Reviews
"Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins; where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination." -- Time "[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." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review "A lost treasure now rediscovered--one of the sweetest, strangest comics strips ever drawn or written. A surrealist masterpiece. Honest." -- Neil Gaiman, author of Sandman, American Gods and Fragile Things "Moomin is gorgeous, and is flat out the best Moomin book I've ever seen. Tove Jansson was a natural cartoonist. These strips are clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing." -- Jeff Smith, cartoonist of Bone, Moomin is gorgeous, and is flat out the best Moomin book I've ever seen. Tove Jansson was a natural cartoonist. These strips are clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing., "Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins; where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination.' - Time"[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.' - Los Angeles Times Book Review"A lost treasure now rediscovered - one of the sweetest, strangest comics strips ever drawn or written. A surrealist masterpiece. Honest.' - Neil Gaiman, author of Sandman, American Gods and Fragile Things"Moomin is gorgeous, and is flat out the best Moomin book I've ever seen. Tove Jansson was a natural cartoonist. These strips are clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing.' - Jeff Smith, cartoonist of Bone, "Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins; where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination." - Time "[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." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "A lost treasure now rediscovered-one of the sweetest, strangest comics strips ever drawn or written. A surrealist masterpiece. Honest." -Neil Gaiman, author of Sandman, American Gods and Fragile Things "Moomin is gorgeous, and is flat out the best Moomin book I've ever seen. Tove Jansson was a natural cartoonist. These strips are clever, gentle, witty, and completely engrossing." -Jeff Smith, cartoonist of Bone, A lost treasure now rediscovered--one of the sweetest, strangest comics strips ever drawn or written. A surrealist masterpiece. Honest., Here is where Jansson's weird but true world begins; where fear, loneliness and insecurity are banished by love and the force of imagination., [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.