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A WORLDWIDE BRAND

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HISTORY

    • Moomin was created by the Finnish artist and autohor Tove Jansson 1945.
    • The original Moomin books are published in more than 40 different languages.
    • There has been a licensing programme continuing since the fifties, now including more than 450 licensees world wide, producing all kinds of products.
    • The 1990s TV animation series with 109 episodes has been aired in more than 120 contries.
    • The movie “Moomins on the Riviera” opened 2014 in several territories and has now been sold to over 35 countries.
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THE COMIC STRIP ADVENTURES

The original Moomin strip was created for the UK newpaper The Evening News and first published in 1954.
The comic strip ran for 20 years and was syndicated in more than 40 countries and around 120 newspapers, with 20 million readers daily.
In 2006 the Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly started a re-production of the original strip adventures from the 50’s and once again the comics reached a world wide success, this time gathered in collectible albums.