Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip by Jansson, Tove
Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip by Jansson, Tove

Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin Tove Jansson is...
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Author: Tove Jansson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip by Jansson, Tove

Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

$64.57
Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip by Jansson, Tove

Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

$64.57
Author: Tove Jansson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

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 the world's largest newspaper, the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in forty countries. Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly's publishing plan to reprint the entire strip drawn by Jansson before she handed over the reins 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-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 on 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 today.

Author: Tove Jansson
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 10/01/2006
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.77lbs
Size: 12.26h x 8.70w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9781894937801


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/24/2006 pg. 42
Booklist 08/01/2006 pg. 60
School Library Journal 11/01/2006 pg. 169
Library Journal 05/15/2007 pg. 74
Booklist 12/01/2007 pg. 32

About the Author

Tove Jansson (1914-2001) was born in Helsinki and spent much of her life in Finland. She is the author of the Moomin books, including Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll. Born into an artistic family--her father was a sculptor and her mother was a graphic designer and illustrator--Jansson studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, and L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In addition to her Moomin books, she also wrote several novels, drew comic strips and worked as a painter and illustrator. In 1966, she was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her body of work. Jansson had a studio in Helsinki but spent most of her time at her home on a small island called Klovharu.


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