noelle stevenson

In the 1980s He-Man ruled Eternia, She-Ra ruled Etheria, and both ruled children’s popular culture. Though Prince Adam has come back several times since his original show was cancelled, his twin sister hasn’t had her time in the sun again…until now. She-Ra returns this November in a new animated series, produced by Dreamworks and helmed by Noelle Stevenson. If that name sounds familiar, it’s because Stevenson is a graphic novel superstar, having co-created the popular series Lumberjanes as well as a book about a shark named Nimora, which is getting an animated movie. But before that, Stevenson will be putting her stamp on She-Ra with this new take on the Filmation mythos. Princess Adora’s backstory remains the same here — as told originally in Secret of the Sword, she was taken from Eternia by an evil organzation known as the Horde, who raised her as their own in hopes she would help them conquer their own planet, Etheria. Instead She-Ra wised up and turned good, with help from He-Man….but this