The Owl House: The Long-Lived King
Calling all weirdos, grab your hex-mex and apple blood as we embark on a new quest to the Boiling Isles! Just this week, it was announced by Dana Terrace herself that we are getting a new graphic novel set in continuity of The Owl House. This new extension of the universe will be coming September 29, 2026, from Penguin Random House and Disney, written by Terrace and Mikki Crisostomo with art by Daun Han.
Aside from a few minor appearances in the Disney Channel cartoon “Chibiverse,” this will be the first real return of these characters in three years. This announcement is honestly huge and not one I saw coming. I literally just finished a rewatch of the series myself and talked to multiple people about how sad it is that we’ll never see a true return of this IP, and that if we did, it probably wouldn’t have Terrace involved. Well, I’ve never been happier to be proven wrong so quickly!
The Owl House originally ran on Disney Channel from 2020 to 2023 with two complete seasons and a rushed third season that was broken into three hour-long segments. In this show, we meet a loveable group of outcasts who become a found family under the motto “us weirdos got to stick together”.
We meet Eda, the Owl Lady, King: the King of Demons, Hooty, the titular Owl House, and Luz, the human who gets thrown into this magical demon realm, Isekai style. With stunning 2D animation, gateway horror, and immaculate representation, this show wears its heart on its sleeve. Not only is this show extremely queer, but our main protagonist is Dominican and breaks the bonds of typical Latina stereotypes. The Spanish sprinkled throughout the show, and the relationship Luz has with her mother feels so authentic and not just a surface-level attempt at diversity.
Now, if we want to talk about queer rep, this show has a lot of bases covered. The main reason I’m shocked to be getting this graphic novel is due to the uphill battle Terrace had to go through with fighting for this story to be told in the way it deserved to be told.
Spoilers ahead, but by the end of the series, we have a primarily queer cast, whether through being explicitly told so or through hints and nods in the animation, like flag colors being incorporated into nails, outfits, and backdrops. Having this much positive and beautiful rep in a cartoon on Disney Channel is what ultimately led to its downfall of cancellation despite high viewership, accolades, and love from the fandom.
Although other factors like COVID and budgeting were there, we cannot avoid the fact that this level of queerness, deeper and darker themes and serialization were what led to Disney wanting to end the show. I will say that Terrace did phenomenal work at ending this beloved series on such a high note despite having to rush through a season’s worth of story in only three hours.
Now that we have the past covered, let’s look to the future. “The Long-Lived King” will focus on King coming to terms with what it means to be a Titan. King always wanted massive power and control. He yearned to live up to his name and be… well a King. However, now that he has what he always thought he wanted, he also got what he always actually craved, which is a family, but can he have both? Being a Titan comes with the realization that he will outgrow (literally) and out-age all his loved ones, and that is a truth too sad for King.
He’s determined to still live a happy life with Eda, Luz, and everyone else and to get rid of the sad memories. In doing so, it seems he’ll accidentally mess with Luz’s memories instead. So now it’ll be up to King, Eda, and The Collector to help fix Luz’s memory while having to face all their deepest fears along the way. The cover features a beautiful watercolor style, also including Willow, Hunter, Amity, and Gus on it, with no word of their part in all this, which means we’re still in for some surprises.
The new book will come in at 144 pages and feature a black and white manga-inspired art style from Han. Pre-orders are live at 22.99 wherever books are sold. I’m still in shock from this news and getting my pre-order as we speak. Let’s show Disney that we still have so much love and excitement for The Owl House, and hopefully, this Graphic Novel will spin out more stories for all of us weirdos in the future.
The Owl House arrives on September 29, 2026!