Moomin made his newspaper debut in The Evening Times on 20th September 1954. One year later, the paper celebrated his first birthday with an exclusive interview with Moomin himself. And who better to interview him than Tove Jansson? The Moomins as[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The rumours are true: there’s a new Moomin TV series on the way. Scheduled for January 2019, it’s got quite a pedigree behind it, with an Emmy, BAFTA or Oscar seemingly the entry-level requirement for the production team. Director[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There is some very, very exciting news coming from the world of Moomins, and I’ll be sharing it in a few days’ time. Check back here at 8:01am on Wednesday March 8th for an announcement and… no, I can’t say,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It has been a while since the last post, and for an unexpected reason. I had set out to find the first and last episodes of each of the Moomin strips, and give some background on the stories. This turned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Tove, wherever she is,” said Sophia Jansson, “Would be jumping up and joy for this.” After an hour’s wander through Adventures in Moominland, the launch event for the Southbank Centre’s Nordic matters, it’s difficult to argue the point. The months[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And finally, Monday September 20th rolled around. With one final teaser on the front page, Moomin made his debut on page six… and Londoners who’d been wondering what this curious strip was about were probably left scratching their heads. It’s one[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And with the Saturday edition, the final teaser panel for Moomin appears before his debut on Monday… or was it? Elsewhere in the world: Saturday 18th September 1954 Police close in on the Ruislip Strangler Rocky Marciano K.O.s Ezzard Charles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finally, The Evening News gave a little bit of context to the mysterious cipher appearing on the front page- an interview with Tove Jansson (as revealed in this post) about her and Moomin. But what else was happening? Friday 17th[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Thursday hoved into view, and by now all of London must have been scratching their heads. Who was this rotund fellow who would be entering their lives on Monday? Today’s (or, as it was written then, to-day’s) paper offered other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wednesday rolled around and the teasers for the new Moomin strip continued unabated. But what other pressing issues did he share the front page of the London Evening News with? Let’s see: Wednesday 15th September 1954 The Battle of Britain[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…