Career
Hilty began as a freelance illustrator at Studio Kaibito, from 1990 until 2006, creating illustrations and editorial/essay comics. In 1995, she began as an Editor at DC Comics and then was promoted to Senior Editor in 2008.[9] As an editor, Hilty has worked with writers and cartoonists such as Neil Gaiman, G. Willow Wilson, Greg Rucka, Gene Luen Yang, Jim Ottaviani, and Kevin Baker.[7]
Hilty began with the company's mature-readers Vertigo imprint, for which she won the 1999 International Horror Guild Award for the Vertigo anthology Flinch.[4] She switched to editing superhero titles in 2000, established the Johnny DC imprint for young readers in 2004, and in 2008 began curating original graphic novels for Vertigo.[4][10][11]
In 2011, she co-founded 5E, a New-York-based organization of independent editors.[7] The following year she co-founded Pageturner, a "boutique book agency and content producer specializing in graphic novels, illustrated content and comics-related transmedia".[12] In 2016, she became Comics and Magazine Editor for Nickelodeon, and was also an Editorial Consultant at Studio Kaibito.[13][14]
Hilty continues to work on independent comic book projects with a variety of publishers, including The Curie Society (MIT Press) and Blue Man World.[7][15]
She was a member of the faculty for Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore from January 2012 through January 2016,[4] and is a current professor at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City.[3]
Hilty is on the programming committee for Miami Book Fair International and Brooklyn Book Festival. She has also participated in panels in multiple industry conferences, such as Lanka Comic Con, The Center for Fiction, New York Comic Con, and the Queers & Comics Conference.[16][17][18]
Her art has been exhibited at the New Museum in New York City, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore.[3]
