Gravity Falls: Journal 3

Gravity Falls: Journal 3
The book's front dustjacket
SeriesGravity Falls
Page count288 pages
PublisherDisney Press
Creative team
ArtistsAndy Gonsalves
Stephanie Ramirez[1]
CreatorAlex Hirsch[2][3]
Rob Renzetti[4]
Original publication
Dates of publicationJuly 26, 2016
June 13, 2017 (Special Edition)
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781484746691
9781368002509 (Special Edition)
Chronology
Preceded byGravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 1 (December 8, 2015)
Followed byGravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: A "Select Your Own Choose-Venture!" (July 26, 2016)

Gravity Falls: Journal 3 is a book published by Disney Publishing Worldwide, based on the animated television series Gravity Falls. Written by series creator Alex Hirsch and supervising producer Rob Renzetti, the book is a real-life adaptation of Journal 3, canonically written by Stanford Pines.

First announced in October 2015 at New York Comic Con 2015,[5] the book was released on July 26, 2016.[6] The book became a New York Times Bestseller in 2016.

Publication history

Gravity Falls is an animated television series created by Alex Hirsch. In the show exists a collection of journals written by a once-unknown author, Dipper and Mabel's great uncle Stanford "Ford" Pines. One of the protagonists Dipper Pines, finds the third book while hanging signs at the forest hidden by his great uncle Ford. Season 1 antagonist Gideon Gleeful held the second book from a school, and protagonists' great uncle and the author's twin brother Stanley Pines held the first book since the beginning. The journals include entries from the author's documentation of Gravity Falls. In the series, Dipper uses the third journal as his own as he documents his summer in the town.[7][8]

The book was announced at New York Comic Con 2015, referred to as "Dipper's Journal". The book was released months after the series finale on July 26, 2016. A promotional informercial for the book, with Kristen Schaal, Jason Ritter. and Alex Hirsch reprising their roles from the series, was released by Oh My Disney on March 28, 2017.[9][10]

The book became a New York Times Bestseller in August 2016,[11] remaining on the bestseller list for in excess of 47 weeks.[12]

Special edition

A higher-priced limited "blacklight edition" of the book was announced at New York Comic Con 2016 as a more canonical version of the book featuring invisible ink, real parchment paper, a magnifying glass, and physical Polaroids, similar to the show.[13][14] The book is also packaged in paper unlike the book's dustjacket. The book was initially announced to have a release on February 14, 2017 but was postponed to June 13, 2017 after overwhelming pre-order demands, with only 10,000 copies being made available.[15][16]

Foreign releases

Cover for the special "blacklight" edition of the book.
Language Title Publisher Date published ISBN Binding Translators
Russian Гравити Фолз Дневник 3 Эксмо June 6, 2017 ISBN 978-5699906567 Hardcover Осьмачко Є.О.
Spanish Gravity Falls: Diario 3 Planeta México June 15, 2017 ISBN 978-6070741050 Paperback —
Gravity Falls: Diario 3 Libros Disney March 5, 2019 ISBN 978-8417529468 Hardcover —
Portuguese O Diário Perdido de Gravity Falls Dom Quixote July 1, 2018 ISBN 978-9722064873 Hardcover Raquel Nakasone; Aline Uchida
Hebrew גרוויטי פולס : יומן 3 חלק א' Yedioth Books April 2018 — Hardcover —
French GRAVITY FALLS - le journal Hachette Romans March 21, 2018 ISBN 978-2016269480 Paperback Valérie Drouet

Differences in foreign releases

  • Due to anti-LGBTQIA+ laws in Russia, the book removed a drawing depicting Dipper Pines kissing "Mermando the Merman".
  • Spanish had a paperback and a hardcover release. Both books are smaller in comparison to the original. Only the paperback version had a dustjacket.
    • The hardcover version's lack of a dustjacket meant the branding and logos were placed on the book cover. The portal blueprints contained at the back of the dustjacket were made into a page at the end of the book.
  • French's paperback release is similar to the Spanish hardcover version with its lack of a dustjacket.
  • Spanish and Portuguese releases had to be republished due to outrage from media outlets. The outrage came from a note from Bill Cipher possessing Dipper Pines, it reads how he plans to throw his body to act like a suicide and suggests his sister Mabel to "join him".
  • Hebrew releases were split into 2 separate books. The first book ends right after Stanford "Ford" Pines' disappearance.

References

  1. ↑ Wilkes, Hannah (July 14, 2017). "D23 Expo 2017: Alex Hirsch and Daron Nefcy Talk 'Gravity Falls', 'Star vs. The Forces of Evil' Books". Hollywood Insider. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Whitehurst, Abigail (September 1, 2024). "What's Going On in 'Gravity Falls'?". Hollywood Insider. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  3. ↑ Mehsi (September 10, 2016). "Review for Gravity Falls: Journal 3". Twilight Book Princess. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Steffen, David (January 9, 2021). "Book Review: Gravity Falls: Journal 3 by Alex Hirsch and Rob Renzetti". Diabolical Plots. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ Blumenfeld, Zach (July 29, 2016). "Alex Hirsch Talks Gravity Falls and the Fascinating Journal 3 Project". Paste Magazine. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Gravity Falls: Journal 3". Disney Books. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  7. ↑ Reif, Alex (September 16, 2016). "Book Review: Gravity Falls: Journal 3". Laughing Place. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  8. ↑ Rea, Kay Taylor (January 17, 2017). "10 Books for Gravity Falls Fans". Book Riot. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ Gravity Falls Journal 3 Infomercial | Oh My Disney. Oh My Disney. March 28, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  10. ↑ BGG Staff (March 28, 2017). "Gravity Falls: Journal 3 Book Gets Fun New Infomercial". Bio Gamer Girl. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Bestsellers: August 13, 2016". The New York Times. August 13, 2016. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  12. ↑ "Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Bestsellers: January 20, 2018". The New York Times. January 20, 2018. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  13. ↑ Greene, Jamie (October 20, 2016). "'Gravity Falls' Returns For One Last Cipher". Geek Dad. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  14. ↑ Rizzi, Amber (June 26, 2017). "My Review of Journal 3 Special Edition". The Writer's Library. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  15. ↑ Hirsch, Alex; Renzetti, Rob (June 13, 2017). Gravity Falls: Journal 3 Special Edition. Disney Press. ISBN 978-1368002509.
  16. ↑ Hirsch, Alex [@_AlexHirsch] (June 21, 2017). "Hey friends, just got word the Special Edition Journal is SOLD OUT! Congrats to the 10,000 fans who got them- they're now officially ✨RARE✨" (Tweet). Retrieved March 19, 2020 – via Twitter.
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