March 27
Moomin Every Day details the genesis of the beloved Moomin comic strip. The strip originally appeared in the world’s largest newspaper, The Evening News, and was syndicated in more than forty newspapers around the world between 1953 and 1975. The comics were revived in 2005 by Drawn & Quarterly and
published as a hardcover series, sparking an international resurgence
of the strip and recognition of Tove Jansson as one of the great
twentieth-century cartoonists. The book features unseen drawings, rare
comics, and photos of the Jansson family.
Carefully researched and written in an engaging, clear voice, Moomin Every Day is
all the more appealing for Juhani Tolvanen’s clear affection for the
Moomins as fictional characters and appreciation of the power of the
Moomin stories to appeal to readers of all ages. Tolvanen explains how
Jansson came to publish her comic in England, why she eventually quit
working on the strip, and how her brother Lars came to replace her as
author and illustrator without any previous artistic experience.
Moomin Every Day is
accessible to Moomin novices and longtime readers of the Jansson
stories alike. Even the most devoted of Jansson fans may not realize
that the first incarnation of Snork was as a caricature of Immanuel
Kant! With sidebars that outline the histories of individual Moomin
characters and a short comics glossary, Moominland shines throughout
this historical biography.
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