History ComicStrip / Moomin

Though the comic captures the feel of the ''Moomin'' novels, it is set in a separate continuity, and its canon differs from the books in a few ways. It is aimed at an adult audience, compared to the original books and later TV series which were mostly intended for children.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: Parodied in the first time-travel story. The Moomins bungle around The Wild West, only armed with waterguns -- when they return back to their own time, it turns out that their misadventures led to waterguns becoming incredibly popular. In the new timeline, ''everyone'' owns a watergun (Sniff even informs Moominmamma that ''she'' owns two!).

Though the comic captures the feel of the ''Moomin'' novels, it is set in a separate continuity. It is aimed at an adult audience, compared to the original books and later TV series which were mostly intended for children.

* DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel: Snorkmaiden's DistressedDamsel antics are PlayedForLaughs as she is portrayed as a silly romantic who loves getting kidnapped and rescued. [[AbductionIsLove In fact the "rescued" part might be optional]].

* FantasticDrug: In one story arc, the Moomin family buys mind-expanding "LBJ pills" from a bunch of hippies. Other than that, the comic tends to [[AvertedTrope avert]] this trope, though: before purchasing the LBJ pills the Moomins try to buy some marijuana, in another story arc a supporting character gets high on opium, and the Moomins are often shown making their own moonshine.

* FantasticDrug: In one story arc, the Moomin family buys mind-expanding "LBJ pills" from a bunch of hippies (see the MushroomSamba entry below for further details). Other than that, the comic tends to [[AvertedTrope avert]] this trope, though: before purchasing the LBJ pills the Moomins try to buy some marijuana, in another story arc a supporting character gets high on opium, and the Moomins are often shown making their own moonshine.

''Moomin'' is a series of NewspaperComics by Creator/ToveJansson and her brother Lars, based on ''Literature/TheMoomins'' book series. The first comic was ''Moomin and the End of the World'', an adaptation of the book ''Comet in Moominland'' published in the leftist Finland-Swedish newspaper ''Ny Tid'' from 1947 to 1948, though it was unpopular at the time. As a result, no more comics were produced afterwards until Tove was contacted by the Associated Newspapers syndicate in 1952 and asked to create more ''Moomin'' comics. This much more successful incarnation of the comic ran from 1954 to 1975, with a total of 73 stories produced.

* CanonForeigner: Quite a few characters were created for the comic strip; a lot of one-shot characters and quite a few recurring ones. Some of these characters (like Misabel, Pimple/Sorry-oo, Stinky, Mrs Fillyjonk and the Police Chief) would become iconic members of the cast in their own right and often even make it into the books in some form; others (like the pirates, Whimsy, Mr Brisk, and Shadow) remained mainly comic strip characters.

* EraSpecificPersonality: Some of the characters had slightly altered personalities in the comic strip; Moomintroll became more of a DeadpanSnarker and a lot more prone to [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], while Snork Maiden underwent some CharacterExaggeration and grew vainer and sillier. The most startling change was to Sniff; far from the cowardly and childish ButtMonkey of the books, the comic's Sniff is a shifty and amoral KarmaHoudini who's always trying out new {{Zany Scheme}}s to get rich. Mymble is also drastically altered; she's gone from a gentle eccentric to a hopeless romantic who's InLoveWithLove and ReallyGetsAround.

* InterruptedSuicide: The newspaper comic starts with a rather bleak note, as Moomintroll tries to drown himself, only to bump into his long lost parents before succeeding.

* DemotedToExtra: Many of the characters who play major roles in the books are fairly minor characters here, only showing up for the occasional storyline -- most notably Little My and ''especially'' Snufkin, who play much smaller roles here than in most other incarnations. The Moomins and Snork Maiden are the only characters who play large roles in the majority of the stories.

* DemotedToExtra: Quite a few of the characters who play major roles in the books are fairly minor characters here, only showing up for the occasional storyline -- most notably Little My and ''especially'' Snufkin, who play much smaller roles here than in most other incarnations. The Moomins and Snork Maiden are the only characters who play large roles in the majority of the stories.

** Mymble plays a much bigger role in the comic strip than she did in the books, making this the only incarnation of the Moomins where you're more likely to see Mymble than Little My in a story.

* EraSpecificPersonality: Some of the characters had slightly altered personalities in the comic strip; Moomintroll became more of a DeadpanSnarker and a lot more prone to [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]], while Snork Maiden underwent some CharacterExaggeration and grew vainer and sillier. The most startling change was to Sniff; far from the cowardly and chlidish ButtMonkey of the books, the comic's Sniff is a shifty and amoral KarmaHoudini who's always trying out new {{Zany Scheme}}s to get rich. Mymble is also drastically altered; she's gone from a gentle eccentric to a hopeless romantic who's InLoveWithLove and ReallyGetsAround.

** Shadow spends the early parts of the strip following the characters around and providing FunnyBackgroundEvents without being acknowledged by the narrative or the characters -- until Moomintroll in one strip turns to him and asks who he is and why he keeps following them around. Shadow is astonished someone noticed he was there, and afterwards becomes a full fledged supporting character who plays crucial roles in a few story arcs

In 2014, an animated film, ''WesternAnimation/MoominsOnTheRiviera'', was released, based on the comic arc of the same name.

* EraSpecificPersonality: Some of the characters had slightly altered personalities in the comic strip; Moomintroll became more of a DeadpanSnarker, while Snork Maiden underwent some CharacterExaggeration and grew vainer and sillier. The most startling change was to Sniff; far from the cowardly and chlidish ButtMonkey of the books, the comic's Sniff is a shifty and amoral KarmaHoudini who's always trying out new {{Zany Scheme}}s to get rich. Mymble is also drastically altered; she's gone from a gentle eccentric to a hopeless romantic who's InLoveWithLove and ReallyGetsAround.

''Moomin'' is a series of NewspaperComics by Creator/ToveJansson and her brother Lars, based on ''Literature/TheMoomins'' book series. The first comic was ''Moomin and the End of the World'', an adaptation of the book ''Comet in Moominland'' published in the leftist Finland-Swedish newspaper ''Ny Tid'' from 1947 to 1948, though it was unpopular at the time. As a result, no more comics were produced afterwards until Tove was contacted by the Associated Newspapers syndicate in 1952. This much more successful incarnation of the comic ran from 1954 to 1975.

Though the comic captures the feel of the ''Moomin'' novels, it is set in a separate continuity.