Books Details
Author : Tove Jansson Pages : 95 pages Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1894937805 ISBN-13 : 9781894937801
Books Descriptions
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.
