Gravity Falls: Journal 3
2016 book by Alex Hirsch and Rob Renzetti
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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.
Stephanie Ramirez[1]
| Gravity Falls: Journal 3 | |
|---|---|
The book's front dustjacket | |
| Series | Gravity Falls |
| Page count | 288 pages |
| Publisher | Disney Press |
| Creative team | |
| Artists | Andy Gonsalves Stephanie Ramirez[1] |
| Creator | Alex Hirsch[2][3] Rob Renzetti[4] |
| Original publication | |
| Dates of publication | July 26, 2016 June 13, 2017 (Special Edition) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781484746691 9781368002509 (Special Edition) |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 1 (December 8, 2015) |
| Followed by | Gravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: A "Select Your Own Choose-Venture!" (July 26, 2016) |
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".[citation needed] 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
| 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.