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An unexpected acquisition

I went into Scheltema this morning. I wasn’t even looking for a book… but I got sidetracked (it’s a five-storey bookstore, in retrospect it was inevitable). I got caught by this.

That’s Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip. (It’s actually “Volume 1″ of “The Complete…”, projected to run to five volumes, which to my mind is a bit of dodgy advertising, but whatever.)

My day is complete.

This was written by tikitu. Posted on Monday, July 28, 2008, at 11:51 am. Tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

6 Comments

  1. S. glaber wrote:

    Yum! Tove Jansson’s brother took over the strip at some point (IIRC), so presumably this set will be covering her tenure.

    My own Moominary acquisitions for this year: A very funky orange mug and (at last!) Det Osynliga Barnet (The Invisible Child), a collection of Moomin short stories.

    Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 5:27 am | Permalink
  2. tikitu wrote:

    Envy envy. Especially as I won’t be able to read them. Sigh. (Also: nice mug.)

    Sunday, August 17, 2008 at 2:21 pm | Permalink
  3. S. glaber wrote:

    You can read them in English or Dutch translation, and if you ever wanted to start learning Swedish (yes, I know, Greek has priority), parallel Tove Jansson would be a good way to go.

    Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 4:28 am | Permalink
  4. tikitu wrote:

    Hm, that would indeed be fun. I wonder if I can find parallel Tove Jansson in Greek? …

    Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 12:19 pm | Permalink
  5. Olga wrote:

    No?

    Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 11:10 pm | Permalink
  6. tikitu wrote:

    No μουμινάκι? Tragic…

    Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 11:06 am | Permalink