23 Noelle Stevenson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Noelle Stevenson

American Artist

Born: Dec 31, 1991

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Related authors: Andy Warhol Jackson Pollock Jean-Michel Basquiat Jeff Koons Kehinde Wiley Keith Haring Yoko Ono

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

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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. Noelle Stevenson

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

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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

It's easy to feel like you don't have any control over yourself or your life or your body as a teen - everything is changing so fast, and a lot of it feels so outside of your power. I think that's why a lot of teens form really strong attachments to fictional characters or celebrities, draw their own characters or write themselves into fan fiction. Noelle Stevenson

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

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Social media is basically the entire reason I have a career right now. Like everything, my readership for 'Nimona' came because I was active on Tumblr. Noelle Stevenson

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I tend to bristle at people praising alt comics as some kind of perfect comics paradigm, because there's quite a lot of misogyny in its history as well. Like, in my first comics class, every single great comic creator we studied was male. Noelle Stevenson

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

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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 prove myself on someone else's property. Noelle Stevenson

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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 I would've been at 12 or 13 years old. 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.' Noelle Stevenson

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'She-Ra' was ahead of its time. 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. Noelle Stevenson

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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. Noelle Stevenson

Just make the comics you want to see, and people will notice. Noelle Stevenson

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