Noelle Stevenson

I kind of understood inherently - and I wasn't really conflicted about this - that comics were not for me or by…

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

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— Noelle Stevenson

There are some things that are more appropriate for different audiences. But the goal with all ages is to create comics that…

— 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

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…

— 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

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

— 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

I don't think naturally I tend toward anything that's really distinctly branded as adult. I feel like I sort of write for…

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— Noelle Stevenson

Question everything. Don't try to emulate someone else's path. Look at what you have, the tools you have, the place you're in;…

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— 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

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

— 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

Not long after I started posting the first 'Nimona' pages online, a literary agent reached out to me, and I ended up…

— Noelle Stevenson

'Runaways' was exciting because it was something brand-new and fresh, and I'm hoping to be able to bend the rules in my…

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— Noelle Stevenson

It's easy to feel like you don't have any control over yourself or your life or your body as a teen -…

— Noelle Stevenson

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

— Noelle Stevenson