![]() ![]() Beyond the story and the themes, I simply enjoy looking at the shapes and colors he puts on the page. The cover and its font seem to be deliberately trying to evoke both Hergé and Tove Jansson, though the tone of the book is far closer to the latter than the former. Like the best all-ages books, Hilda doesn't insult the intelligence of adults but still provides all sorts of fun business for children. In Hilda And The Midnight Giant, the first of what is intended to be a series of all-ages books, Pearson has taken the Hilda character that debuted in the comic book Hildafolk and transferred her into a traditional European-style hardcover album format. ![]() ![]() Pearson's work blends classic European cartooning techniques with Japanese figurework, along with a sense of quiet wonder and melancholy that's all his. Luke Pearson's work was the biggest revelation from the initial wave of books Nobrow Press sent to me last year. ![]()
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