I love the detail with the door having a dedicated hole at the bottom to prevent squishing his tail.
And the moon showing through the half-eaten wall in the second panel.
Yesterday's comic also had a family of owls hanging out. Jansson loved to add lots of tiny details in her drawing.
Oh i missed yesterdays somehow. Cute owls indeed!
Can someone explain this comic to me?
What is the thing eating the furniture?
Why is the hippo offering it food?
Why does sending away guests mean the hippo has to lose its house?
As the title suggests, this is strip number 19 out of 91, so you're missing a lot of context. Check out the community for the previous posts.
The creature is Stinky, a being that will eat anything, and smells incredibly bad. Moomin is trying to offer Stinky something else to eat, because Stinky is currently set on consuming his house.
Moomin, the hippo, invited Stinky into his house because he was tired of entertaining hundreds of guests overstaying their welcome. He feels guilty for being a bad host, and feels that losing his home might be well deserved punishment.
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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