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⚫ | |Jobs = Creator<br>Composer<br>Executive Producer<br>Storyboard Artist<br>Writer}}'''Rebecca Rea Sugar''' is the creator of ''[[Steven Universe (TV series)|Steven Universe]]'' and ''[[Steven Universe Future]]'', as well as the director of ''[[Steven Universe: The Movie]]''. She is an artist, composer, and director who is most recognized for her work on the show, ''[[w:c:adventuretime:Adventure Time|Adventure Time]]'', another Cartoon Network original series, as well as her award-winning animated short ''[http://www.cartoonbrew.com/brewtv/singles-rebecca-sugar-15727.html Singles]''. she has also created a graphic novel, ''[http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/2010/12/09/rebecca-sugars-pug-davis/ Pug Davis]'', as well as assisting with characters and backgrounds for [[Ian Jones-Quartey]] and Jim Gisriel's web series ''nockFORCE'' prior to her career.<ref>https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/636312476930314244</ref> |
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⚫ | }}'''Rebecca Rea Sugar''' is the creator of ''[[Steven Universe (TV series)|Steven Universe]]'' and ''[[Steven Universe Future]] |
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− | In 2012, [[Cartoon Network]] green-lit ''Steven Universe'', making her |
+ | In 2012, [[Cartoon Network]] green-lit ''Steven Universe'', making her the first solo non-binary cartoon creator in the network's twenty-year history. Rebecca was one of the main storyboard artists on ''Adventure Time'' until the fifth season, where she left to create ''Steven Universe'', although she later returned again in 2015 for the ''Stakes'' miniseries to compose the song "Everything Stays" and voicing Marceline's mother.<sup><ref>[[wikipedia:Rebecca Sugar#Filmography|Rebecca Sugar Filmography]]</ref></sup> |
Sugar has also contributed storyboards for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Animation Sony Pictures Animation] film, [[w:c:hoteltransylvania:Hotel Transylvania|''Hotel Transylvania'']].<ref>http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/36567783012</ref> |
Sugar has also contributed storyboards for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Pictures_Animation Sony Pictures Animation] film, [[w:c:hoteltransylvania:Hotel Transylvania|''Hotel Transylvania'']].<ref>http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/36567783012</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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− | Rebecca was born in [[wikipedia:Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring, Maryland]] and attended the Visual Arts Center at Einstein High School and Montgomery Blair High School simultaneously. Later, she |
+ | Rebecca was born in [[wikipedia:Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring, Maryland]] and attended the Visual Arts Center at Einstein High School and Montgomery Blair High School simultaneously. Later, she would attend the [[wikipedia:School of Visual Arts|School of Visual Arts in New York]].<sup><ref>http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/rebecca-sugar-is-cartoon-networks-first-solo-woman-show-creator-71157.html</ref></sup> One of her early works, a comic strip entitled "Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead"<ref>https://dawolfey.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/dont-cry-for-me-im-already-dead-by-rebecca-sugar/</ref> about brothers who bond over references to ''The Simpsons'', was a viral success.<ref>https://unicornbooty.com/watch-the-weird-heartbreaking-pre-steven-universe-works-of-rebecca-sugar/</ref> The strip was originally published on Sugar's now-defunct website, SugarBoukas.com, itself a reference to one of her early animated shorts.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqgv7hFVPo</ref> |
[[File:Tumblr oaxvdeUjM51sxhdxso2 540.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Sugar speaking at 2016 San Diego Comic Con.]] |
[[File:Tumblr oaxvdeUjM51sxhdxso2 540.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Sugar speaking at 2016 San Diego Comic Con.]] |
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+ | She was hired as a storyboard revisionist during the first season of ''Adventure Time'' and was later promoted to storyboard artist from that season on. |
− | Rebecca would eventually leave ''Adventure Time'' in early 2013 to launch her new cartoon, ''Steven Universe''. The final episode |
+ | Rebecca would eventually leave ''Adventure Time'' in early 2013 to launch her new cartoon, ''Steven Universe''. The final episode She worked on for ''Adventure Time'', entitled "[[w:c:adventuretime:Simon and Marcy|Simon and Marcy]]", was difficult for her, due to her working on the episode alongside launching their new show.<sup><ref>http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/adventure-time-writer-rebecca-sugar-on-steven-universe</ref></sup> |
