Moomin : The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

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.