Gravity Falls: Lost Legends

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Gravity Falls: Lost Legends
Date24 July 2018[1]
PublisherDisney Press
Creative team
Artists
CreatorAlex Hirsch
Original publication
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781368021425

Gravity Falls: Lost Legends, initially announced as Gravity Falls the Graphic Novel,[4] is a Gravity Falls graphic novel published by Disney Press. Written by Alex Hirsch, the show's creator, the comics in the book are illustrated by various artists, including Asaf Hanuka and Dana Terrace. The comics explores four new adventures taking place within the show's continuity.[5]

First announced at the D23 Expo 2017, the book was released on 24 July 2018.[1] An exclusive Barnes and Noble edition includes behind-the-scenes sketches and notes.[6] The book has generally received positive reception from fans, with praise for its "brilliant application" of the comic medium.[7] The book has been listed as a New York Times bestseller in August 2018.[8]

Plot[]

Face It[]

Pacifica Northwest approaches Dipper and Mabel Pines for help to remove a wrinkle for an upcoming photoshoot with her parents. As Dipper rejects to help, Pacifica sneaks into the Shack to view the Journals and summons Mr What’s-His-Face, believing that he can help. Promised to be given a flawless face, Pacifica accepts his deal, but the exchange was interrupted by the twins. In place of Pacifica's, Mr What’s-His-Face steals Mabel's face.

Dipper and Pacifica track the monster into the Crawlspace, a paranormal black market underneath the town. Evading the monsters, they disguised themselves in rubbish. In an argument, they are caught by other monsters and sold to an unknown buyer. While in the burlap sack, Dipper assures Pacifica that she is "more than just a pretty face" after she reveals her insecurity with regard to her appearance.

Finding themselves at Mr What’s-His-Face’s base, the two demand to have Mabel's face back, but he instead steals Dipper's face. Facing a choice on whether to have an everlasting beautiful face or fight him to get back the twins' faces. Pacifica sets Mr What’s-His-Face’s head on fire by tossing the explosive beauty pills at him. The three escape into an outhouse, where their Great-uncle Ford freezes the monster. Briefly panicking that she has little time to clean herself up, Pacifica decides not to care about her appearance and attends the shoot covered in rubbish, much to her parents’ disgust.

Comix Up[]

Soos brings over his collection of comics to the Shack. However, Grunkle Stan confiscates them, due to his disdain of the medium, and locks them in a cursed chest. A malicious narration box follows Stan around before he is trapped in a comic book. Dipper, Soos, Mabel, Ford and Wendy follow him into the cursed comic book and enter a world of shifting art styles and genres. They chase a mysterious purple-cloaked man, believing that he knows Stan's whereabouts. Managing to corner him, the cloaked guy sets off a bomb that sends everyone flying straight out of the story’s panels and into the margins.

Soos finds a sobbing Stan in a comic Stan drew in his childhood, which was rejected by publishers due to the excessive swear words in the comic. With the failure of his comic, Stan became resentful of the medium. Soos urges Stan to continue his childhood dream and apologise to the cursed chest, but Stan refuses to refer to the medium as "graphic novels". Before they are killed by the narration box, they are rejoined by the others, who defeat the narration box with white-out. Returning back to the real world, Stan reproduces his childhood comic and sells them in the Mystery Shack gift shop.

Don't Dimension It[]

In an expedition through the forests of Gravity Falls to check for any dimensional rifts in the aftermath of Weirdmageddon, Mabel falls into a wormhole when retrieving her pig Waddles. She ends up in a pocket dimension, along with other lost Mabels of the multiverse. However, as they are too preoccupied with their own tasks, none are able to help her return back to her dimension.

Grunkles Stan and Ford join her through the multiverse. Meanwhile, Mabel meets another Mabel who resembles her and shares her determination to leave the dimension. Both work together to retrieve a flare gun and manage to alert the Grunkles to their location. However, the other Mabel locks Mabel into an outhouse, revealing herself to be the Anti-Mabel, an evil version of her, and intends to take over another Mabel's life and her dimension. The Grunkles, unaware of the switch, pick up the Anti-Mabel. Getting out of the outhouse, Mabel rallies the other Mabels for help after admitting to her own self-centredness and promises not to be selfish once again when she returns home.

