Is My Gorgeous Wife Is An Ex-Convict Based On A Web Novel?

Great question — I love digging into the origins of stories like this, and with 'My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict' the short version is: it’s not adapted from a web novel; it started out as a serialized comic (webtoon/manhwa) rather than a prose web novel. From what I found, the work’s creation and publication history point to the artist and the comic team being the original creators, and the official credits list the comic creator(s) without pointing to a prior novel source. That’s the usual giveaway: if a series began life as a web novel, official pages and publishers almost always credit the original novelist prominently, and you’ll see that original prose serial linked on sites like the publisher’s platform or the author’s own channel.

I like to look for a few concrete signs when I’m checking whether something came from a web novel: publisher pages that list the work type (web novel vs. webtoon), official author notes where creators thank the novel readers, and database entries on sites that track publishing history. For 'My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict' those breadcrumbs point toward it being an original comic project. Fan discussions sometimes get fuzzy — people will talk about “the novel version” when they mean fanmade prose adaptations or translators’ notes, so you’ll occasionally see references online that make it sound like there was a prior novel. But the reliable sources (official serialization pages, creator interviews, and publisher credits) don’t list an earlier prose novel as the source material.

If you’re curious to verify this yourself, a quick check I always recommend is to find the series on the official serialization platform or the publisher’s site and look at the creator credits and publication history. If there’s an originating novel, it’ll usually have its own listing and author name, and sometimes even a separate publisher or imprint that handled the prose release. For 'My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict', those indicators line up with it being launched as a comic. I actually enjoyed how the story uses visuals and timing that feel crafted for the webcomic format — the pacing, panel direction, and character expressions sell the dynamics in a way that a straight prose novel might handle differently. All in all, it’s a fun read whether you stumbled on it as a comic or saw excerpts elsewhere, and I’m glad it exists in the format it does — the art really brings the characters to life in a way that stuck with me.