![]() ![]() The Moomins are perhaps less well-known in the United States than they are throughout Europe and parts of Asia, but they will no doubt look familiar too many. ![]() ![]() Precocious as she may have been, she could never have known that little doodle would launch one of the most beloved casts of characters in illustrated children’s fiction of all time. The talented young woman wasn’t far from publishing her first drawings in the anti-fascist satirical magazine Garm. But one day at their island summer cottage she scrawled a strange long-snouted creature on the wall of the outhouse and boldly wrote ‘SNORK’ below it. Tove Jansson (1914-2001), the daughter of artists Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsen-Jansson grew up drawing sketching and doodling away, with her family’s encouragement. Features Moomin: The Art and The Story: The Moomins Go To JapanĪll art courtesy of the author and The Ashashi Shimbum ![]()
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