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Loading... Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One (original 2006; edition 2006)by Tove Jansson (Author)
Work InformationMoomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Book 1 by Tove Jansson (2006)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A slightly different feeling than I get from reading Moomin. Less melancholy. The spare pictures are delightful. My 10 y.o. liked finding the little unexplained critters who populate some of the panels. I loved reading this. ( ) Comic strip collection/First published before 1986/Translated from any language except French or Japanese I never read Moomin growing up, so I don't think I have the emotional connection to it that a lot of people do. That being said, I thought this was an amusing and charming read, and I would like to read more. no reviews | add a review
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The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children's authors of the twentieth century for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation, the Moomins. The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of world's largest newspaper the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in 40 countries. Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly publishing plan to reprint the entire strip drawn by Jansson before she handed over the reigns to her brother Lars in 1960. This is the first time the strip will be published in any form in North America and will deservedly place Jansson among the international cartooning greats of the last century. The Moomins are a tight-knit family â?? hippo-shaped creatures with easygoing and adventurous outlooks. Jansson's art is pared down and precise, yet able to compose beautiful portraits of ambling creatures in fields of flowers or rock-strewn beaches that recall Jansson's Nordic roots. The comic strip reached out to adults with its gentle and droll sense of humor. Whimsical but with biting undertones, Jansson's observations of everyday life, including guests who overstay their welcome, modern art, movie stars, and high society, easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate tod No library descriptions found. |
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