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+ | She had achieved numerous awards in her career in television, such as earning nominations for [[wikipedia:Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Awards]] and [[wikipedia:Annie Awards|Annie Awards]] while working for ''Adventure Time'', and being featured in Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30 in Entertainment" list in 2012, noting that she was responsible for some of the best episodes of ''Adventure Time''.<sup><ref>http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45edfge/rebecca-sugar/</ref></sup> |
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+ | She returned to ''Adventure Time'' in 2015 for the ''[[w:c:adventuretime:Adventure Time Mini-Series: "Stakes"|Stakes]]'' miniseries, voicing [[w:c:adventuretime:Marceline's Mom|Marceline's mother]] and writing the song "[[w:c:adventuretime:Everything Stays (song)|Everything Stays]]". |
== Episodes Written and Storyboarded == |
== Episodes Written and Storyboarded == |
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[[File:Steven Crewniverse.jpg|thumb|200px|Rebecca Sugar and the Steven [[Crewniverse]].]] |
[[File:Steven Crewniverse.jpg|thumb|200px|Rebecca Sugar and the Steven [[Crewniverse]].]] |
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=== [[Season 1]] === |
=== [[Season 1]] === |
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* "[[Laser Light Cannon (episode)|Laser Light Cannon]]" |
* "[[Laser Light Cannon (episode)|Laser Light Cannon]]" |
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=== Other === |
=== Other === |
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* "[[Pilot]]" |
* "[[Pilot]]" |
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+ | * ''[[Steven Universe: The Movie]]'' |
<h2>Gallery</h2> |
<h2>Gallery</h2> |
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[[File:Rebeccasugarart.png|thumb|left|link=Rebecca Sugar/Gallery|<div style="text-align:center;"><small>Click to view Rebecca's Artwork.</small></div>]] |
[[File:Rebeccasugarart.png|thumb|left|link=Rebecca Sugar/Gallery|<div style="text-align:center;"><small>Click to view Rebecca's Artwork.</small></div>]] |
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== Trivia == |
== Trivia == |
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* Rebecca Sugar's birthstone is a ruby. |
* Rebecca Sugar's birthstone is a ruby. |
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− | * Rebecca Sugar said if she |
+ | * Rebecca Sugar said if she were a [[Gems|Gem]], she would be a [[Rubies|Ruby]].<ref>http://www.newsarama.com/24809-steven-universe-creator-talks-jailbreak-future.html</ref> |
− | ** [[Ruby]] and [[Sapphire |
+ | ** [[Ruby]] and [[Sapphire]]'s relationship is based on the relationship between her and Ian Jones-Quartey. |
* Rebecca Sugar is proficient in the ukulele, which she often uses for song demos. |
* Rebecca Sugar is proficient in the ukulele, which she often uses for song demos. |
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+ | ** She also have a banjolele which she played at New York Comic Con, and plays the Omnichord/QChord, a chorded synthesizer, similar to the one [[w:c:adventuretime:Marceline Abadeer|Marceline]] plays in "[[w:c:adventuretime:I Remember You|I Remember You]]". |
* Rebecca Sugar is the first non-binary animated cartoon creator at Cartoon Network. |
* Rebecca Sugar is the first non-binary animated cartoon creator at Cartoon Network. |
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* Rebecca Sugar illustrated the cover of [[Estelle|Estelle's]] music album [http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/111247134103 ''True Romance'']. |
* Rebecca Sugar illustrated the cover of [[Estelle|Estelle's]] music album [http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/111247134103 ''True Romance'']. |
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* She is a member of WIA (Women in Animation).<sup><ref>http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/78905222172</ref></sup> |
* She is a member of WIA (Women in Animation).<sup><ref>http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/78905222172</ref></sup> |
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* Rebecca Sugar has a pet cat named Lion. |
* Rebecca Sugar has a pet cat named Lion. |
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− | * During [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] 2016, when asked why she |
+ | * During [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] 2016, when asked why she included so many LGBT heroes in the show, Rebecca Sugar came out, citing she experiences as a bisexual woman and their desire for LGBT youth to grow up where these heres are normalized. |
− | *During NYCC 2016, she |
