Noelle Stevenson

It's not hard to figure out when you're not welcome.

— Noelle Stevenson

'She-Ra' was ahead of its time.

— Noelle Stevenson

Just make the comics you want to see, and people will notice.

— Noelle Stevenson

I always have a tendency to take on too many things.

— Noelle Stevenson

Some comics are made to be displayed digitally, and it doesn't degrade them.

— Noelle Stevenson

I was always looking for the female characters in sci-fi and fantasy who were more than just the girlfriend.

— Noelle Stevenson

I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other…

— Noelle Stevenson

I do more research about 'Lumberjanes' than I did for a story of medieval knights.

— Noelle Stevenson

The first movie I saw was 'Prince of Egypt' - that was the first movie I saw in theaters.

— Noelle Stevenson

I think comics has this rap of being misogynistic, and that's certainly not untrue.

— Noelle Stevenson

I went to Maryland Institute College of Art, and I studied illustration there.

— Noelle Stevenson

I really want to see normalization of queer sexuality - as well as the lack of sexuality.

— Noelle Stevenson

The first time I shopped at a comic shop, it was because I had been published in a comic book. As I…

— Noelle Stevenson

'Nimona' is about identity and if who you are is defined by what you look like. It's not a book about body…

— Noelle Stevenson

It took me a really long time to get past all of that internalized dissociation with being female that I was being…

— Noelle Stevenson

I think technology is changing and growing, and the best approach to have is to be self-aware and aware of what's going…

— Noelle Stevenson

I tend to bristle at people praising alt comics as some kind of perfect comics paradigm, because there's quite a lot of…

— Noelle Stevenson

Usually I start with a concept, which I then sketch out so that I can get a feel for the character. The…

— Noelle Stevenson

Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she…

— Noelle Stevenson

People are like, 'Are Nimona and Ballister romantic?' And I'm like, 'No! Of course not.' 'Well, are Ballister and Goldenloin in a…

— Noelle Stevenson

It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into…

— Noelle Stevenson

It was not until Web comics that I saw stories about women and stories by women and things that were aimed specifically…

— Noelle Stevenson

I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see myself in them. They…

— Noelle Stevenson

I really liked Quentin Blake, who did all of Roald Dahl's stuff. I don't think I really got Quentin Blake as a…

— Noelle Stevenson

'Nimona' was originally a vague idea I had when I was in high school, when I was just getting into shapeshifting characters.…

— Noelle Stevenson

I was going to be a storybook illustrator or an editorial illustrator. I ended up in a comics class by mistake because…

— Noelle Stevenson

The good thing about doing a comic that's entirely my own voice as a debut is that people approached me with similar…

— Noelle Stevenson

We can make this industry and this environment and comic book shops and comic book conventions and comic books themselves, we can…

— Noelle Stevenson

I think almost anyone is capable of doing things that are evil or hurtful or harmful.

— Noelle Stevenson

Kids aren't dumb - they might not get something, but they're going to figure it out.

— Noelle Stevenson

The reason I wanted to do a webcomic was that I could be my own boss, and I could call the shots…

— Noelle Stevenson

I didn't get into comics until college, and it was sort of an accident.

— Noelle Stevenson

It seems like everyone in my peer group has more 'Pokemon' knowledge than I do.

— Noelle Stevenson

I swear slightly more when there aren't children around, but not that much.

— Noelle Stevenson

Hopefully, comics will be enough to support me after I graduate.

— Noelle Stevenson

I love the female characters in 'She-Ra.' There isn't another show quite like it.

— Noelle Stevenson

I've always liked shape-shifter characters. I gravitated towards characters like Mystique from 'X-Men,' Zam Wesell from 'Star Wars,' and Tonks from 'Harry…

— Noelle Stevenson

'Winnie the Pooh's Grand Adventure' - the movie where Rabbit adopts a baby bird and raises her, and then the bird grows…

— Noelle Stevenson

Like a lot of young women, I went through an entire period where I hated female characters - I didn't want to…

— Noelle Stevenson

It felt like a huge risk when I first started putting my comic online. It was very scary to put myself out…

— Noelle Stevenson