Gravity Falls: Journal 3
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, the book was released on July 26, 2016. 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.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.
The book became a New York Times Bestseller in August 2016, remaining on the bestseller list for in excess of 47 weeks.