DRAWN & QUARTERLY
MOOMIN AND FAMILY LIFE GN
(W) Tove Jansson (A) Tove Jansson (CA) Tove Jansson
After losing both his fortune and his girlfriend, Moomin has hit rock bottom. Luckily, in his darkest moment, he stumbles across the beloved family he lost as a child - Moominmamma and Moominpappa - and together, the Moomins embark on their first adventure. Moominmamma struggles to balance her husband's desire for danger with her own homebody sensibilities, while Moomin fears his new parents will eventually tire of him. A poignant story of love and reunion unwinds in this classic caper from Tove Jansson.
SETHS DOMINION HC
(W) Seth (A) Luc Chamberland
The film portrait of the acclaimed Canadian cartoonist Seth is presented here as an innovative double-spined hardcover that opens in two directions, one with a photo essay narrating his life while the other offers a generous sampling of his art: comics and sketchbook pages, but also puppetry and illustrations. Between these two halves lies Seth's Dominion, the National Film Board documentary by filmmaker Luc Chamberland a masterly portrait that mixes insightful biography with vivid animation in an artful fusion of filmmaking techniques that perfectly captures Seth's manifold creative universe.