Nimona

Nimona
Cover of the print edition
Author(s)	Noelle Stevenson
Website	http://gingerhaze.com/nimona
Current status / schedule	Concluded
Publisher(s)	Print: HarperCollins
Genre(s)	Comedy, drama, action

Nimona is a fantasy comic by the American comics writer and artist Noelle Stevenson. Stevenson started Nimona as a webcomic while a student at Maryland Institute College of Art. The webcomic was first published in June 2012 and doubled as Stevenson's senior thesis.Nimona has been published in the form of a graphic novel by HarperCollins in 2015, and 20th Century Fox Animation acquired rights to create an animated film adaptation of the webcomic that same year.

Stevenson initially published Nimona on Tumblr. She was inspired to create Nimona's character based on her experiences with cosplay: Stevenson always preferred cosplaying as male characters rather than female characters and therefore wanted to create a female comics character that was more "butch".Nimona started off as a collection of one- and two-page comics. Because of this, the webcomic was somewhat experimental for Stevenson. Though she knew how the webcomic would end from the very start, she never expected the project to gain any wider recognition.

In an interview with Comics Alliance, Stevenson described her feelings upon completing Nimona as both satisfying and "a little sad."

Nimona has been published online as a webcomic since June 2012. HarperCollins published the webcomic as a young adult graphic novel in May 2015. In June 2015, 20th Century Fox Animation acquired the rights for an animated feature film adaptation.

Nimona is set in a mash-up universe that combines fantasy and science fiction tropes. The titular character Nimona is a rambunctious young shapeshifter and the sidekick of the supervillain Lord Ballister Blackheart. Blackheart is a knight turned mad scientist who's pursued by his nemesis, and later potential love interest, Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin of the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics. The first five chapters focus on the differences in outlook between Nimona and her by-the-book boss, as well as their plots against the secretly villainous Institution.