Includes some tributes to Jansson's cartooning legacy.
Contents:
Introduction by Tom Devlin -- Moomin and the brigands -- Moomin and family life -- Moomin on the Riviera -- Moomin's desert island -- Moomin's winter follies -- Moomin mamma's maid -- Moomin builds a house -- Moomin begins a new life -- Moomin falls in love -- Moominvalley turns jungle -- Moomin and the Martians -- Moomin and the sea -- Club life in Moominvalley -- Moomin goes wild west -- Snorkmaiden goes Rococo -- The conscientious Moomins -- Moomin and the comet -- Moomin and the golden trail -- Moomin winter -- Moomin under sail -- Fuddler's courtship -- Tove Jansson's character studies for the Moomin comic strip.
Summary:
Tove Jansson's Moomin stories made her one of the most beloved Scandinavian authors of the 20h century. Jansson's whimsical tales of Moominvalley resonate with children for their light-hearted spirit, and with adults for their incisive commentary on the banality of everyday life. 2014 marks the centenary of her birth, and Jansson is being honoured with events in England, Scandinavia, Germany, Russia, Japan, Australia, Italy, Spain, and France. Drawn and Quarterly is joining the festivities by releasing Moomin: The deluxe anniversary edition, a collection of the complete Tove Jansson-penned Moomin comic strip, replete with all of her most popular storylines and original pencil sketches. It has been more than sixty years since the Moomin comic strip debuted in the London Evening News. By the end of its run in 1975, Moomin was syndicated in more than forty newspapers around the world, and hailed for its light-handed, charming stories. The comics were revived in 2005 by Drawn and Quarterly and published to widespread acclaim, sparking a new generation of devoted Moomin fans with international editions around the world.
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