D23 '26: GRAVITY FALLS: LOST LEGENDS joins WEBTOON's growing Disney library

Among the seven titles Disney Publishing revealed for its next wave of WEBTOON series at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026 is Gravity Falls: Lost Legends, bringing Alex Hirsch's beloved graphic novel to the platform's vertical-scroll format. The series joins Star Wars: Visions spinoffs, three Disney Villains entries, and The Ultimates in the newly announced lineup, set to run alongside more than 20 existing reformatted series in WEBTOON's dedicated Disney section.

Details on release timing for the WEBTOON adaptation have not yet been shared.

A cult-classic companion returns

Gravity Falls: Lost Legends – 4 All New Adventures! first hit shelves in July 2018 courtesy of Disney Press, arriving as an original graphic novel rather than an adaptation of existing show footage. Written by series creator Alex Hirsch, the book's four stories were illustrated by a roster of artists including Asaf Hanuka and Dana Terrace, with additional contributions from names like Jacob Chabot, Joe Pitt, and Meredith Gran rounding out the anthology.

The framing device alone is peak Gravity Falls: the reader's guide through the four new tales is Shmebulock, the gnome cursed to speak only his own name — except for one night every thousand years. Among the stories he unpacks are "Face It," following Pacifica summoning a monster that steals Mabel's face; and "Comix Up," which traps Stan inside a world of comics.

Bestseller status and legacy

Lost Legends landed on the New York Times Best Seller list in August 2018 and was generally well received by fans, who praised its inventive use of the comic medium. It wasn't Hirsch's first brush with print success, either — he'd previously co-written the #1 New York Times bestselling Journal 3, the in-universe field guide that expanded the show's mythology for readers hungry for more after the series finale.

A second book, The Book of Bill, followed in 2024, continuing the franchise's print life well beyond its 2016 television run. No word yet on whether we can expect a follow-up companion book on the WEBTOON platform.

Now, nearly a decade after its original release, Lost Legends is set for a second life in vertical-scroll form — putting Shmebulock's cursed narration in front of WEBTOON's built-in mobile-first audience.

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