fixing typos and grammar errors, reformatting of panels, and cutting some content.

Miriam explained in an Instagram post on February 3rd, 2021 that the first sixty pages of the book are redrawn with new art, due to her losing the original files of the first episodes after changing laptops. Because of this, chapters one through six are almost all complete redone episodes one through twelve.

As the graphic novel is being published under HarperCollins' Clarion Books label, it is being marketed towards a younger demographic than the original WEBTOON. Therefore, much of the violence and suggestive themes are toned down, and cursing is either censored or removed all together.

Some differences of note between the original WEBTOON release and the print version include:

* In early episodes of the original webcomic, whenever witches cast spells aloud their speech bubbles included glyph text. In the book, these are removed.
* Episode 38 was removed entirely, due to it being a one-off Christmas special unrelated to the current story.
* Episode 51 was removed entirely, likely due to it deviating from the main story, and being more violent than other episodes.
* All instances and mentions of the Huntsman are removed from the print version. This leads to large chunks of original episodes being removed or reworked around the plot hole, as well as anything in connection to the Huntsman, such as Snow White and the Dwarves.
	+ Interestingly enough, in volume 2 of the print version of Hooky, the Huntsman is present.
* Some episodes heavily featuring Mark were either reworked or cut in the graphic novel. This may have been due to the lower age rating for the novel, and the publishers may have thought Dani's crush on Mark was inappropriate.

## References

1. ↑ The French translation will cover 6 volumes instead of three, resulting in shorter volumes than the previous translations. (Source: Miriam's Instagram)