Hilda and the Troll (Hildafolk Comics): 1

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Luke Pearson on ottanut kuuleman mukaan vaikutteita niin skandinaavisesta tarustosta kuin Muumeistakin, ja kieltämättä Hildan pihamaalle yöllä saapuva peikko tuo mieleen kohtaamiset Mörön kanssa! In a 2019 interview, [14] Luke Pearson stated that *Hilda and the Mountain King* would be the last volume in the original series and that he would be working on other graphic novel projects in the future. LP: It was a different role and process entirely. Even just from the point of view of being a writer for both, on Adventure Time, I was working from a rough story outline and “writing” the episode via drawing the storyboards themselves, because it was a board-driven show. There wasn't a script. Hilda is script-driven, so you're writing an actual screenplay, which is then recorded with the voice actors, and the storyboard artists work from that. And with Hilda, I'm also working on the entire project at the same time, and I'm obviously much more invested in it as a whole. a b "2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees". ComicsAlliance. 26 July 2014 . Retrieved 1 May 2018.

The ending had me tearing up and smiling. It was just so wonderful, and it explains so much about the trolls. I am glad that thanks to this ordeal Hilda learned to talk to trolls so she could help out with the situation. SA: We keep all of the titles in print with frequent reprints as and when they are needed. Regarding editions of the books, it’s a range across the titles. Currently all books are below 10 editions except perhaps Hilda and the Troll, the first ever title in the series, but that is due to there having previously been an edition called Hildafolk. Silvergate Media (the production company behind the animation) reined me in whenever I strayed too far from their version of the Hilda stories, but also permitted a healthy degree of artistic license. I needed that. Otherwise the books would have ended up being nothing more than a blow-by-blow retelling of the Netflix series. What shaped your Hilda stories? Did you get direct input from scripts or storyboards?

SA: It’s the first time we’ve done tie-in publishing, and also the first time for us doing middle grade fiction. We approached it in the same rigorous manner we apply to our other publishing. Most of our staff has worked for other publishers in the past, and so the skill set required was not alien to anyone. Production, in many ways, is easier than our usual full-color publishing. There is a level of anxiety surrounding any new publishing, so our challenge was managing that, and in doing so the whole experience felt very familiar to us. I just LOVE the Hilda series. Well, OK, when I first started the series years ago I wasn’t such a big fan of Hilda. But now after re-reading the series again, watching the show on Netflix when it aired, and read the books that were made after that (which features some parts of the show/GNs but also have new material), I can say I love the series, Hilda is an amazing and strong character. Shared with Clint Eland, Kurt Mueller, Stephanie Simpson, Adam Idelson, Chantal Ling, Rachel Simon and Andrew Hymas Winners of the first British Comics Awards are announced". cbr.com. 19 November 2012 . Retrieved 1 May 2018. How are the tie-in novels, and the tie-in guide books, selling in comparison to the graphic novels?

To start with I was trying make something that I wished already existed. To make a comic that captured a certain feeling and approached elements of folkore and fantasy in a specific way. As the series has gone on, the inspiration has come more from thinking about where I could take this world and these characters. How can I make it richer? What would be particularly fun or interesting, in light of what I've done previously? My editor at Flying Eye suggested that Hilda’s quest to find the office of the elf Prime Minister was one part of the story that could be extended, so there are now some extra obstacles on that journey – a sense of Hilda’s worth being tested in the style of a classical hero.Watching Hilda reminded me of this. Though Hilda’s many wild creatures are those of myth, they exist in droves across the city. Some are literal elves, tiny and invisible to the human eye — unless you sign an extremely long contract that allows you to be able to see them. Some are funny, anthropomorphic plants like Vittra or majestic like the fluffy, flying, dog-like Woffs. Some are a bit grotesque, as in the case of the rat king that lives in the sewers. And some are fearsome and intimidating, as in the case of the trolls that live around city limits, held out by the walled perimeter. But they are all deserving of care, in Hilda’s eyes, even when it’s as dangerous as turning off the city’s “anti-troll” bells that causes the troll population pain. Rob Cave, "Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids’ Comics 2017 Nominees Announced", Comic Book Resources, 2017-05-25 Hilda - The main heroine, a headstrong, smart, kind and curious girl, keen on exploring the world around her with an open mind. Even though she interacts with her classmates and fellow scouts, she mostly keeps to herself, preferring to explore and make friends with fantastical creatures. Luke Pearson's Hilda comics series, set in a charming, and surprisingly cozy, Nordic myth–inflected world full of trolls and giants and strange beasts, has been deeply beloved by those in the know for years. But when Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks teamed up with Pearson to adapt it into an animated Netflix series of the same name—replete with a Game of Thrones breakout star, Bella Ramsey, voicing the eponymous adventurer, and an earworm of a title theme by Grimes to boot—it catapulted the winning, blue-haired child adventurer into stardom. Yes. On the one hand it was very exciting, but I was also prepared that it might go in a direction that wasn’t what I wanted. Happily, it turned out pretty much exactly as I would have wished. Naturally, it’s a collaborative process and lots of other people are involved in making decisions. I’ve accepted that it’s a group project now. My books are my books and the series is the series.

How was the experience of working on Hilda , which you developed from your own comics and executive produced, different from the work you did storyboarding for two seasons of Adventure Time? Did you have control over new storylines, for instance? Hilda has the gorgeous feel of a fantasy storybook, wrapped in the cozy blanket of a folktale. The show, which debuted on Netflix in 2018, is also criminally underrated. Adapted from Luke Pearson’s acclaimed Hilda comics, the animated series follows the young blue-haired girl as she gets into all sorts of trouble in the show’s Scandinavian-folklore inspired world. Trolberg is no normal city. There are all sorts of wild creatures and monsters that live in town, and around its perimeters — from the plant-looking Vittra who live in complex tunnels under town, to the Wood Man who lives in the lush, surrounding forests. For people who are fans of the Hilda comics, what can they expect from the books that will add to the existing Hilda universe? Hilda graphic novels have become super popular with the popular animated TV series on Netflix, but readers enjoyed them long before the blue-haired Hilda graced the small screen.At first blush, Netflix’s deeply charming kids show Hilda is a “perfect setting” kind of show. Its main character — her name is Hilda, you may be surprised to learn — lives in a version of Scandinavia by way of the master Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki ( Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, etc.). She’s just hit the double digits in age, and she’s bright and inquisitive — but also deeply suspicious of most human beings that aren’t her mother. (Like so many children’s heroes, Hilda lives in a single-parent household.)