Note to avoid confusion: As of 6/30/22, Nate has announced he uses he/him pronouns!!
ND Stevenson is an American cartoonist and animation producer and the showrunner, developer and executive producer of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Description[]
ND has been the showrunner, developer and executive producer of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and voices the character of Spinnerella in the series. He is also known as the creator of Nimona and co-writer in Lumberjanes.
Written Episodes[]
- “The Sword Part 1”
- “The Sword Part 2”
- “Razz”
- “Promise”
- “The Battle of Bright Moon”
- “Remember”
- “Hero” (co-written with Josie Campbell)
- “Save the Cat”
- “Heart Part 2”
Education[]
Stevenson attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and graduated from MICA in 2013.
Career[]
In the summer of 2012, Stevenson interned at BOOM! Studios and later helped develop and write Lumberjanes. Also in 2012, soon after posting the first few installments of Nimona online, he signed with HarperCollins to publish Nimona.
He also did freelance illustration for Random House, St. Martin's Press, and Label Magazine. He has also worked with Ryan North on his Kickstarter-funded book To Be or Not to Be, a choose-your-own-adventure-book based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. He also served as a writer and background painter for season two of Wander Over Yonder.
He worked as a writer for Marvel Comics, made a guest appearance in two episodes of Critical Role, and in 2016, became executive producer, show-runner, editor, and actor on DreamWorks Animation Television's rebooted She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. In 2015, he started working on the show's bible, eventually becoming head show-runner and executive producer.
In March of 2020, Stevenson released a comic-memoir about his life leading up to his late 20s called "The Fire Never Goes Out."
Personal Life[]
ND grew up in North Carolina, United States, with his parents and siblings. In July of 2018, he got engaged to fellow cartoonist Molly Ostertag and they were married in September of 2019.
On July 14, 2020, Stevenson came out as nonbinary.
On June 31, 2022, he posted a comic about solely going by he/him pronouns and choosing the names Nate and Indy. He still professionally uses "ND," but he identifies as "not [entirely] a boy."
Trivia[]
- Stevenson voices Spinnerella on the show, and also the voice message for Serenia in "Return to the Fright Zone".
- Molly Ostertag, Stevenson's wife, originally came up with the idea that Etheria is a weapon. [1]
ND Stevenson (right) and Molly Ostertag (left) in "Princess Prom"
- In the episode "Princess Prom" he and his then-fiance appeared as cameos. He appeared again in the Season Four episode, "Coronation".
- During a Twitch livestream, Stevenson and his wife created "Finn", a non-canon nonbinary child of Adora and Catra. When asked to draw what Catra and Adora's future child would look like, ND made Finn a blond and blue-eyed cat person. He has mentioned that they dyed their hair blonde to look more like Adora. Their coloring is slightly lighter brown compared to Catra's. Stevenson mentions that because of Catra and Adora's upbringing they tended to spoil Finn, but were also overbearing which causes Finn to rebel against them a lot.
- He has said that the characters he relates to most are Adora, Catra, and Glimmer.[2]
- His favorite epiosode of the the original '80s She-Ra is "Flowers for Hordak."[3]
- While he has stated many things as trivia about the show, ND Stevenson also notes that he and other crew members can just say whatever they want and will sometimes say things just to mess with fans, and that his word does not have to be taken as definitive canon.[4]
Bibliography[]
Graphic Novels[]
- Nimona (w/a, HarperCollins, 2015)
BOOM! Studios[]
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Marvel Comics[]
- Runaways vol. 4 #1–4
- Thor Annual #1, April 2015, collected in Volume 2: Who Holds the Hammer?
DC Comics[]
- Wonder World; Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman #23 & 24, February 2015
Awards and Nominations[]
ND Stevenson has won many awards and nominations, all summed up on his Wikipedia page.
She-Ra Art[]
See Crew Art