MOOMIN PUBLISHING 2014 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tove Jansson. !ere will be a number of festivities to honour and celebrate her art and life.
Tove Jansson (1914-2001) became one of the key artists in Finnish visual art during the postwar golden age of modernism. As a painter, illustrator and author, Jansson expanded and transformed her expression tirelessly up to the last years of her life. Her works are a re!ection of an entire life philosophy, eliciting enthusiastic responses from children and adults alike in all countries where her works are known.
Tove Jansson’s international success made her one of the best-known Finnish artists in the world. "e year 2014, which marks the 100th anniversary of Tove´s birth, is another great opportunity to take a new look at her entire body of work. Tove Jansson wrote and illustrated nine novels, four picture books, and hundreds of comic strips about the Moomins.
!e Original Picture Books
Moomin, Mymble and Little My, 1952 Who will comfort To!e? 1960 "e Dangerous Journey, 1977 An Unwanted Guest, 1980
!e Original Novels
"e Little Trolls and the Great Flood, 1945 Comet in Moominland, 1946 Finn Family Moomintroll, 1948 "e Exploits of Moominpappa, 1950 Moominsummer Madness, 1954 Moominland Midwinter, 1957 Tales from Moominvalley, 1962 Moominpappa at Sea, 1965 Moominvalley in November, 1970
!e original Moomin stories have been translated into 49 languages.
Rights sold by Schildts & Söderströms Contact: Johanna Laitinen johanna.laitinen@sets.# www.sets.# !e Moomin comics were originally created by Tove and her brother Lars Jansson for !e Evening News in London. !e creative siblings produced the comic adventures for over 20 years, which was later syndicated to over 120 newspapers in 40 countries, reaching more than 20 million readers daily.
!e Canadian publisher Drawn & Quarterly are producing the collectible books with the original comic-strip adventures from the 1950s and onwards, which are once again attaining world-wide success.
!e Collected Comics 9 volumes Launch of the Moomin comic strip, UK 1954. Hardcover 106 pages Format: 31 x 22 cm, b/w
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com !e fantastic adventures of the Moomins are now available in colour. Nine softcover books are available, with four additional releases planned every year, by Drawn & Quarterly.
Colours are based on the palettes used in the original books by Tove Jansson.
Coloured Comics
Flexi-cover/full coloured versions with spotlight on single stories (48-64 pages, 21x15 cm).
”Moomin and the Golden Tail”
”Moominvalley turns Jungle” ”Moomin and the Sea”
”Moomin´s Desert Island”
”Moomin´s Winter Follies” ”Moomin Builds a House”
”Moomin on the Riviera” (!e coming movie, launched in November 2014, is based on this original comic strip from 1955.)
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing ”Moomin falls in Love” ”Moomin and the Comet” Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tove Jansson, 2014 sees a number of festivities in her honour. !is is a selection of them:
Moominland Midwinter (Dec. 2013 - Jan. 2014) 2014 Centennial Charity project. Tove Jansson to be the "rst female comic artist ever to be exhibited at the Angouleme International Comic Festival, the largest Documentary about Tove Jansson, comic festival in Europe. (Dec. 2012) (Dec. 2014 - April 2015)
0RʝʛʖQɡʝɚ Frankfurt. (February 7 - 11) ʃȱɏ5ʖʧȲʑUɈ Launching the animation feature "lm based on the original comic strip from the "fties. Documentary about Moomin Characters Oy Ltd.
A TV-documentary media about Tove Jansson. Children´s Book Fair. (March 24 - 27)
Moomin Characters and Finnish publishers have Art Museum in Helsinki. a Tove Jansson stand (March - September) (October 24 - 27) !e exhibition will then tour "ve art museums in Japan.
International Book Fair. (October 8 - 12)
Helsinki, Fiskars/Iittala Moomin Exhibition. ( June - August) !e Book and Library Fair. (September 25 - 28)
Germany, Moomin Comic strip exhibition, the International Comic-Saloon. One of the "ve national newspapers ( June 19 - 22) in Japan will host the Japanese tour of the Ateneum exhibition at 5 venues Japan,!e Hiroshima in Japan from late autumn 2014 until Prefectural Museum of Art. spring 2015. (August - September)
For more details about the anniversary year and activities: www.tove100.com © Moomin Characters™ Rabén & Sjögren started their development of Moomin activity, novelty and board books in 2012. Celebrating the anniversary year, Rabén is putting together a beautiful Moomin house containing three books, press-out characters and lots of play value!
Activity book ”Brave little My” Activity book with stickers Activity book, dot-to-dot ABC
”Happy Moomin” ”Beautiful Snorkmaiden” Puzzle- and quote book
”Snufkin is happy”
Moomin House with interior, three books and press-out characters.
!e house contains the following books:
”Moomintroll helps” ”Moomintroll is lost” Moomintroll wakes up”
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com © Moomin Characters™ 1993 !e theme park ”Moominworld” opens.
1970 !e original 1950 Puppet Animation !e "rst novel is released. is translated into English.
