Gravity Falls: Journal 3
{{Short description|2016 book by Alex Hirsch and Rob Renzetti}}
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|publisher=Disney Press
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|series=Gravity Falls
|creator=Alex Hirsch{{Cite web|last=Whitehurst|first=Abigail|date=September 1, 2024|title=What's Going On in {{‘}}Gravity Falls{{’}}?|url=https://www.hollywoodinsider.com/gravity-falls-review|access-date=September 1, 2024|website=Hollywood Insider|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|author=Mehsi|date=September 10, 2016|title=Review for Gravity Falls: Journal 3|url=https://twirlingbookprincess.com/2016/09/review-for-gravity-falls-journal-3|access-date=September 10, 2016|website=Twilight Book Princess|language=en-US}}
Rob Renzetti{{Cite web|last=Steffen|first=David|date=January 9, 2021|title=Book Review: Gravity Falls: Journal 3 by Alex Hirsch and Rob Renzetti|url=https://www.diabolicalplots.com/book-review-gravity-falls-journal-3-by-alex-hirsch-and-rob-renzetti|access-date=January 9, 2021|website=Diabolical Plots|language=en-US}}
|artists=Andy Gonsalves
Stephanie Ramirez{{Cite web|last=Wilkes|first=Hannah|date=July 14, 2017|title=D23 Expo 2017: Alex Hirsch and Daron Nefcy Talk {{‘}}Gravity Falls{{’}}, {{‘}}Star vs. The Forces of Evil{{’}} Books|url=https://www.rotoscopers.com/2017/07/14/alex-hirsch-and-daron-nefcy-talk-gravity-falls-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil-books-at-d23-2017|access-date=July 14, 2017|website=Hollywood Insider|language=en-US}}
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|origisbn=9781484746691
|origisbn2=9781368002509|origedinfo2=Special Edition|pages=288|origdates=July 26, 2016
June 13, 2017 (Special Edition)|next=Gravity Falls: Dipper and Mabel and the Curse of the Time Pirates' Treasure!: A "Select Your Own Choose-Venture!"|previous=Gravity Falls Cinestory Comic Vol. 1|previous-date=December 8, 2015|next-date=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,{{Cite web|last=Blumenfeld|first=Zach|title=Alex Hirsch Talks Gravity Falls and the Fascinating Journal 3 Project|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/gravity-falls/alex-hirsch-talks-gravity-falls-and-the-fascinatin|access-date=January 19, 2025|date=July 29, 2016|website=Paste Magazine|language=en-US}} the book was released on July 26, 2016.{{Cite web|title=Gravity Falls: Journal 3|url=https://books.disney.com/book/gravity-falls-journal-3|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226044349/https://books.disney.com/book/gravity-falls-journal-3/|archive-date=December 26, 2019|access-date=July 23, 2020|website=Disney Books}} 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, Stanford "Ford" Pines. One of the protagonists Dipper Pines, finds the third book while hanging signs at the forest. Antagonist Gideon Gleeful held the second book, and protagonists' great uncle and the author's brother Stanley Pines held the first book. 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.{{Cite web|last=Reif|first=Alex|date=September 16, 2016|title=Book Review: Gravity Falls: Journal 3|url=https://www.laughingplace.com/w/featured/2016/09/16/book-review-gravity-falls-journal-3|access-date=September 16, 2016|website=Laughing Place|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Rea|first=Kay Taylor|date=January 17, 2017|title=10 Books for Gravity Falls Fans|url=https://bookriot.com/10-books-for-gravity-falls-fans|access-date=January 17, 2017|website=Book Riot|language=en-US}}
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; in addition to the world of Gravity Falls, the book also documents elements from Rick and Morty franchise (with which Gravity Falls had previously had a mini-crossover{{Cite magazine|last=Eadicicco|first=Lisa|date=July 27, 2017|title=All the Rick and Morty Easter Eggs You Missed in Seasons One and Two|url=https://time.com/4868184/rick-morty-easter-eggs|access-date=June 21, 2021|magazine=TIME|language=en-US}}), in a Plumbus and Zigerion appearing. 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.{{Cite AV media|work=Oh My Disney|date=March 28, 2017|title=Gravity Falls Journal 3 Infomercial {{!}} Oh My Disney|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLfwZBvMGk|access-date=March 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328191410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLfwZBvMGk|archive-date=March 28, 2017|url-status=dead|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|author=BGG Staff|date=March 28, 2017|title=Gravity Falls: Journal 3 Book Gets Fun New Infomercial|url=http://www.biogamergirl.com/2017/03/gravity-falls-journal-3-book-gets-fun.html|access-date=March 28, 2017|website=Bio Gamer Girl|language=en-US}}
