Luke Pearson

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Luke Pearson
FIBD 2015 Luke Pearson.jpg
Pearson at the 2015 Angoulême Festival
Born (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 36)
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
NationalityBritish
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Colourist
Notable works
  • Hilda
  • Everything We Miss
http://lukepearson.com/

Luke Pearson (born 12 October 1987) [1] [2] is a British illustrator, cartoonist, and comic book writer best known for the Hilda series of comics for Nobrow Press, and Hilda , the Netflix series based on the comics. [3] He has also storyboarded episodes of the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time , during its fifth and seventh seasons. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Early life

Luke Pearson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, but grew up mainly in Tamworth. His father worked in IT and his mother was a solicitor's secretary. In their spare time, his father played and recorded music and his mother painted. [8]

Career

Bibliography

His first comic was published in 2008 as part the anthology Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption, edited by Paul Gravett. His first published drawing was in Bizarre magazine "of a little kid holding a knife with his mouth all stitched up". [8]

In 2010, Nobrow Press published Hildafolk , the first of a series of graphic novels about a young girl's adventures in a world inspired by Scandinavian folklore.

In 2018, Netflix released the first season of Hilda , a show based on the Hildafolk series.

YearTitleWriter and illustratorPublisherISBN
2010 Hildafolk (re-released as Hilda and the Troll in 2013 by Flying Eye Books)Luke Pearson Nobrow Press ISBN   978-1907704048
2011 Hilda and the Midnight Giant ISBN   978-1907704253
2011Everything We Miss ISBN   978-1907704178
2012 Hilda and the Bird Parade ISBN   978-1909263062
2013 Hilda and the Troll (re-release of Hildafolk)Flying Eye Books (London) ISBN   978-1909263147
2014 Hilda and the Black Hound Nobrow Press ISBN   978-1909263185
2016 Hilda and the Stone Forest ISBN   978-1909263741
2019 Hilda and the Mountain King Flying Eye Books (London) ISBN   978-1911171171
2019 Hilda and the Hidden People Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies, Seaerra Miller ISBN   978-1912497881
2019 Hilda and the Great Parade ISBN   978-1912497294
2019 Hilda and the Nowhere Space ISBN   978-1912497430
2020 Hilda and the Time Worm Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies, Victoria Evans ISBN   978-1912497102
2020 Hilda and the Ghost Ship Luke Pearson, Stephen Davies, Sapo Lendário ISBN   978-1838740283
2020 Hilda and the White Woff ISBN   978-1838740290

Filmography

Film

YearTitle Executive
producer
Screenwriter Notes
2021 Hilda and the Mountain King YesYesCo-executive producer

Television

YearTitle Producer Screenwriter Storyboard
artist
Notes
2013–2015 Adventure Time YesYes
2018–2023 Hilda YesYesAlso creator and developer

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef
2012 British Comic Awards Young People's Comic AwardHilda and the Midnight GiantWon [9]
2014 Eisner Awards Best Writer/Artist Hilda and the Bird Parade Nominated [10]
2019 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's Animated Series
Shared with Clint Eland, Kurt Mueller, Stephanie Simpson, Adam Idelson, Chantal Ling, Rachel Simon and Andrew Hymas
Hilda Nominated [11]
BAFTA Children's Awards Children's Animation
Shared with Bella Ramsey, Stephanie Simpson, and Kurt Mueller
Won [12]

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