Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Book Two Derf Backderf Nera is a restless spirit

Nera is a restless spirit who loves to taste everything life can offer

After the heavily cartoon- and slapstick cinema-inspired first adventures

Both are happily married and there’s trepidation

and cultural insights from eminent ramen figures such as chef Ivan Orkin and Ramen Adventures’ Brian MacDuckston

Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Book Two Derf Backderf Nera is a restless spiritBy Tove Jansson. Published by Drawn & Quarterly. Hardcover, 88 pages, B&W, 2007 (originally publiushed 1953 1960) In the second volume of Tove Jansson's humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia places them smack dab into a winter carnival with the winter sports loving Mr. Brisk. The