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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1955 - Moomin on the Riviera (64/85) (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Is Jansson romanticizing the "starving artist" trope here, or meta-commenting on it?

Edit: Missed the "or".

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago

OMG I didn't even think of that. At this point in her career she was basically making ends meet for the first time ever.