Noelle Stevenson

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Noelle Stevenson at WonderCon 2019

Noelle Stevenson (born December 31, 1991 in Columbia ) is an American comic book artist, screenwriter and animation producer. She became known as the co-author of the comic series Lumberjanes and the inventor of the web comic Nimona , for which she was both awarded the Eisner Award . From 2018 to 2020 she also served as screenwriter , speaker , showrunner and executive producer for the DreamWorks Animation series She-Ra and the Rebel Princesses , which she also created, which aired on Netflix .

Life

Stevenson grew up in Columbia in the US state of South Carolina with two older and two younger brothers and sisters in what he said was a religiously conservative household. She received home schooling until she was 15 and eventually attended a public high school for two years because she skipped the sophomore year and graduated at 17.

Stevenson studied illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art . In her first year, she created her character Nimona for housework, Stevenson later as protagonist in their same successful science-fantasy - Webcomic used. In addition, an adventure story with Nimona was also Stevenson's graduation thesis in 2012.

Stevenson has been married to the cartoonist and writer Molly Ostertag since 2019 , with whom she lives in Los Angeles . On July 14, 2020, on the occasion of International Non-Binary People's Day , Stevenson came out on her official Twitter account as non-binary , but does not necessarily claim to be designated in a gender-neutral way with the singular pronoun they (untranslatable in German) , as it is common with non-binary people in English-speaking countries, but uses all pronouns according to his own statement, but has no preference.

Career

During her studies, Stevenson began under the pseudonym gingerhaze on her Tumblr -Blog fan art of characters from Doctor Who and The Lord of the Rings in Hipster publish style that spread through the Internet at a very high popularity. At this time she also designed the cover of the novel Fangirl by the children's book author Rainbow Rowell . In the summer of 2012, Stevenson did an internship at BOOM! Studios , a comic book publisher in Los Angeles. After graduating in 2013, Stevenson returned to BOOM! Studios and helped develop the comic series Lumberjanes , which is about five girls who are confronted with supernatural events and creatures in an indoor scout camp during the summer . Stevenson also wrote the texts for the series together with three colleagues, which has been published successfully since 2014, but withdrew from work on it in 2015 after she and the other women won two Eisner Awards in the categories Best New Series and Best Publication for Teens .

In 2015, HarperCollins published Nimona as a graphic novel . Stevenson first published stories about the character as a webcomic back in 2012 . Nimona is a young, impetuous figures-walker and sidekick of the villain Lord Ballister Blackheart, a mad scientist . Shortly after the first stories were published, a literary agent became aware of Stevenson's work and signed them. For Nimona, Stevenson received another Eisner Award in the category Best Graphic Novel: Reprint . For the graphic novel version, Stevenson was also the youngest finalist to date for the National Book Award in 2015 .

In addition to her work on Lumberjanes and Nimona , Stevenson was also a freelance illustrator for Random House and St. Martin's Press, as well as Label Magazine . She also designed the cover of the Kickstarter funded project To Be or Not to Be by artist Ryan North . This is a game book based on Hamlet . In 2015 she was also a writer on several issues of Thor , Runaways and Wonder Woman . Furthermore, she was since the same year or the second season of the Disney XD series. They called him Wander member of the writing staff.

In 2016 Stevenson offered Netflix her idea to reboot the Filmation series She-Ra from the 1980s titled She-Ra and the rebel princesses , which celebrated its premiere on 13 November 2018th Initially, only one season was planned, but according to Stevenson, the writing staff had completed four story-telling narratives in 2018. The fifth and final season of the 52 episode production premiered on May 15, 2020. The series is about the young, somewhat unworldly and naive Adora , who realizes that she grew up in the Horde , the military of the tyrant Hordak , which is why she turns her back on him and joins the rebellion against the Horde , which consists of princesses fights. The basic concept, the characters and some elements such as Adora's sentence For the honor of Grayskull! taken over from the old series, but their background stories and character traits have largely been changed. In addition to her work as a writer, Stevenson was also involved in the production of the series as a showrunner and executive producer, and she also lends her voice to the character Spinnerella .

In March 2020, Stevenson's autobiography The Fire Never Goes Out was published , in which she used drawings and diary entries to describe the school, professional and private experiences and impressions of her late teenage years up to the present.

