Hilda is a blue-haired girl who lives with her mother in the wilderness of a vaguely Scandinavian land full of trolls, giants, elves and weather spirits. She is curious, fearless and inclined to befriend anything, however large or grumpy, which gets her into trouble more or less constantly.
Pearson's art is lovely, with clean lines and a limited, beautifully chosen palette, and the stories are funny, gentle and full of wonder. It is one of the best British all-ages comics of the century so far, and it became a Netflix animated series that was every bit as charming.
