Hilda and the Troll (Hildafolk Comics): 1

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Not really. She’s really more like a positive force. Someone you’d enjoy spending time with and follow on adventures. Sometimes I say she is the kid I wished I could’ve been—I think she’s the sort of person a lot of people would want to be. For Hilda herself: Luke Pearson wanted to make a character who was "very positive and who would get caught up in adventures as a result of her own curiosity, empathy or sense of responsibility". [1] Someone who would have an adventure because she actually wants to have one, not because she is forced into one. After a couple of books, as I started to think about Hilda as a longer series, I realized that there was only so much I was interested in doing with a character that never is afraid. It seemed more interesting to me to relocate her to a place where she would still have access to all the fantasy elements, but also be able to experience things that are more relatable to a kid in everyday life. These award-winning graphic novels have been praised for their rich and colourful art and sense of adventure. There’s even an animated Netflix series, which has two seasons and a movie.

While Hilda never seems to be afraid or even surprised by all the fantastical creatures she meets in nature, once she moves to the town she has real difficulties coping with the other children.Sarjakuva on kuvituksensa puolesta ihan napakymppi, mutta varsinainen tarina jää hauskoista elementeistään huolimatta vähän lyhyenlännäksi. Hyvää lastensarjakuvaa tämä siitä huolimatta on! I do hope that this doesn’t mean the end of the series though. Given the ending (which I loved), I am a bit worried. I want more Hilda, and I am sure this world is still full with stories left to tell. Adventures to have. crosses fingers Yes, I kept reading these stories and it really sparked my imagination. So I took elements from that and melded it with stuff I invented myself, wanting to capture the feeling of that particular landscape in a fantastical way I hadn’t quite seen before. There’s already plenty of fantasy fiction about elves and trolls out there, but there was a different, more mature feeling I got from reading theses old stories—a particular, quiet weirdness—that I wanted to transform into an accessible children’s adventure.

a b Mautner, Chris (19 September 2014). " "I Wanted a Character Who Was Very Positive": An Interview with Luke Pearson". The Comics Journal . Retrieved 16 October 2021. I do wish that Hilda thought a bit more about things, those bells weren’t hung for nothing, yet she thinks nothing of it. Although the rest of the series gets so much better, this first book is lovely and engaging. We are introduced to Hilda, a young blue-haired girl (perhaps around 10 years old in conception) who defines herself as an adventurer, taking every opportunity to explore the wild and put herself in perceived-but-safe harms' way. Fortunately, she lives in a fantasy land, with trolls that turn to stone in daylight and giant floating puffball mammal creatures, and the woodman. She lives in a remote cabin with her mother, who appears to be an artist or designer or architect of some kind. She does not show particularly good sense, nor does she think well in advance, in a way that is typical for her age but which is not reflected in children's books very well, I think, given how frustrating and terrifying this behavior is to adults. LP: With comics I appreciate the flexibility and overall control you have of the thing. It's just you and you can muddle through in whatever way you want and the only other person you really need to think about is your publisher. It's obviously a much more singular expression. In animation, at least this type of animation, you're only performing a particular role and you're really just influencing the final thing. I've really enjoyed the reassurance of being part of a bigger team of people who are all great at their specific roles. It's nice to be able to nudge things in a direction you like and then watch other people take it from there.Schedeen, Jesse (2 May 2017). "The 2017 Eisner Award Nominees Revealed". ign.com . Retrieved 1 May 2018.

Had you ever done tie-ins titles of this sort before? Was it the first time you published middle grade fiction? Tell me about the decisions and the challenges. A winner**, and definitely one I'm thinking of taking out to local elementary schools (unless anyone else has already cried dibs, TRL YS folks?). SA: We have just released Hilda’s Book of Beasts, which is a gift book TV tie-in—a compendium of the creatures that appear in the TV show. I’m interested to see how that title does in the trade. So far, it’s doing great. All the titles sell well for us, and the tie-in titles allow us to reach a new audience. Given recent unpredictability in trade sales due to the pandemic, it’s still quite difficult to draw any direct comparisons between the two types of publishing. Shared with Clint Eland, Kurt Mueller, Stephanie Simpson, Adam Idelson, Chantal Ling, Rachel Simon and Andrew HymasWe love the fact that Hilda's world is rooted in the Icelandic Huldufolk mythology – tell us about what fascinates you about it?