[2] The series has been collected into an individual volume: I Kill Giants won the "Best Indie Book of 2008" by IGN,[3] as well as making it onto the list of the ten best comics of 2009 compiled by New York magazine's Dan Kois.

[4][5] It was also a 2010 top ten great graphic novels for teens by the Young Adult Library Services Association.

[8] A film adaptation of the novel,[9] directed by Anders Walter and based on a screenplay by author Joe Kelly, was released in 2017.

[10] The film stars Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldaña and Noel Clarke.

[11] New Zealand band The Naked And Famous included a song "I Kill Giants" on their album In Rolling Waves.