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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1954 - Moomin and the Brigands (12/91) (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] niktemadur 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That hippo is incredibly expressive. This is a very elegant, very talented cartoonist!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Moomin trolls are shaped like hippos, but they are covered by soft white fur.

Lots of Janssons charachters are some kind of made-up fantasy creature, all living in a world full of detail.

I recommend looking into the books, these comics are only a tiny part of the franchise Jansson created, which is still huge in many parts of the world. She even turned down Walt Disney trying to buy her out, back in the day.

She passed in 2001, and the brand is still managed by her family.