En route back to their dimension, the Grunkles are overpowered by the Anti-Mabel. Mabel and her other versions arrive, fighting against the Anti-Mabel while rescuing Stan and Ford. The Anti-Mabel is overpowered and the Pines ejects her into space. Dropping the Pines off at the rift leading back to their dimension, the other Mabels thank them for their help before returning to their home dimensions. Upon their return, the Grunkles seal the rift while Mabel apologizes to Dipper for her selfishness and promises to be a better sister. Mabel gives him a blue journal with a pine tree on it which she got from Mabipper and hopes to start new adventures together.

Publication history[]

Gravity Falls is an animated television series created by Alex Hirsch. It aired over two seasons, with the finale aired on 15 February 2016.[9][10] In subsequent interviews about the show, Hirsch mentioned he considered creating comics for the series,[11][12][13] using various ideas that were not used for the show as they were considered too short, "weird" or "specific".[14]

The graphic novel was first announced as Gravity Falls the Graphic Novel at the D23 Expo in 2017.[1] Through an online jigsaw puzzle via Twitter, the cover art for the book was released in February 2018.[15] The book was released on 24 July 2018,[1] with estimated sales of 702 copies in the subsequent month.[16]

Critical response[]

Gravity Falls: Lost Legends generally well-received by fans. In August 2018, the book was listed as a New York Times bestseller.[8] It has been praised for its "brilliant application" of the comic medium, especially with one story Comix Up making reference to various art styles of other renowned comics.[7] The four stories have been welcomed as "faithful additions" to the Gravity Falls series and considered " a love letter to the fans from Alex Hirsch himself".[17] Capturing the "charm" of the TV series, the graphic novel includes cryptogram scattered throughout the stories and exploration of morals just like the episodes in the show, with each character "learning something important about themselves" at the end of each story.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Gravity Falls: Lost Legends". Disney Books. 14 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ "July's Best New Books for Young Readers – B&N Reads". B&N Reads. 29 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  3. ^ Hirsch, Alex (2018). Gravity Falls: Lost Legends: 4 All-New Adventures!. ISBN 9781368021425. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Every Magical Moment From D23 Expo 2017". D23. 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  5. ^ Barnes & (24 July 2018). "Gravity Falls: Lost Legends: 4 All-New Adventures!". Barnes & Noble. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  6. ^ "A Riddle Wrapped in an Enigma: An Interview with Gravity Falls: Lost Legends Author Alex Hirsch – B&N Reads". B&N Reads. 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b Reif, Alex. "Book Review – Gravity Falls: Lost Legends – 4 All-New Adventures!". Laughing Place. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Best Sellers – Books – Aug. 12, 2018". The New York Times. 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls". Disney XD Press. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  10. ^ McFarland, K.M. (November 23, 2015). "Gravity Falls' Many Fans Couldn't Save it from an Early End". Wired. Archived from the original on July 11, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  11. ^ Blumenfeld, Zach (29 July 2016). "Alex Hirsch Talks Gravity Falls and the Fascinating Journal 3 Project". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  12. ^ "An Interview With Alex Hirsch". Fashionable Tinfoil Accessories – Home to writer and critic Vrai Kaiser. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Interview: Gravity Falls' Alex Hirsch Talks About Disney's Censors, Pacifica's Parents, and Future Plans". The Mary Sue. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Q&A Transcript with Alex Hirsch at MomoCon 2017". Fuck Yeah Gravity Falls!. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  15. ^ Nguyen, Crystal (16 February 2018). "Through Mysterious Puzzle Pieces, Alex Hirsch Revealed the Cover for the First-Ever Gravity Falls Graphic Novel". Oh My Disney. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Comichron: August 2018 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops". Comichron. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Alex Hirsch Isn't Done With Gravity Falls! – Gravity Falls: Lost Legends Book Review". Disney Nerds. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  18. ^ Hoover, Natalie (21 August 2018). "With 'Gravity Falls: Lost Legends,' Alex Hirsch Proves Again He Knows Exactly What His Fans Want". studybreaks.com. Retrieved 21 January 2022.

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