+ | * During NYCC 2016, she mentioned that "[[Mr. Greg]]" was their favorite episode because she had always dreamed about working on a musical.<ref>http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/nycc-steven-universe-gem-harvest</ref> |
− | **She also revealed that she |
+ | ** She also revealed that she has plans for the ending of the series.<ref>http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/nycc-steven-universe-gem-harvest</ref> |
− | * When Rebecca was born, |
+ | * When Rebecca was born, their parents had considered naming her "Nora", which she later used as Steven's female name in the episode "[[Lion 4: Alternate Ending]]".<ref>[https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/863839112872198145 Rebecca Sugar gives us an inside look at the #StevenUniverse Spring Break arc. Maybe her nickname should be Nora from now on 😄 #CNSide] - @cartoonnetwork on Twitter</ref> |
− | * During SDCC 2017, Rebecca stated that out of all the [[Off Colors (group)|Off Colors]], she |
+ | * During SDCC 2017, Rebecca stated that out of all the [[Off Colors (group)|Off Colors]], she relates to [[Rhodonite]] the most. |
− | * Rebecca sings the closing credits song for the Cartoon Network show [ |
+ | * Rebecca sings the closing credits song for the Cartoon Network show ''[[w:c:ok-ko|OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes]]''. |
− | * In the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkspyWDDUQ Ultimate Crossover Fundraiser], she |
+ | * In the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkspyWDDUQ Ultimate Crossover Fundraiser], she sang “We’ll Meet Again” while playing the ukulele, she states that Mabel, Dipper, and Grunkle Stan’s gems would be “Cherry Tugtupite”, “Larimar” and “Pyrite”, respectively, she sang with Ian JQ "It’s Only Magic” and then she sang “Everything Stays”. |
− | * In an interview with WAMU 88.5 on July 9, 2018, Rebecca revealed that she is |
+ | * In an interview with WAMU 88.5 on July 9, 2018, Rebecca revealed that she is non-binary, and spoke of how she use gender heres in the show to express their identity.<ref>https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-07-09/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/114886/@00:00</ref> |
** Her preferred pronouns are she/her or they/them according to her updated Twitter bio, as well as her confirming this at SDCC 2018. |
** Her preferred pronouns are she/her or they/them according to her updated Twitter bio, as well as her confirming this at SDCC 2018. |
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* [http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/ Tumblr] |
* [http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/ Tumblr] |
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* [http://twitter.com/rebeccasugar Twitter] |
* [http://twitter.com/rebeccasugar Twitter] |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/user/rrsugar#p/u YouTube] |
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/rrsugar#p/u YouTube] |
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Revision as of 23:25, 7 April 2020
This article is about the series creator. You may be looking for Steven Sugar or Rebekka Dunlap. |
Rebecca Rea Sugar is the creator of Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future, as well as the director of Steven Universe: The Movie. She is an artist, composer, and director who is most recognized for her work on the show, Adventure Time, another Cartoon Network original series, as well as her award-winning animated short Singles. she has also created a graphic novel, Pug Davis, as well as assisting with characters and backgrounds for Ian Jones-Quartey and Jim Gisriel's web series nockFORCE prior to her career.[1]
In 2012, Cartoon Network green-lit Steven Universe, making her the first solo non-binary cartoon creator in the network's twenty-year history. Rebecca was one of the main storyboard artists on Adventure Time until the fifth season, where she left to create Steven Universe, although she later returned again in 2015 for the Stakes miniseries to compose the song "Everything Stays" and voicing Marceline's mother.[2]
Sugar has also contributed storyboards for the Sony Pictures Animation film, Hotel Transylvania.[3]
She is married to Ian Jones-Quartey.[4]
Career
Rebecca was born in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended the Visual Arts Center at Einstein High School and Montgomery Blair High School simultaneously. Later, she would attend the School of Visual Arts in New York.[5] One of her early works, a comic strip entitled "Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead"[6] about brothers who bond over references to The Simpsons, was a viral success.[7] The strip was originally published on Sugar's now-defunct website, SugarBoukas.com, itself a reference to one of her early animated shorts.[8]
She was hired as a storyboard revisionist during the first season of Adventure Time and was later promoted to storyboard artist from that season on.
