[2] The titular character is a small girl, who in the first two books lives with her mother in a cottage on a plain surrounded by mountains and forests, but later moves to the city Trolberg.

The Hilda graphic novels were released in locally translated versions in several other countries, including France,[3] Germany,[4][circular reference] Italy,[5] Spain,[6] Poland,[7] Sweden,[8] Norway,[9] Czech Republic,[10] Serbia,[11] Croatia[12] and Russia.

[13] In a 2019 interview,[14] Luke Pearson stated that *Hilda and the Mountain King* would be the last volume in the original series and that he would be working on other graphic novel projects in the future.

"[15] Alexandra Lange's article about the whole series for The New Yorker also stresses the similarities with Miyazaki's works and talks about the complexity of Pearson's creations and their appeal to kids and adults alike: “Pearson's aesthetic is sophisticated for the often candy-colored world of children's animation, and the plots fit neatly into a number of present-day parenting preoccupations.”[16] In July 2013, Hilda and the Midnight Giant was featured in The Best 7 Books for Young Readers list released by Deutschlandfunk, a German public radio station.

[19] The TV production and licensing company Silvergate Media launched an animated series based on the graphic novels exclusively on Netflix on 21 September 2018 to widespread acclaim.