I was a junior at school, and I had just taken my first comics class, and we were doing an exercise for this other class where we had to create our own characters,and 'Nimona' just kind of came out of… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
I kind of understood inherently - and I wasn't really conflicted about this - that comics were not for me or by people who… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
'Nimona' was originally a vague idea I had when I was in high school, when I was just getting into shapeshifting characters. It was… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
I think comics has this rap of being misogynistic, and that's certainly not untrue. — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
It seems like everyone in my peer group has more 'Pokemon' knowledge than I do. — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
There are some things that are more appropriate for different audiences. But the goal with all ages is to create comics that anyone can… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
Even in stories that I like, with a female character that I love deeply, it always feels like there's something that she has to… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind of important… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
The good thing about doing a comic that's entirely my own voice as a debut is that people approached me with similar jobs, with stuff that they knew that I could do justice to because they had read what I'd already done. It meant that I was getting jobs that I was actually interested in, and I didn't have to… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share
It was not until Web comics that I saw stories about women and stories by women and things that were aimed specifically at female… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
I do more research about 'Lumberjanes' than I did for a story of medieval knights. — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
Usually I start with a concept, which I then sketch out so that I can get a feel for the character. The character doesn't… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
I don't think naturally I tend toward anything that's really distinctly branded as adult. I feel like I sort of write for myself as… — Noelle Stevenson Copy Share Image
