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Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book One | 
| Author: Tove Jansson
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy Used: $9.52
You Save: $10.43 (52%)
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 89533
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 12.1 x 8.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1894937805
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5694897
EAN: 9781894937801
ASIN: 1894937805
Publication Date: November 14, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
Tove Jansson's Moomin stories are read and loved around the world, enjoying devoted attention in Japan, Europe and Jansson's native Scandinavia. Jansson's work is now seeing a further growth in popularity, with the Moomin chapter books republished in Britain and France, and new US editions released by FSG. The revival continues in North America with this new volume of comic strips from premium publishers Drawn & Quarterly. Originally published in London's Evening News, Jansson drew and wrote these strips in English. Written in the same period (1954-1960) as the chapter books Moominsummer Madness and Moominland Midwinter, these strips will entertain children with their familiar characters, while adult readers will appreciate their gentle wit and often satirical stance. This volume is the first in an anticipated five-volume set, and collects the four stories Brigands, Family Life, Moomin on the Riviera and Moomin's Desert Island.
Product 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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Utterly Charming April 17, 2008
Elliot Cowan
Utterly and completely charming.
I'd read all her books but had never seen these.
I've returned to them often.
Delightful April 2, 2008
Jay Young (Austin, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you've never heard of Tove Jansson's comic strip "Moomin," you're in for a treat. The title character is a troll, but looks like a hippopotamus. He is a loveable character with a childlike innocence. He tries to be friends with everyone, and like many nice people, doesn't know how to set limits. In the first sequence, he has dozens of friends and family visit him, and are extremely demanding, but he doesn't seem to be able to say no. He then gets a rather smelly friend to drive everyone away, but he eats Moomin's house! We then follow Moomin and his friend Sniff as they search for riches and fame. That's the first of four parts in this collection, and the storylines flow into each other nicely. There's great character development with real pathos, and the art is unique and a pleasure to look at. If you're looking for a comic strip that's different from the ones you typically see in the paper, look no further.
Beautifly published book December 6, 2007
Mrukz
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read every Moomin book available in English and I loved them all. I decided to get the comic for some children I know. I actually have not read the comic and my review is concerned only with the physical properties of the publication.
I have to say that the book look beautiful and makes a perfect gift. I will order second copy now so I can read it myself. :)
Tales of pleasantly foolish innocence November 30, 2007
L. A. Morrow (USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Moominfamily gets bumped around in a world that is much too big and chaotic for anyone to understand. Moomin may be driven into trouble, but his goal in life is beautifully pure: to "live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." While Moomin world may had its start in the books, in this English comic strip, its full richness floats to the surface like cream, and the love put into the art is visible. Tove Jansson's intricate illustrations and lettering are made clear and bold in this volume thanks to the carefully laid out folio.
It's too whimsical and funny to limit to younger audiences September 8, 2007
Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In 1953 the London Evening News began running Moomin comics on a daily basis - and soon the little fantasy animals were published in over 40 papers around the world. Tove Jansson, creator of the strip, drew it for five years and these black and white strips offers her complete Moomin features to delight new and old audiences alike. It's too whimsical and funny to limit to younger audiences, and is reviewed here as a top pick for any general-interest library strong in comics history and illustrator representations.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
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