Luke Pearson

Not to be confused with Luke Pearson, Australian founder of IndigenousX.

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]

Luke Pearson
Pearson at the 2015 Angoulême Festival
Born	(1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 35) Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Writer, Artist, Colourist
Notable works	Hilda Everything We Miss
http://lukepearson.com/

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.

Year	Title	Writer and illustrator	Publisher	ISBN
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
2011	Everything 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

Year	Title	Executive producer	Screenwriter	Notes
2021	Hilda and the Mountain King	Yes	Yes	Co-executive producer

Television

Year	Title	Producer	Screenwriter	Storyboard artist	Notes
2013–2015	Adventure Time		Yes	Yes
2018–present	Hilda	Yes	Yes		Also creator and developer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref
2012	British Comic Awards	Young People's Comic Award	Hilda and the Midnight Giant	Won	^[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]

References

1. "An Interview with Luke Pearson - The Comics Journal". 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
2. "MumblingIdiot (Luke Pearson) - DeviantArt". Retrieved 12 October 2019.
3. Kaneko, Mina; Mouly, Françoise (15 April 2013). "Cover Story: Luke Pearson's "Now Boarding"". The New Yorker.
4. Muto, Adam (2 August 2013). "[Adam Muto explaining that Luke Pearson would only work on two episodes]". Spring.me. Archived from the original on 9 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
5. Pearson, Luke (11 October 2014). "[Luke Pearson, revealing he returned to Adventure Time]". Twitter. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
6. "Q & A With Luke Pearson". The Casual Optimist. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
7. Pearson, Luke (12 October 2014). "Luke Pearson, revealing he is partnered with Emily Partridge". Twitter. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
8. 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.
9. . 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
10. "2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
11. "The 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Award Nominees". Retrieved 19 April 2019.
12. "Children's Awards Nominations 2019". 22 October 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Luke Pearson at IMDb