Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip - Book Two (Hardcover)

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Editorial Reviews

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“A lost treasure now rediscovered—one of the sweetest, strangest comic strips ever drawn or written. A Surrealist masterpiece. Honest.” —Neil Gaiman “[Jansson’s] work soars with lightness and speed, and her drawings only echo her writing: delicate but precise, observant yet suggestive . . . Jansson was exceptional, an exuberant explorer of emotional independence and interdependence, a liberating force.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Moomin is gorgeous, and is flat out the best Moomin book I’ve ever seen. Tove Jansson was a natural cartoonist. These strips are clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing.” —Jeff Smith, cartoonist of Bone

Product Description

In the second volume of Tove Jansson’s humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self-reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia places them smack-dab into a winter carnival with the winter-sports-loving Mr. Brisk. The fickle and eternally lovestruck Mymble and Snorkmaiden find themselves in competition over a thrilling new man. Moominmamma meets her new neighbor, the Fillyjonk, causing her to hire the depressed and secretive Misabel as her new maid. Mymble’s mother arrives on the Moomin family’s doorstep with her seventeen new children. Finally, a prophet arrives on the scene declaring that the happy Moomins are in fact not happy at all and need to get back to nature and be free. Moomin, of course, becomes more and more miserable the freer he gets.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1897299192
• ISBN-13: 978-1897299197
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,929 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 2 in The Tove Jansson Moomin Comic Strip Series.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly Charming Again, April 17, 2008

By	Elliot Cowan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As utterly and completely charming as book one.
I'd read all her books but had never seen these.
I've returned to them often.

Question though: How can they call is The COMPLETE comic strip and release two volumes???

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Charming!, March 8, 2008

By	Stuart Hurt (Middlebury, VT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Tove Jansson's Moomin is a delight and a pleasure. The characters are beautifully drawn and interact with complex human emotions, but their stories are told in such a simple way that children can enjoy the book quite easily. This comes HIGHLY recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Tove, December 23, 2007

By	K. Pestana (Waterville, ME USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I am SO happy that these books are being translated into English at long last! Tove Jansson's writing and drawings are beyond compare. Funny, thoughtful, full of kindness, irreverent, philosophical and exactly what life is like in Finland and Sweden (and I mean that as the biggest compliment)!