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" 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.' "

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" The first time I shopped at a comic shop, it was because I had been published in a comic book. As I became more involved in comics, I started going more and more, usually to support my friends or lady-friendly comics. "

Noelle Stevenson

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" Fantasy is usually considered an escape, but it's also a way to deal with weighty real-world issues from a safe distance and in a context where you usually have some kind of power that you don't have in real life. "

" 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

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" I think my lack of 'Pokemon' knowledge and complete confusion at the descriptions makes people think I'm adorable, like a lost baby duckling or your grandmother trying to use an iPad. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am very interested in female characters and bringing a new perspective to mediums where not necessarily that's been valued at all. "

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

" We can make this industry and this environment and comic book shops and comic book conventions and comic books themselves, we can make them a thing that is accessible to everybody so that nobody feels unwelcome, and nobody feels like this isn't their place. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

Noelle Stevenson

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" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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! "