The book became a New York Times Bestseller in August 2016,{{Cite web|date=August 13, 2016|title=Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Bestsellers: August 13, 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/08/14/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226044134/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/08/14/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover/|archive-date=December 26, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|website=The New York Times}} remaining on the bestseller list for in excess of 47 weeks.{{Cite web|date=January 20, 2018|title=Children's Middle Grade Hardcover Bestsellers: January 20, 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/01/20/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042619/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/01/20/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover/|archive-date=December 26, 2019|access-date=December 25, 2019|website=The New York Times}}
= Special edition =
A higher-priced limited "blacklight edition" of the book was announced at New York Comic Con 2016 as a more canon version of the book featuring invisible ink, real parchment paper, a magnifying glass, and physical Polaroids.{{Cite web|last=Greene|first=Jamie|date=October 20, 2016|title={{‘}}Gravity Falls{{’}} Returns For One Last Cipher|url=https://geekdad.com/2016/10/gravity-falls-returns-for-one-last-cipher|access-date=October 20, 2016|website=Geek Dad|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Rizzi|first=Amber|date=June 26, 2017|title=My Review of Journal 3 Special Edition|url=https://thewriterslibraryblogging.com/2017/06/26/my-review-of-journal-3-special-edition|access-date=June 26, 2017|website=The Writer's Library|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite book|author-link1=Alex Hirsch|last1=Hirsch|first1=Alex|title=Gravity Falls: Journal 3 Special Edition|author-link2=Rob Renzetti|last2=Renzetti|first2=Rob|date=June 13, 2017|publisher=Disney Press|isbn=978-1368002509}}{{Cite tweet|author-link=Alex Hirsch|number=877591011609911296|user=_AlexHirsch|title=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✨|first=Alex|last=Hirsch|date=June 21, 2017|access-date=March 19, 2020|link=https://twitter.com/_AlexHirsch/status/877591011609911296}}
Foreign releases
File:Gravity Falls Journal 3 Special Edition Cover.jpg
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!Language !Title !Publisher !Date published !ISBN !Binding ! colspan="3" |Additional notes !Translators |
| Russian
|Гравити Фолз Дневник 3 |June 6, 2017 |{{ISBN|978-5699906567}} |Hardcover | colspan="3" |Due to anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Russia, a drawing of Dipper Pines kissing Mermando the Merman had to be removed. |Осьмачко Є.О. |
| rowspan="2" |Spanish
|Gravity Falls: Diario 3 |Planeta México |June 15, 2017 |{{ISBN|978-6070741050}} |Paperback | rowspan="2" |The book is significantly smaller. |The book is significantly smaller. It still has a dustjacket regardless of the size. | rowspan="3" |Due to public outrage from media outlets, the book had to be republished to change Bipper's note which contained Bill Cipher's plans to kill Dipper Pines and suggests Mabel Pines to "join him". |— |
| Gravity Falls: Diario 3
|Libros Disney |March 5, 2019 |{{ISBN|978-8417529468}} |Hardcover | rowspan="2" |The book does not include a dustjacket, which meant all the logos are printed on the actual cover. Fiddleford's blueprint was turned into a page at the end of the book. |— |
| 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 | colspan="3" |The book is split to 2 separate books. The first book ends right after Stanford "Ford" Pines' disappearance. |— |
| French
|GRAVITY FALLS - le journal |Hachette Romans |March 21, 2018 |{{ISBN|978-2016269480}} |Paperback | colspan="3" |The book does not include a dustjacket, which meant all the logos are printed on the actual cover. Fiddleford's blueprint was turned into a page at the end of the book. |Valérie Drouet |
References
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External links
- [https://books.disney.com/book/gravity-falls-journal-3 Gravity Falls: Journal 3] at Disney Books
- [https://archive.org/details/gravityfallsjournal3 Gravity Falls: Journal 3] at the Internet Archive
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