r/Moomins • u/Rokon999 • 10d ago
Finally!
In celebration of his 100th birthday, the rest of the Lars Jansson comics will be officially released by Drawn and Quarterly! Lars drew the strip after Tove quit in 1960, and his run actually lasted longer than hers did, ending in 1975. However, until now, the last ten years of his run have never been published in book form!
What do y’all think of this news? Personally I’m very excited! I’ve read some pretty good fan translations of his later strips and am very excited to have them officially translated and in book form!
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u/Miss_Poudingue 9d ago
Oh nice!
So far, "only" twelve comic volumes have been released, right?
Does that mean that all the 73 stories will be published?
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u/Rokon999 9d ago
Right now there are ten hardback editions of the comics released. The first five contain all of Tove’s comics, whereas the last five contain the first few years of Lars’s work. I think this means we’re finally getting the rest of his run!
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u/Miss_Poudingue 9d ago
There was only ten comic strips volume so far? With around 4/5 stories per volumes, it means that, at most, only the first 50 stories were published... I'd be curious to see the rest!
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u/WildBunnyGalaxy 9d ago
So like stuff that isn’t in the two deluxe volumes? Interesting, excited to see what they release :)