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In case you've been out of the loop, graphic novel adaptations of prose books are all the rage. If you walk to your nearest library right now, chances are they'll have the graphic novel adaptations of Ann M. Martin's The Baby-Sitters Club or Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson books in the children's graphic novel section. As popular as those books are in their original prose formats, they've reached new heights as graphic novel adaptations. 

Now, the work of the late Terry Pratchett is getting similar treatment. Three books in the writer's Discworld universe - Thief of Time, The Wee Free Men, and Monstrous Regiment - will be adapted into graphic novels as part of the emergent Discworld Graphic Novel Universe. The news was announced via the late writer's website. 

Pratchett may be best-known in the US as the co-author of Good Omens, but in his home country of the UK, he's far more famous for his fantasy comedy series Discworld, which ran up to 41 novels by the time of Pratchett's death in 2015. Throughout the 1990s, he was officially the best-selling author in the United Kingdom with more than 100 million copies of his work sold around the world, and his star never faded - in the 2000s, for example, he slipped to being the second-best-selling UK author due to the success of the Harry Potter novels, but he remained single-handedly responsible for 3.4% of all fiction sold in the country at the time.

For fans who might be worried about the fidelity of the graphic novel adaptations, fear not, because they're in good hands. The Wee Free Men's adaptation will be written by Pratchett's daughter, Rhianna Pratchett, and it will be published sometime in Spring 2027 by Puffin. An artist for Wee Free Men will be announced at some point. 

Likewise, Thief of Time will be adapted by Gary Chudleigh and illustrated by Rachael Stott of Fantastic Four and Star Trek fame, and will be out April 2, 2026 from DoubleDay. To round things out, Monstrous Regiment will be released in the fall of 2026. The creative team for that book has yet to be announced, but keep your eyes peeled like a ripe banana.  

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