Release date: July 23, 2024
Publisher: Hyperion Avenue
If you’re one of the many adult fans who has been missing Gravity Falls since it wrapped up eight years ago, this book is for you. Written for mature audiences by series creator Alex Hirsch (channeling interdimensional demon Bill Cipher), this “deeply, deeply cursed” tome includes some backstory on the demented Dorito guy and all sorts of other treats for fans, including the kinds of esoteric riddles, puzzles, and hidden codes that made the series so much more than just a silly kid’s cartoon. Not that it isn’t silly. In fact, there’s an entire chapter on Silly Straws. In his celebrity blurb for the book, “Weird Al” Yankovic does a pretty good job of summing it up: “I thought I liked things that were weird, but I was wrong. This book was too weird for me. I feel nauseous just thinking about the horrifying psychosis contained within. I’m legally changing my name to ‘Normal Al’ now and pushing all my Hawaiian shirts out to sea on a barge. Avoid this book at all costs!!”
