Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5694897
EAN: 9781894937801
ISBN: 1894937805
Label: Drawn and Quarterly
Manufacturer: Drawn and Quarterly
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: 2006-11-14
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Release Date: 2006-11-14
Studio: Drawn and Quarterly

Customer Rating:
Summary: Utterly Charming
Comment: Utterly and completely charming.
I'd read all her books but had never seen these.
I've returned to them often.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Delightful
Comment: If you've never heard of Tove Jansson's comic strip "Moomin," you're in for a treat. The title character is a troll, but looks like a hippopotamus. He is a loveable character with a childlike innocence. He tries to be friends with everyone, and like many nice people, doesn't know how to set limits. In the first sequence, he has dozens of friends and family visit him, and are extremely demanding, but he doesn't seem to be able to say no. He then gets a rather smelly friend to drive everyone away, but he eats Moomin's house! We then follow Moomin and his friend Sniff as they search for riches and fame. That's the first of four parts in this collection, and the storylines flow into each other nicely. There's great character development with real pathos, and the art is unique and a pleasure to look at. If you're looking for a comic strip that's different from the ones you typically see in the paper, look no further.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Beautifly published book
Comment: I have read every Moomin book available in English and I loved them all. I decided to get the comic for some children I know. I actually have not read the comic and my review is concerned only with the physical properties of the publication.

I have to say that the book look beautiful and makes a perfect gift. I will order second copy now so I can read it myself. :)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Tales of pleasantly foolish innocence
Comment: Moominfamily gets bumped around in a world that is much too big and chaotic for anyone to understand. Moomin may be driven into trouble, but his goal in life is beautifully pure: to "live in peace, plant potatoes and dream." While Moomin world may had its start in the books, in this English comic strip, its full richness floats to the surface like cream, and the love put into the art is visible. Tove Jansson's intricate illustrations and lettering are made clear and bold in this volume thanks to the carefully laid out folio.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: It's too whimsical and funny to limit to younger audiences
Comment: In 1953 the London Evening News began running Moomin comics on a daily basis - and soon the little fantasy animals were published in over 40 papers around the world. Tove Jansson, creator of the strip, drew it for five years and these black and white strips offers her complete Moomin features to delight new and old audiences alike. It's too whimsical and funny to limit to younger audiences, and is reviewed here as a top pick for any general-interest library strong in comics history and illustrator representations.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

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