{"product_id":"9781897299197","title":"Moomin: Volume 2: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarc Notes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in the Evening news, London, 1953-1959.; Book 2.; Moomin's winter follies;; Moomin mamma's maid;; Moomin builds a house;; Moomin begins a new life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Jansson\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1914 - 2001) was a legendary Finnish children's book author, artist, and creator of the Moomins, who came to life in children's books, comic strips, theater, opera, film, radio, theme parks, and TV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in the Evening news, London, 1953-1959.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A lost treasure now rediscovered--one of the sweetest, strangest comic strips ever drawn or written. A Surrealist masterpiece. Honest.\" --\u003ci\u003eNeil Gaiman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[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.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Moomin is gorgeous, and is flat out the best \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoomin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e book I've ever seen. Tove Jansson was a natural cartoonist. These strips are clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Smith, cartoonist of Bone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the second volume of Tove Jansson's humorous yet melancholic\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoomin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomic 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2008 pg. 154 (EAN 9781897299197, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eJansson, Tove\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTove Jansson\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(1914 - 2001) was a legendary Finnish children's book author, artist, and creator of the Moomins, who came to life in children's books, comic strips, theater, opera, film, radio, theme parks, and TV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428985848044,"sku":"9781897299197","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3853\/1052\/files\/ibg.common.titledetail-2026-03-31T203215.179.gif?v=1775014346","url":"https:\/\/northparkcomics.com\/products\/9781897299197","provider":"North Park Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}