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Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 4 by Tove Jansson

emrysmerlyn's review against another edition

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1.0

This is one collection that aged very very very badly. The Wild West chapter was so painfully full of racial stereotypes I could barely get through it. Sometimes you encounter a piece of older fiction that just slaps you in the face with bad representation.

The other stories in this collection had the same off-kilter silly antics seen in previous volumes. They were fun and in keeping with the tone of other Moomin comics. There are some truly delightful panels. They didn’t offset the deeply uncomfortable first story.

libraryanned's review against another edition

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5.0

Chock-full of Moominy goodness.

annaclarimoto's review against another edition

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5.0

It's amazing how prolific Jansson is, the stories never stop!

libraryfairyrachel's review against another edition

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The Moomins are very cute and soft looking, but the first volume of this had some weirdly racist portrayals of Native American people?? And for what? I realize that this is several decades old and by a European person who didn’t not have the same cultural awareness of today, but it was still rough to see. Read as a part of my graphic novels and comics mls course

nordicowl's review

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adventurous fast-paced

3.0

atticmoth's review

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4.0

the first story was racist as hell but the rest were charming and had nice social commentary

catship_system's review against another edition

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3.0

abgesehen von ~dieser einen Geschichte~ sind sie alle so toll! Mumin und Snufkin sind so süß zusammen! omg! aber halt, ja, diese eine Geschichte.

librarycryptid's review

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4.0

Lots of fun! My first introduction to Moomin, I wanted to see what all the hype was about. It was a fun comic, quite dated with that first time travel story, but I enjoyed it!
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