![]() Their identities and relationships were integral to the plot, and not some token background character haphazardly thrown in at the last second.īack in 2014, 2015, 2016 I was told that I couldn't discuss it publicly. Not only was this kind of representation a first for a show of this kind, but what was truly remarkable and gave a lot of LGBTQ+ viewers hope is that the show's queer characters were front and center. One of the show's leads, Garnet, is later on revealed to be a fusion herself, embodying the lesbian relationship between Ruby and Sapphire. (Should probably go ahead and put a big spoiler warning in effect for the rest of this piece.) Sugar also introduced the concept of "fusion" as a way of queering the characters' relationships to one another, notably seen in Steven and Connie accidentally fusing to create the much beloved Stevonnie. But given that the characters were technically aliens from another world, they were able to get away with it without causing too much of an uproar. In 2018, Sugar was featured on Gallant’s 2018 R&B/Soul track TOOGOODTOBETRUE, along with Sufjan Stevens.Early on Sugar established that despite being read or coded as female, all of the Crystal Gems were in fact nonbinary, which was pretty unheard of at the time. The film was followed by an epilogue limited series titled Steven Universe Future, also with Sugar as executive producer, which premiered at the end of 2019. Moreover, she was the executive producer for Steven Universe which premiered on November 4, 2013. Rebecca continued working on Adventure Time until the show’s fifth season when she left in order to focus on Steven Universe. She began creating the Steven Universe while still working for Adventure Time. Later on, Sugar was promoted to a storyboard artist in the second season of the show. She joined the crew of Adventure Time as a storyboard revisionist in the first season of the show. Sugar is also known for her comic “Don’t Cry for Me, I’m Already Dead”, a story about two brothers whose shared love of The Simpsons takes a tragic turn. ![]() Three years later, she published her first graphic novel, Pug Davis, featuring an astronaut dog and his gay sidekick Blouse. Moreover, Rebecca provided background artwork for “nockFORCE”, a web animation series that Jones-Quartey launched on YouTube in 2007. Also, her brother acted as an assistant colorist. During her time at the School of Visual Arts, she wrote and directed a short animated film Single in which she collaborated with Ian who worked as an assistant animator. ![]() Later on, Rebecca enrolled at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She also won first place for comics in the Newspaper Individual Writing and Editing Contest. While in school, she won Montgomery County’s prestigious Ida F. Sugar was raised in Sligo Park Hills, where she attended Montgomery Blair High School and the Visual Arts Center at Albert Einstein High School. She has also received seven nominated form Primetime Emmy Awards. Formerly, Sugar worked as a storyboard artist and writer on the animated show ‘Adventure Time’ until 2013. She is best known for creating Cartoon Network’s ‘Steven Universe,’ which made her the first female cartoon creator for the network. Rebecca Sugar is an American animator, screenwriter, director, songwriter, and producer.
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