![]() ![]() In 1951, Jansson’s third children’s book, Finn Family Moomintroll, was translated into English and caught the attention of a London agent who asked her to produce six strips a week for the next seven years. Tove Jansson, Self Portrait ( courtesy Tove 100) Moomin is the main character of Jansson’s comic strip, which follows the whimsical Moomintroll family on various adventures as they subvert their “very ordinary middle-class life.” The family is made up of practical Moominmamma and eccentric Moominpappa, their romantic son Moomin, and his flighty girlfriend Snorkmaiden. ![]() In the 1940s, the caricature evolved into the cuddly, and not entirely un-philosophical Moomintroll family. ![]() Moomin began as a caricature of Immanuel Kant, drawn on a bathroom wall by the Finnish visual artist, illustrator and author Tove Jansson during an argument with her brother. ![]()
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