Moomin Colour Comics – Moomin Begins a New Life

By Tove Jansson

A travelling prophet may hold the key to happiness, but do the Moomins really need it?

Moomin Begins a New Life is strip #8 of Moomin Colour Comics consisting of 16 fantastic comic adventures of the Moomins that are available as single story, colour comic books, published by Drawn & Quarterly.

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About the author

Tove Jansson (1914-2001), Finnish-Swedish writer and artist, achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Moomins, written and illustrated between 1945 and 1970. The books about the brave, adventurous, yet family-focused and home-loving Moomins have been translated into more than 60 languages and are still in print all over the world today.The Moomins were, of course, only a part of Jansson’s prodigious output. Already admired in Nordic art circles as a painter, cartoonist and illustrator, she would go on to write a series of classic novels and short stories. She remains Scandinavia’s best-loved author.Tove Jansson’s work reflected the tenets of her life: her love of family and nature, and her insistence on freedom to pursue her art. “Work and love” was the motto she chose for herself and her approach to both was joyful and uncompromising.