Hilda and the Bird Parade (Hildafolk) (comics)

Getting used to life in the big city is proving difficult for Hilda. The diminutive explorer is still missing the enchanted valleys and magical friends that surrounded her home in the fjords. But tonight is somehow different; tonight is the night of the mysterious Bird Parade.

Finding herself lost on the streets of Trolberg, Hilda befriends a talking raven. Together they encounter all manner of bizarre creatures from outcast Trolls to ferocious Salt Lions and deadly Rat Kings — maybe the city isn't so boring after all.

As the pair try to find their way home, it becomes clear that the amnesiac raven has an important mission to attend to . . . if only he could remember what it was.

Luke Pearson, author of the Hildafolk series and "Everything We Miss" has fast become one of the leading talents of the United Kingdom comics scene, garnering rave reviews from the prestigious Times and Observer newspapers and winning the Young People's Comic Award at the 2012 British Comic Awards for "Hilda and the Midnight Giant".

Luke Pearson: "I am an illustrator and cartoonist. I draw comics and do various kinds of illustration work, including illustration for magazines and newspapers, book covers, poster design and development work for animation. I have written and storyboarded a number of episodes of the tv series "Adventure Time". I am the creator of the Hilda series of comics. My other comics work includes "Everything We Miss" and various shorter stories and strips."