There were noted outsiders, such as Faith Hubley and Sally Cruikshank, animating in the days of yore, but you will not exhaust your fingers and toes counting them. With a few rule-proving exceptions, animation was a sexually segregated industry for many decades, relegating women to the ink-and-paint department.
It’s the first CN series from a solo female creator - which doesn’t put that network behind the rest of the world, especially. Titled “Steven Universe,” it premieres Monday on Cartoon Network. Rebecca Sugar - who is already a star in the world of people who love “Adventure Time,” for which she has been a storyboard artist and writer and composer - has her own cartoon series now.
