In the first book, Klara runs away from home to live with a gang of street children in raccoon outfits. In the new book, the children come into conflict with technocrats who want to tear down the old neighborhoods and build a new, clean city without raccoons. According to SVT Kultur, Fabian Göransson described the technocrats as having a good intention, but the conflict brings out a totalitarian trait in them, making them violent and authoritarian.
He also noted that the children in the book are not unambiguously good, competent, and sensible, as they collect rusty cans and are not 100 percent. Fabian Göransson has a background in the alternative comics world. In his creative process, technology has become increasingly absent; he now works with completely handmade originals.
I don't think the children in the book are unambiguously good, competent, and sensible. They collect rusty cans and are not 100 percent.
According to SVT Kultur, Fabian Göransson described this shift as more fun and better, having previously worked with digital coloring. It remains unknown how readers and critics have specifically responded to the themes of conflict and radicalization in Göransson's new book, or what the sales figures or broader public reception are for his second book compared to his first. Additionally, there are no confirmed plans for adaptations such as film or TV of Göransson's book series.
The technocrats have a good intention. It's not unreasonable to bring in air and light and that people shouldn't just eat old cabbage soup. But what happens is that the raccoons and the technocrats get swallowed up by the conflict. It brings out the totalitarian trait in the technocrats; they become violent and authoritarian.
I have become more and more analog. I worked with digital coloring earlier, but have completely handmade originals. I think it's more fun and better.