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Moomin Valley

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This is a community for all things Moomin.

The Moomins is a franchise created by finnish author/illustrator Tove Jansson. It features a vast amount of comics, TV series, movies, books and games, telling various stories mostly set in moominvalley.

If you are new to the Moomins, this video essay is a fantastic starting point to learn about this family-owned franchise.

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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh. I kind of lost the plot recently. I was intrigued by the 'proto-moomins,' but it seems they were more of a passing novelty than anything that really shed light on moomin history. Or maybe I missed something there. I wonder if she ever returned to their development?

A couple things I did learn recently are that moomins are in fact trolls (at least of the Finnish variation, perhaps), and snorks are technically not the same species, altho it seems rather plain that they must be closely related.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not expecting too much from these early comics.

Tove put much more effort into the novels, and while the comic paid the bills, I don't think it took off instantly.

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Oh! So the novels... they were actually text, and not just collections of the strips?

If so, I totally didn't get that(!)

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes.

IIRC they have the occasional illustrated page, but they are written works.

Tove is well know for her illustrations, but is appreciated just as much as a writer.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Snorkmaiden being toxic.