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" It's not hard to figure out when you're not welcome. "
Noelle Stevenson
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" People are like, 'Are Nimona and Ballister romantic?' And I'm like, 'No! Of course not.' 'Well, are Ballister and Goldenloin in a relationship?' And I'm like, 'Yeah, okay.' "
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Okay
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" Not long after I started posting the first 'Nimona' pages online, a literary agent reached out to me, and I ended up signing with him before I returned to school for my senior year. "
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Him
Senior Year
Year
" It seems like everyone in my peer group has more 'Pokemon' knowledge than I do. "
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Group
Knowledge
Everyone
" 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 to me, to set up a different character who would be the point-of-view character for the story. "
Noelle Stevenson
Character
Important
Kind
" There are some things that are more appropriate for different audiences. But the goal with all ages is to create comics that anyone can read, that don't talk down to kids. Kids can handle a lot more than people think. "
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People
Goal
Create
" It was definitely a very appealing prospect to be in a company, especially as an art student: we had it hammered into us that the odds of us finding a job, especially fresh out of school, was very slim, and we could expect to work as a bartender for the next three years after we graduate. "
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Art
Work
Three
" I really want to see normalization of queer sexuality - as well as the lack of sexuality. "
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Want
Well
Sexuality
" 'Nimona' was originally a vague idea I had when I was in high school, when I was just getting into shapeshifting characters. It was a straightforward superhero story at the time. Nimona was named Nightshade, and she had an eyepatch for some reason. There was nothing really special about it, though. "
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She
School
" It felt like a huge risk when I first started putting my comic online. It was very scary to put myself out there that way and to open up something that I cared about very dearly - and to be the only creator involved with it. "
Noelle Stevenson
Myself
Like
Open
" I know that when I was a kid, and I was reading whatever I could get my hands on, I didn't associate myself with the girl characters. "
Noelle Stevenson
Know
Hands
Kid
" 'Winnie the Pooh's Grand Adventure' - the movie where Rabbit adopts a baby bird and raises her, and then the bird grows up and flies away and leaves him - I cried. "
Noelle Stevenson
Him
Bird
Away
" I'm very lucky to have been given a lot of freedom in my career, but it's also fun to play in other people's playgrounds! "
Noelle Stevenson
Fun
Career
Freedom
" I always have a tendency to take on too many things. "
Noelle Stevenson
Things
Take
Many
" I am very interested in female characters and bringing a new perspective to mediums where not necessarily that's been valued at all. "
Noelle Stevenson
I Am
Been
Perspective
" 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 really become real to me until I draw them. "
Noelle Stevenson
Real
Me
I Can
" I really liked Quentin Blake, who did all of Roald Dahl's stuff. I don't think I really got Quentin Blake as a kid, but as I grew older, I really appreciated the kind of knowledge and the skill that went into those seemingly effortless drawings, and I really wanted to capture some of that in my own work. "
Noelle Stevenson
Think
Knowledge
Work
" I kind of understood inherently - and I wasn't really conflicted about this - that comics were not for me or by people who looked like me. That was just something that I accepted about the world. "
Noelle Stevenson
Kind
World
Just
" It was not until Web comics that I saw stories about women and stories by women and things that were aimed specifically at female readership. It was just kind of this free-for-all that was achieving something amazing with creativity. That was where I got my start. "
Noelle Stevenson
Start
Kind
Creativity
" I was going to be a storybook illustrator or an editorial illustrator. I ended up in a comics class by mistake because all the others were full, so I was like 'I'll stay for one class, and then I'll go take something else, because I don't care about comics.' I got pulled in really fast; I discovered I had a voice in comics that I didn't know I had. "
Noelle Stevenson
Mistake
Care
Class
" Support the female voice in all its forms. Support other female creators and work to make an environment that is inclusive and allows female-led projects to thrive organically. "
Noelle Stevenson
Support
Voice
Work
" The reason I wanted to do a webcomic was that I could be my own boss, and I could call the shots myself. "
Noelle Stevenson
My Own
Boss
Shots
" 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 Potter.' "
Noelle Stevenson
Characters
Always
Like
" Hopefully, comics will be enough to support me after I graduate. "
Noelle Stevenson
Me
Support
Comics
" I personally always have a hard time relating to queer characters in media because I didn't really see myself in them. They were kind of pigeonholed early on as the gay character, and they would naturally end up with the other gay character who would emerge at some point as their love interest. "
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Time
Myself
Media
" 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; know the rules, and break them. "
Noelle Stevenson
Rules
Place
Path
" Kids aren't dumb - they might not get something, but they're going to figure it out. "
Noelle Stevenson
Something
Kids
Going
" I swear slightly more when there aren't children around, but not that much. "
Noelle Stevenson
Children
Swear
Much
" I think technology is changing and growing, and the best approach to have is to be self-aware and aware of what's going on around you and also have some idea of who you are and how to make that ever-changing climate work in your favor. "
Noelle Stevenson
Think
You
Your
" 'Runaways' was exciting because it was something brand-new and fresh, and I'm hoping to be able to bend the rules in my own way of what a Marvel superhero story can be. "
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Story
Superhero
Rules
" I didn't get into comics until college, and it was sort of an accident. "
Noelle Stevenson
Get
Comics
Accident