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Moomin Comic Strip #0
Муми-тролль и конец света
Istorii o mumi-trolljakh, sozdannye Tuve Jansson, sniskali zasluzhennuju slavu u rossijskogo chitatelja, i segodnja pochitateli talanta znamenitoj shvedojazychnoj pisatelnitsy iz Finljandii imejut vozmozhnost prikosnutsja k maloizvestnoj v Rossii storone ee tvorchestva - komiksu. Istorija v kartinkakh "Mumi-troll i konets sveta" publikovalas v gazete Ny Tid v 1947-1948 godakh i v originalnoj forme izlagaet sjuzhet o kosmicheskoj ugroze miru i chudesnom ego spasenii. Kniga budet interesna i detjam i vzroslym, a vkljuchennye v nee stati ob istorii sozdanija komiksa i berezhnaja peredacha osobennostej originala delajut izdanie tsennym i dlja spetsialistov. Tekst pechataetsja na jazyke originala i soprovozhdaetsja perevodom. Na russkom jazyke publikuetsja vpervye.Perevod Anny Sidorovoj.
80 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1948
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About the author
Tove Jansson
879 books3,894 followersTove Jansson was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. As a Finnish citizen whose mother tongue was Swedish, she was part of the Swedish-speaking Finns minority. Thus, all her books were originally written in Swedish.
Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.
Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945), during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naive and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.
Jansson's Moomin books have been translated into 33 languages.
Although known first and foremost as an author, Tove Jansson considered her careers as author and painter to be of equal importance.
Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated her first Moomin book, The Moomins and the Great Flood (1945), during World War II. She said later that the war had depressed her, and she had wanted to write something naive and innocent. Besides the Moomin novels and short stories, Tove Jansson also wrote and illustrated four original and highly popular picture books.
Jansson's Moomin books have been translated into 33 languages.
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September 21, 2025
Tämä oli ihan mielenkiintoinen katsaus sarjakuvasta, ja sen yhtäläisyyksistä toiseeen. Sekä tietysti hieman tietoa itse kirjailijasta, lähinnä haastattelujen pohjalta. Sarjakuva itsessään oli tuttu, tosin vain se tietty osa ja näitä eroavaisuuksia käytiin mielestäni hyvin läpi kohta kohdalta. Janssonin kädenjälki näkyy niin tekstissä kuin piirroksissa. Ihan hieno idea julkaista sarjakuva näin kirjamuodossakin ja tietysti kirjoitukset, jotka koskivat itse sarjakuvaa.
August 1, 2018
Denna seriebok köpte jag för ca 5 år sedan. Den har således oläst hängt med i 4 stora flyttlass i Stockholm och Umeå, och jag har faktiskt skämts över att jag inte tagit mig an den en vacker sommardag. För den tar inte mer än en dag att plöja igenom.
Nu är jag dock glad att jag lät tiden gå, för tidigare var jag endast väl bekantad med barnbilderböckerna "Vad hände sen?" och "Vem ska trösta knyttet?". Under de senaste fem åren har jag hunnit läsa tre av de längre mumin-böckerna, och har en annan slags nyfikenhet och intresse för mumintrollen, men framför allt Tove Janssons författarskap och karaktär. Utöver den lite lättsamma muminserieföljetongen finns i slutet några texter om henne, hennes författarskap och hur författarskapet utvecklades till det vi kanske nu identifierar som Janssonigt.
Mycket fin serie som jag kommer ha anledning att återkomma till.
Nu är jag dock glad att jag lät tiden gå, för tidigare var jag endast väl bekantad med barnbilderböckerna "Vad hände sen?" och "Vem ska trösta knyttet?". Under de senaste fem åren har jag hunnit läsa tre av de längre mumin-böckerna, och har en annan slags nyfikenhet och intresse för mumintrollen, men framför allt Tove Janssons författarskap och karaktär. Utöver den lite lättsamma muminserieföljetongen finns i slutet några texter om henne, hennes författarskap och hur författarskapet utvecklades till det vi kanske nu identifierar som Janssonigt.
Mycket fin serie som jag kommer ha anledning att återkomma till.
September 20, 2014
This is a reprint of the very first comic strip that Tove Jansson drew, years before she started making the now classical Moomin strip for British newspaper The Evening News. The book also contains interviews with Jansson and articles about the comics and is as such a nice addition to the library of any Moomin/Tove Jansson aficionado.
The strip is in itself based on the story of the Moomin book Comet in Moominland, which was published just a year earlier, i.e. we follow the Moomin family as they experience their world being hit by a comet, with an alternative ending compared to the book.
The story is told in panels with hand written text that flows separately at the bottom, much like they did in in older comic strips like for instance Tom Poes by Marten Toonder. This is in no way an ideal way of reading images and words together, but it flows OK and you can really see/hear Jansson's voice in the beautiful handwriting.
After the strip itself are several articles about the comics, an interview with Jansson done 40 years later and even a text about the creation of the strip by Jansson herself.
