Meredith Blitzmeyer, who has made a device powered by "anomalous energy". The Institute's Director orders Goldenloin to kill Nimona instead, he meets Blackheart in a tavern, begging him to send Nimona away instead.īlackheart meets Dr. Blackheart has Nimona impersonate a TV news anchor to publicize this, and plant poisonous, but non-fatal, apples in markets to spread fear. They discover the Institution is using jaderoot, a poisonous plant used for dark magic. Nimona pushes to make his plans more violent and often kills people. Blackheart seeks to destroy the Institution, but operates under his own code of ethics.
Blackheart was once a knight for the Institution, but lost an arm in a joust with Ambrosius Goldenloin – now the Institution's champion – so was kicked out. She insists on being the sidekick to Ballister Blackheart. Nimona is a shapeshifter, usually a human girl but able to grow and shrink and take any human or animal form.
Production on the film was initially canceled after The Walt Disney Company acquired Fox, before it was revived by Annapurna Pictures and is scheduled to be released on Netflix in 2023. Reviews and academic analyses have highlighted themes of queerness and fluidity of identity, and how they oppose and subvert traditional controlling institutions and exclusionary systems.Īn animated film of the same was first announced in 2015 by 20th Century Animation. Nimona 's accolades include an Eisner Award, a Cybils Award, and a Cartoonist Studio Prize. It has been translated into at least 16 other languages and adapted into an audiobook. After an agent reached out to Stevenson, HarperCollins released Nimona in print form in 2015.
The finished work ultimately doubled as his senior thesis. Stevenson published Nimona as a webcomic from 2012 through 2014, initially through Tumblr, developing the story and the art style as time progressed. Stevenson began working on Nimona while attending the Maryland Institute College of Art, revisiting a character he had created in high school.
Blackheart's intent to operate under his code of ethics contrasts him with the impulsive Nimona. The story follows the title character, a shapeshifter who joins the villain Ballister Blackheart in his plans to destroy the over-controlling Institute. Nimona is a science fantasy graphic novel by American cartoonist ND Stevenson.
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