An Interview with Tove
After a little break, it’s time for some more morsels from the Jansson archives. This one is a real beauty – an article about Moomin’s debut in the Evening News.
The paper ran a teaser campaign the week before the strip debuted on 20th September, 1954 not in July as some sources (okay; Wikipedia) would have you think. Unable to contain their excitement, they ran this article a few days beforehand. This is the first time it’s been reprinted in 62 years so – with apologies for the truncated edges and the (sadly necessary) watermark…