This strip was drawn early in the career of Jansson and the art is a bit crude compared to what would come later from her pen. This still means that the images are beautiful to behold, though. The visual flow of the narrative is impressive for someone who had at the time only a minor knowledge of how to make comics.
These strips are rather crude and can in no way measure up either to the original book Comet in Moominland, nor to the later comics strips that Jansson did after having been educated by the staff at The Evening News (even though she soon stopped using the standard tricks they taught her...). Still, this early episode is incredibly interesting as a stepping stone in the development of Jansson's visual storytelling, and the texts in the book are invaluable to get a deeper understanding for how this comic was created. The fact that Jansson also did a version of this story in the more widely circulated Moomin comic strip really invites for a comparative study.
I, who am a self-confessed Tove Jansson fan since early childhood and have read numerous books about her and her art, learned several new things here, even though I had read the strip already as it was included in the beautiful book about the Moomin strip, Vid min svans! by Johani Tolvanen. I learned, for instance, that the great characters Thingumy and Bob (Tofslan and Vifslan in the original Swedish text) were introduced here.
I assume that this is a translation of a book originally published in Finnish, as all the strips are accompanied by the text from the panels set in type. Since Jansson's handwriting is very legible, and was done in Swedish originally, there's really no need for this, but it was probably kept as it was easier to do so than creating a new design and layout of the pages.
Anyway, an invaluable book if you, like me, are a hardcore Tove Jansson fan.
The strip is in itself based on the story of the Moomin book Comet in Moominland, which was published just a year earlier, i.e. we follow the Moomin family as they experience their world being hit by a comet, with an alternative ending compared to the book.
The story is told in panels with hand written text that flows separately at the bottom, much like they did in in older comic strips like for instance Tom Poes by Marten Toonder. This is in no way an ideal way of reading images and words together, but it flows OK and you can really see/hear Jansson's voice in the beautiful handwriting.
After the strip itself are several articles about the comics, an interview with Jansson done 40 years later and even a text about the creation of the strip by Jansson herself.
This strip was drawn early in the career of Jansson and the art is a bit crude compared to what would come later from her pen. This still means that the images are beautiful to behold, though. The visual flow of the narrative is impressive for someone who had at the time only a minor knowledge of how to make comics.
These strips are rather crude and can in no way measure up either to the original book Comet in Moominland, nor to the later comics strips that Jansson did after having been educated by the staff at The Evening News (even though she soon stopped using the standard tricks they taught her...). Still, this early episode is incredibly interesting as a stepping stone in the development of Jansson's visual storytelling, and the texts in the book are invaluable to get a deeper understanding for how this comic was created. The fact that Jansson also did a version of this story in the more widely circulated Moomin comic strip really invites for a comparative study.
I, who am a self-confessed Tove Jansson fan since early childhood and have read numerous books about her and her art, learned several new things here, even though I had read the strip already as it was included in the beautiful book about the Moomin strip, Vid min svans! by Johani Tolvanen. I learned, for instance, that the great characters Thingumy and Bob (Tofslan and Vifslan in the original Swedish text) were introduced here.
I assume that this is a translation of a book originally published in Finnish, as all the strips are accompanied by the text from the panels set in type. Since Jansson's handwriting is very legible, and was done in Swedish originally, there's really no need for this, but it was probably kept as it was easier to do so than creating a new design and layout of the pages.
Anyway, an invaluable book if you, like me, are a hardcore Tove Jansson fan.
January 30, 2025
Classic Moomin, crazy shit goin on, Moomintrolls coolin as they do
August 16, 2017
This Moomin-comic stands out from Jansson's other Moomin-comics. In this comic Moomins are a bit rougher and the story seems familiar, but it can surprise you in a good way.
I liked this one a lot and I'm hoping to get it as my own really soon.
I liked this one a lot and I'm hoping to get it as my own really soon.
August 11, 2021
Весьма странное издание комикса о Муми-троллях. Как можно заметить, на обложке описано практически всё, что содержит книга. Но самое интересное в ней идёт ровно после комикса. А именно, мнения и анализ, я так понял от журналистов. К сожалению не указано кто эти люди.
В целом дополнительные материалы состоят из биографических очерков как о комиксе и его значении, так и о самой Туве Янссон. Особенно запомнилась история, когда спустя 40 лет после создания комикса, некто Хенрика Рингбом встречается с Янссон с просьбой отыскать оригиналы комикса.
Говоря более подробно, сам комикс является переложением книги "Когда прилетит комета", но рассчитанное на более взрослую аудиторию. Вдобавок, в нём впервые появляются персонажи, которых не было в книге, но которые появятся уже в последующей "Шляпе волшебника".
В целом дополнительные материалы состоят из биографических очерков как о комиксе и его значении, так и о самой Туве Янссон. Особенно запомнилась история, когда спустя 40 лет после создания комикса, некто Хенрика Рингбом встречается с Янссон с просьбой отыскать оригиналы комикса.
