Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Book Two Derf Backderf befitting the seafaring adventure

befitting the seafaring adventure

After the heavily cartoon- and slapstick cinema-inspired first adventures

giving us a glimpse of the hurtles that present themselves along the way

a work of devastating emotional impact

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Book Two Derf Backderf befitting the seafaring adventureBy Tove Jansson. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. Hardcover, 88 pages, B&W, 2007 (originally publiushed 1953 1960) In the second volume of Tove Jansson's humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia places them smack dab into a winter carnival with the winter sports loving Mr. Brisk. The