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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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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nice catch! But the original word would have been the swedish "berg- och dalbana".

These comics have an unusual path to their english existencce. They were comissioned by "The Evening News" London newspaper.

Tove wrote them in swedish, (her being swedish speaking) which was then translated to english by her brother Lars.

Lars would eventually also do some drawing starting with "Moomin Goes Wild West". He eventually took over producing the strips entirely with "Moomin's Lamp" in 1960, and would be the man behind the comic for the next 15 years, while Tove focused on her literary and artistic career.

[–] troglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But the original word would have been the swedish “berg- och dalbana”.

So it’s litterally called a « mountain and valley track » ? That makes a lot of sense.