Rebecca would eventually leave Adventure Time in early 2013 to launch her new cartoon, Steven Universe. The final episode She worked on for Adventure Time, entitled "Simon and Marcy", was difficult for her, due to her working on the episode alongside launching their new show.[9]
She had achieved numerous awards in her career in television, such as earning nominations for Primetime Emmy Awards and Annie Awards while working for Adventure Time, and being featured in Forbes magazine's "30 Under 30 in Entertainment" list in 2012, noting that she was responsible for some of the best episodes of Adventure Time.[10]
She returned to Adventure Time in 2015 for the Stakes miniseries, voicing Marceline's mother and writing the song "Everything Stays".
Episodes Written and Storyboarded
Season 1
- "Laser Light Cannon"
- "Cheeseburger Backpack"
- "Together Breakfast"
- "Cat Fingers"
- "Lion 3: Straight to Video"
- "Alone Together"
- "Maximum Capacity"
- "Rose's Scabbard"
- "Jail Break"
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Other
Gallery
Trivia
- Rebecca Sugar's birthstone is a ruby.
- Rebecca Sugar said if she were a Gem, she would be a Ruby.[11]
- Rebecca Sugar is proficient in the ukulele, which she often uses for song demos.
- She also have a banjolele which she played at New York Comic Con, and plays the Omnichord/QChord, a chorded synthesizer, similar to the one Marceline plays in "I Remember You".
- Rebecca Sugar is the first non-binary animated cartoon creator at Cartoon Network.
- Rebecca Sugar illustrated the cover of Estelle's music album True Romance.
- She is a member of WIA (Women in Animation).[12]
- Rebecca Sugar has a pet cat named Lion.
- During SDCC 2016, when asked why she included so many LGBT heroes in the show, Rebecca Sugar came out, citing she experiences as a bisexual woman and their desire for LGBT youth to grow up where these heres are normalized.
- During NYCC 2016, she mentioned that "Mr. Greg" was their favorite episode because she had always dreamed about working on a musical.[13]
- She also revealed that she has plans for the ending of the series.[14]
- When Rebecca was born, their parents had considered naming her "Nora", which she later used as Steven's female name in the episode "Lion 4: Alternate Ending".[15]
- During SDCC 2017, Rebecca stated that out of all the Off Colors, she relates to Rhodonite the most.
- Rebecca sings the closing credits song for the Cartoon Network show OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.
- In the Ultimate Crossover Fundraiser, she sang “We’ll Meet Again” while playing the ukulele, she states that Mabel, Dipper, and Grunkle Stan’s gems would be “Cherry Tugtupite”, “Larimar” and “Pyrite”, respectively, she sang with Ian JQ "It’s Only Magic” and then she sang “Everything Stays”.
- In an interview with WAMU 88.5 on July 9, 2018, Rebecca revealed that she is non-binary, and spoke of how she use gender heres in the show to express their identity.[16]
- Her preferred pronouns are she/her or they/them according to her updated Twitter bio, as well as her confirming this at SDCC 2018.
External Links
References
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/636312476930314244
- ↑ Rebecca Sugar Filmography
- ↑ http://rebeccasugar.tumblr.com/post/36567783012
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/1202694027604180992
- ↑ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/rebecca-sugar-is-cartoon-networks-first-solo-woman-show-creator-71157.html
- ↑ https://dawolfey.wordpress.com/2011/05/13/dont-cry-for-me-im-already-dead-by-rebecca-sugar/
- ↑ https://unicornbooty.com/watch-the-weird-heartbreaking-pre-steven-universe-works-of-rebecca-sugar/
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqgv7hFVPo
- ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/article/television/adventure-time-writer-rebecca-sugar-on-steven-universe
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfl45edfge/rebecca-sugar/
- ↑ http://www.newsarama.com/24809-steven-universe-creator-talks-jailbreak-future.html
- ↑ http://stevencrewniverse.tumblr.com/post/78905222172
- ↑ http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/nycc-steven-universe-gem-harvest
- ↑ http://fandom.wikia.com/articles/nycc-steven-universe-gem-harvest
- ↑ Rebecca Sugar gives us an inside look at the #StevenUniverse Spring Break arc. Maybe her nickname should be Nora from now on 😄 #CNSide - @cartoonnetwork on Twitter
- ↑ https://the1a.org/audio/#/shows/2018-07-09/the-mind-behind-americas-most-empathetic-cartoon/114886/@00:00