1945 First Moomin story published.
1954 !e comic strip starts in London Evening News 1990 and runs daily 1957 Release of Telecable´s for 20 years. Arabia Finland began animation of 104 the production of Moomin half-hour episodes. porcelain in the late "fties. !e "rst products were hand-painted by Tove Jansson. 2013 Uniqlo, one of the world´s most successful apparel retailer, becomes a licensee. 2014 2010 the 100th anniversary Moomin turns 65 years of the birth of Tove Jansson, and is celebrated all around creator of the Moomins. the Nordic countries. 2013 #e launch of the o"cial web shop.
2006 2011 2014/15 Release of the !rst #e launch of ”Moomins at the Riviera”, volume by Drawn the Moomin Shop a new feature !lm. & Quarterly. in Covent Garden, London.
2014 #eme Park, soon 2010 in Tokyo. Pu"n launches a new range of 2010-2011 picture books. #e 3D animation ”Moomin and the Come Chase” premiers at cinemas all over the world.
© Moomin Characters™ Since 2010, Pu!n Books have developed a new range of books based on the original Moomin stories. "ese titles are sold on a worldwide basis by Pu!n, on behalf of Moomin Characters and Bulls.
”Moomin and the ”Moomin and the Birthday Button” Moonlight Adventure”
”Moomin and the ”Moomin and the New Friend” Winter Snow”
”Moomin make-a-wish Counting Book”
”Moomin and the Little Ghost” Rights sold by Pu!n Books Contact: Jessica Adams [email protected] Stefan Davey [email protected] www.pu!n.co.uk
2014 ”Moominvalley for the Curious Explorer” pull-out, pop-up. ”Moomin´s very big 2014 Lift-the-Flap book” ”Moomin´s touch and feel Playbook”
”Moomin´s little book ”Moomin´s little book of Colours” of Words”
”Moomin´s little book ”Moomin´s little book of Numbers” of Opposites”
2014 ”Moomin and the Great Treasure Hunt -an amazing pop-up adventure”
Rights sold by Pu!n Books Contact: Jessica Adams [email protected] Stefan Davey [email protected] www.pu!n.co.uk For many years, Tammi and WSOY have been trusted Moomin publishing partners. Every year, new titles are added to the enchanting selection of story books, board and novelty books. An extensive backlist is also available. ”Who mixed up ”Who gets the "ower?” ”What´s the matter, Sni#?” the presents?
”Who plays with ”You are so !ne, ”Who !nds the paper?” ”Surprise in the garden” ”Where is the cat?” the threads?” Snorkmaiden!”
Added value: book apps and games by Spinfy.
4 titles available for iPad, iPhone and Android.
”Moomin and the lost belongings”
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com ”Moomins in the woods”
”Moomintroll´s house” ”Wild guests” ”Moomins in the winter”
”Moomintroll !ies” ”Moomintroll gets lost” ”Moomintroll wakes up” ”Moomintroll sails”
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com For many years Egmont has been a trusted supplier of Moomin activity and novelty books. Many more available on request.
Moomin clock book
Moomin magnetic books
Moomin board books
Colouring books
Colouring books Moomin Puzzle book
Moomin Puzzle books
Moomin sound books
Rights sold by Moomin atlas Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] Moomin baby book www.bullspress.com !e Moomin comic and activity magazines have delighted young readers across Europe for more than a decade. A vast amount of material is available for publishers to pick and mix in suitable formats.
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com and backlist
A number of Moomin titles have been developed by selected publishers outside of the major programmes. An extensive backlist is available upon request.
Backlist Board Books Lift-the-Flap Books Story Books Activity Books Novelty Books ”!e Moomin Guide” Gift Books Pixi Books Non-Fiction Books
”!e Moomin Adventure Book” © Moomin Characters™
Activity books with stickers
Rights sold by Bulls Licensing Contact: Anna Lawrence [email protected] www.bullspress.com !e O"cial Home of !e Moomins
O!cial webshop: www.moomin.com FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOOMINS FOR PUBLISHING/LICENSING:
Bulls Licensing Worldwide agent on behalf of Moomin Characters™ www.bullspress.com, [email protected]
Contacts: Sub-agents:
Publishing Tuttle-Mori Agency Territory: Japan. Anna Lawrence, Brand Director Contact: Takumi Nakayama, email: [email protected] [email protected] Medialink Animation International Ltd. Merchandising Territory: Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Singapore, !ailand, Philippines, Taiwan and other Asia. Pia Lindén, Sales Executive Contact: Noletta Chiu, email: [email protected] [email protected] SMC Seoul Merchandising Co. Ltd. Gustav Melin, Head of International Licensing Territory: Korea. [email protected] Contact: Jusung Lee, email: [email protected] Caroline Mickler Limited For more information about the TOVE 100 Anniversary: Territory: United Kingdom and Ireland. www.tove100.com Contact: Caroline Mickler, email: [email protected]
ELC European Licensing Company Territory: Eastern Europe and Russia. Contact: Giorgos Athanasiadis, email: [email protected] Contact: Fevzi Mentes, email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/moomin
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