Works (selection)

Filmography

Awards

Cartoonist Studio Prize

  • 2012: Award for best webcomic of the year for Nimona

Andre Norton Award

  • 2015: Nomination for the best book for young people in the field of science fiction and fantasy, for Nimona

Eisner Award

  • 2015: Best New Series Award for Lumberjanes (with Shannon Waters, Grace Ellis and Brooklyn A. Allen)
  • 2015: Award for Best Youth Publication, for Lumberjanes (together with Shannon Waters, Grace Ellis and Brooklyn A. Allen)
  • 2015: Nomination for Best Webcomic, for Nimona
  • 2016: Award for Best Graphic Novel Reprint for Nimona

National Book Award

  • 2015: Finalist in the field of youth literature, for Nimona

Harvey Award

  • 2016: Award for Best Publication for Young Readers, for Lumberjanes (together with Shannon Waters and Grace Ellis)

GLAAD Media Award

  • 2016: Award for Best Comic, for Lumberjanes (together with Shannon Waters and Kat Leyh)

Web links

Commons : Noelle Stevenson  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Critical Role: Between the Sheets: Noelle Stevenson. In: YouTube . February 20, 2019, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ She Changed Comics: Modern Age and Manga. In: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. March 25, 2016, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Stephanie Burt: How Noelle Stevenson Drew Her Life In Comics. In: The New Yorker . May 1, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Heather Hogan: Pop Culture Fix: Ali Liebert Is Making the Hallmark-y Lesbian Christmas Movie of Your Sugar Plum Dreams. In: Autostraddle. July 15, 2020, accessed on July 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Meredith Woerner: Hipster Lord of the Rings, where the Nazgul ride fixies! In: Gizmodo . June 28, 2011, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Rainbow Rowell : The FANGIRL paperback is coming - and it's cute! In: RainbowRowell.com. October 12, 2018, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  7. ^ Noelle Stevenson Steps Down From "Lumberjanes": Noelle Stevenson Steps Down From "Lumberjanes". In: Comic Book Resources. June 22, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Andrew Wheeler: 2015 Eisner Award Winners: Was This The Best Ever Year for the Eisners? (Hint: We Won An Award). In: ComicsAlliance. July 11, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Michael Cavna: From idea born at MICA, Noelle Stevenson is the youngest 2015 National Book Award finalist. In: The Washington Post . October 15, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  10. ^ Rising Star: Noelle Stevenson. In: MICA.edu. Retrieved February 16, 2020 .
  11. ^ Jesse Schedeen: CM Punk and Noelle Stevenson to Write Thor Comics in 2015. In: IGN . November 14, 2014, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Sam Maggs: SOMEONE HOLD ME: Lumberjanes' Noelle Stevenson Is Reviving Runaways for Marvel. In: The Mary Sue. February 27, 2015, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Tim Beedle: Teenage Paradise: Talking Wonder Woman with James Tynion IV and Noelle Stevenson. In: DC Comics . February 5, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Juliet Kahn: 'Girl' Is Not A Personality Type: An Interview With The Creators of 'Lumberjanes' Read More: An Interview With The Creators of 'Lumberjanes' | https://web.archive.org/web/20150502091936/http://comicsalliance.com/lumberjanes-interview-noelle-stevenson-shannon-watters-grace-ellis-boom-studios/?trackback=tsmclip. In: ComicsAlliance. September 3, 2014, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Leah Marilla Thomas: Will 'She-Ra & The Princesses Of Power' Return For Season 3? There's A Rich Mythology Still Left To Explore. In: Bustle. April 25, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Christian Holub: Exclusive: She-Ra showrunner Noelle Stevenson reveals season 5 will be its last. In: Entertainment Weekly . March 17, 2020, accessed on May 16, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Darren Franich: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is a funny-wonderful pop fantasy: EW review. In: Entertainment Weekly. November 7, 2018, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Tony Maglio: She-Ra 'Reboot,' Boss Baby 'Score Netflix Series Through DreamWorks Animation. In: The Wrap. December 12, 2017, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  19. ^ Announcing the Winners of the Cartoonist Studio Prize. In: Slate . March 1, 2013, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Noelle Stevenson. In: nebulas.sfwa.org. Retrieved February 16, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Janelle Asselin: 2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced. In: ComicsAlliance. April 22, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  22. ↑ 2015 Eisner Awards (for work published in 2014). In: comic-con.org. July 12, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Noelle Stevenson. In: nationalbook.org. November 18, 2015, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  24. ^ Charlie Ridgely: 2016 Harvey Award Winners Announced. In: comicbook.com. September 6, 2017, accessed February 16, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Seth Adam, Matt Goodman: LIST OF AWARD RECIPIENTS: 27TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS IN LOS ANGELES THE BEVERLY HILTON, APRIL 2, 2016. In: GLAAD.org. April 2, 2016, accessed February 16, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Stevenson, Noelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American comic artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbia , South Carolina