D&Q ensi kesänä:
Moomin Every Day
Juhani Tolvanen
IN STORES JUNE 2012
Translated by Jill G. Timbers
A LOVING LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE RENOWNED MOOMIN STRIP AND ITS CREATOR, TOVE JANSSON
Moomin Every Day details the genesis of the beloved Moomin comic strip. The strip originally appeared in the world's largest newspaper, the Evening News, and was syndicated in more than forty newspapers around the world between 1953 and 1975. The comics were revived in 2005 by Drawn & Quarterly and published as a hardcover series, sparking an international resurgence of the strip and recognition of Tove Jansson as one of the great twentieth-century cartoonists. The book features unseen drawings, rare comics, and photos of the Jansson family. Perhaps, most surprising of all a never-before-published-in-English short story by Tove called The Comic Strip Artist.
Carefully researched and written in an engaging, clear voice, Moomin Every Day is all the more appealing for Juhani Tolvanen's clear affection for the Moomins as fictional characters and appreciation of the power of the Moomin stories to appeal to readers of all ages. Tolvanen explains how Jansson came to publish her comic in England, why she eventually quit working on the strip, and how her brother Lars came to replace her as author and illustrator without any previous artistic experience.
Hardcover, 8.25 x 9.75, black and white, 136 pages
