Moomin Book Five
The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
- Hardcover
88 pages
- Release Date
20 July 2010
Summary
Moomin Book Five: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
This is the final volume in the series drawn by Tove Jansson. It features the last strips drawn by Tove Jansson and written by her brother Lars for the London Evening News, before Lars took over both the art and the writing.
- “Moomin Winter”: The Moomin family faces a winter with more unwanted guests than ever before, particularly the curious and secret-spilling Nibling, which throws the Moomin household into a frenzy of secrecy and closed doors.
- “Moomin Under Sail”: The Moomins are adrift without a new adventure until Too-Ticky’s compass inspires them to build a boat and set sail.
- “Fuddler’s Courtship”: Mymble captures the heart of the Fuddler, but his bumbling inadvertently drives her into the arms of Dr. Hatter, the local psychiatrist. The Moomin family, with their delightfully quirky ways, does not fare well under the scrutiny of someone trained in correcting odd behavior.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781897299944 |
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| ISBN-10: | 189729994X |
| Author: | Tove Jansson |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 88 |
| Release Date: | 20 July 2010 |
| Weight: | 737g |
| Dimensions: | 219mm x 311mm |
| Series: | Moomin: The Complete Comic Strip |
| Audience Age: | 5 |
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Critics Review
“Charming and upbeat, filled with curiosity and warmth.” —Newsarama
“It’s like watching someone write with her art but then also put in bold moments of decoration around that writing.” —The Comics Reporter
“Moomin remains a wistful paean to the joys of relaxing and enjoying life and the importance of play … It’s wish fulfillment at its finest. ” —CHRIS MAUTNER, Comic Book Resources
“The Moomin family strays far from the tranquil charms of Moominvalley: on the French Riviera, Moominpappa gets drunk and Moomin’s sweetheart, the Snork Maiden, is seduced by a toothy film star. But then the hattifatteners appear–mute, sock-like animals that grow from seeds and chase after electric storms … Here is where Jansson’s weird but true world begins; where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination.” —Time.com
“[Jansson’s] strips, more than 800 in five years, stand as perennial classics of children’s literature across the Nordic lands … Their belated recovery from crumbling newsprint into five eventual volumes seems almost as fantastical and life-affirming as the Moomin fables themselves.” —The Independent
Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson (1914 - 2001) was a legendary Finnish children’s book author, artist, and creator of the Moomins. Her beloved characters came to life in children’s books, comic strips, theater, opera, film, radio, theme parks, and TV.
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