If you’re reading this and you don’t know Moomin, stop reading this and go look up Moomin! No, seriously.

I read the Moomin novels as a kid and more recently the collected paperback comics. Both are truly excellent. I don’t think I’ve ever read a series where the novels and comics had such a similar, seamless feel as the Moomins (usually I tend to prefer one format significantly over the other, but this was not the case with the Moomins – maybe because the author and comic creator are the same? that hasn’t been the case with Marjorie Liu’s work, though, I definitely prefer her comics and graphic novels to her longform novels, but I digress…I should do my next Interlude post on Marjorie Liu…).

(Also I just realized I can change the font on these posts, how many years have I been doing this?)

Funny, I’m so fond of Moomin, but I’m having trouble coming up with words for the feelings. Never mind, it’s always going to be better to read Moomin than to read someone talking about Moomin anyway. See you next month if work doesn’t eat my life.

Title: Finn Family Moomintroll, etc.

Author: Tove Jansson

Genre: Fiction

Book Type: Novels, comics

Would read this author again: Yes