The series began with Hildafolk, a short story in London publisher Nobrow’s “17×23” project. Luke Pearson’s Hilda series is a lovely exception to the rule. But while British artists who work in the style of American comics are ten-a-penny, there are far fewer who throw themselves wholesale into any of the European traditions. Two of the giants of Franco-Belgian comics, Tintin and Asterix & Obelix, are well-known and loved here and others, like Moebius and Milo Manara, have penetrated the comics world through international successes like Metal Hurlant and The Incal. Given where Britain is – geographically, that is, not in some new-age state-of-mind way – it’s strange how little European comics have influenced British.
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