Говоря более подробно, сам комикс является переложением книги "Когда прилетит комета", но рассчитанное на более взрослую аудиторию. Вдобавок, в нём впервые появляются персонажи, которых не было в книге, но которые появятся уже в последующей "Шляпе волшебника".
December 30, 2024
Jansson is known for creating stories that, while child-friendly on the surface, also include subtle philosophical reflections, often dealing with complex emotions and existential questions. Moomintroll and the End of the World is a prime example of this. The story revolves around themes of existentialism and the fear of the unknown.
First published in 1971, during a period of intense geopolitical tension, the Cold War created widespread anxiety about the future and the potential "end of the world." The looming threat of nuclear war likely influenced the apocalyptic themes in this comic.
The Moomin family responds to the apocalyptic threat with a mixture of wonder and quiet wisdom. Even in the face of possible destruction, there is peace amidst chaos, and solace in togetherness and the acceptance of the unknown ‧₊˚ •ᴗ•
First published in 1971, during a period of intense geopolitical tension, the Cold War created widespread anxiety about the future and the potential "end of the world." The looming threat of nuclear war likely influenced the apocalyptic themes in this comic.
The Moomin family responds to the apocalyptic threat with a mixture of wonder and quiet wisdom. Even in the face of possible destruction, there is peace amidst chaos, and solace in togetherness and the acceptance of the unknown ‧₊˚ •ᴗ•
October 14, 2020
This book is small but it packs a punch, as it contains the first ever Moomin comic! 🌟The first Moomin comic Tove Jansson ever made was for Ny Tid magazine as a gift to her friend/partner Atos Wirtanen. It’s kind of a prototype of the kind of comic strips she would later produce. The story follows the same base story as the Comet in Moominland book but it also has some notable differences, especially at the end. It was a perfect time for me to read this right after seeing the Tove movie as I now knew a bit more about where she was in life when she made this comic and what inspirations different characters had. At the end there’s an interview with Tove about how the comics came to be and other interesting information. I think this is a must read for all Tove and Moomin comics fans!
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July 20, 2020Hieman erilainen lukukokemus kun Tove vasta kokeili sarjakuvapiirtäjän uraa. Kirjan lopussa on toimittajien tekstejä liittyen ko. sarjakuvaan ja niistä tarina sarjakuvan takana aukeaa paljon paremmin. Minusta on hyvä että sarjakuvasovitus on erilainen kuin vuotta aiemmin ilmestynyt Muumipeikko ja pyrstötähti, tarina ei ollut kiveen hakattu ja samoja teemoja voi käsitellä eri tavalla sarjakuvassa.
January 4, 2024
Wonderful, whimsical, adorable
January 11, 2024
Great children's book
August 9, 2014
Sarjakuvan tarina on tuttu Pyrstötähti-kirjasta, mitä nyt loppuratkaisua oli muutettu. Eniten minua viehättivät piirrokset, jotka tuntuivat olevan vielä hieman esimuumimaisia verrattuna myöhemmin ilmestyneisiin muumisarjakuviin.
October 17, 2015
Må mårran ta mig! Det är enastående och glädjande fall. Man kan inte nog förundra dig över den!
May 7, 2015
Lots of fun. Very relaxing to read before you go to bed.
April 30, 2017
Прекрасная книга для любителей муми-троллей. Здесь приведён первый комикс Туве Янссон (который она писала для крохотной шведской газеты, за четыре года до большого семилетнего контракта с Associated Press) по мотивам своей повести "Комета прилетает" - очаровательная приключенческая, и в то же время апокалиптичная история, а также знакомство главных героев друг с другом и с читателем. Милые герои, лёгкие нотки скандинавской меланхолии, неожиданно острый юмор - всё на месте.
В дополнительных материалах собраны интереснейшие заметки, забавное мини-интервью и небольшой литературный разбор комикса (сравнение с разными вариантами повести, которую Туве несколько раз переписывала). Ну и если "Дочь скульптора" позволила нам заглянуть в личную жизнь именитого автора, а также осветила её писательскую сторону, то здесь материалы подобраны под комиксовым углом.
Из недостатков могу выделить разве что недостаточно последовательную работу со шрифтами, но в то же время было любопытно взглянуть на шведский оригинал. Муми-энтузиастам смело рекомендую.
В дополнительных материалах собраны интереснейшие заметки, забавное мини-интервью и небольшой литературный разбор комикса (сравнение с разными вариантами повести, которую Туве несколько раз переписывала). Ну и если "Дочь скульптора" позволила нам заглянуть в личную жизнь именитого автора, а также осветила её писательскую сторону, то здесь материалы подобраны под комиксовым углом.
Из недостатков могу выделить разве что недостаточно последовательную работу со шрифтами, но в то же время было любопытно взглянуть на шведский оригинал. Муми-энтузиастам смело рекомендую.
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