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  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781770467781
  • Imprint: Drawn & Quarterly
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $45.00

Moomin Adventures: Book 2




The classic comic strip by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson in a new paperbackseries

When D&Q debuted the Moomin comics in 2007, it was the first time that the strip hadbeen published in English since its original appearance in the London Evening News. Theseries has since gone on to sell 400,000 copies. Now presented in an all-new softcoverformat that collects the comics of both Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, the MoominAdventures series will introduce these timeless classics to a new generation of readers ofall ages.

This volume is jam-packed with classic Moomin antics and shenanigans. Whether it’ssetting up finicky ghosts on a blind date in “Moomin and the Farm,” or becoming devoutfollowers of quarreling prophets in “Moomin Begins a New Life,” the Moomins’ quick witand existential musings never fail to disappoint. In “Moominmamma’s Maid,” Misabel themaid must conquer her fears and learn to do as the Moomins do, turning everything into apleasure. In “Moomin Builds a House,” the fabulous Little My delights us with hernaughtiness, even as she drives the Moomins up the walls. Every story in this collection isa bundle of fun, offering a timeless treasure trove of good-hearted whimsy and delight.

The strip’s gentle humor and subtle yet sharp musings on life relay an utterly humanexistence through the lives of Moomin, Moominmamma, Moominpappa, Snufkin, Little My,Snork Maiden, and more.

  • Published: 24 June 2025
  • ISBN: 9781770467781
  • Imprint: Drawn & Quarterly
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $45.00

About the authors

Tove Jansson

Tove Jansson was born in Finland in 1914. She began her career as a cartoonist and went on to write and illustrate many books for adults and children. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, and in 1945 he became a character in a children'story. Tove became world-famous for her Moomin books, which began with The Moomins and the Great Flood in 1945, closely followed by Comet in Moominland in 1946, Finn Family Moomintroll in 1948 and six more Moomin adventures. During the winter months Tove lived and worked in Helsinki, but in the summertime she stayed on a beautiful remote island in the Gulf of Finland with her long-term partner, the artist Tuulikki Pietilä. Tove Jansson received many prestigious awards during her lifetime, including the international Hans Christian Andersen Medal. She died in 2001, aged eighty-seven.