For Snufkin's first two appearances, they aren't particularly close - in the very first storyline, they part on bad terms, and in the second Snufkin seems more bemused with the Moomin family than anything.

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Early on, between Moomintroll and Snufkin.

They're far more likely to grab the Idiot Ball or start Comically Missing the Point than in the books.

Adaptational Dumbass: The Moomins, particularly Moominpappa.

In 2014, an animated film, Moomins on the Riviera, was released, based mostly on the comic arc of the same name but with aspects, plot points and even characters from several other story arcs. It is aimed at an adult audience, compared to the original books and later TV series which were mostly intended for children. Though the comic captures the feel of the Moomin novels, it is set in a separate continuity.

Initially, Tove wrote and drew the comic all by herself, but in 1957 Lars became a cowriter before taking over completely in 1960 since his sister wished to focus on painting and writing books. A new one began publishing in 1954 and proved to be much more successful with a total of 73 stories produced, the final being published in 1974.

As a result, no more comics were produced afterward until Tove was contacted by the Associated Newspapers syndicate in 1952 and asked to create more Moomin comics. 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. Moomin is a series of Newspaper Comics by Tove Jansson and her brother Lars, based on The Moomins book series.

Moomin comet in moominland