From Noelle Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds her turning an important corner. From Noelle Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds her turning an important corner in her creative journey—and inviting readers along for the ride. In a collection of essays and personal mini-comics tha.

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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir In Pictures is an autobiographical comics collection by Noelle Stevenson. It compiles their personal comics from 2011 to 2019, some previously published on her social media, other released for the first time.

Stevenson charts their journey across the years, from a struggling art student grappling with their beliefs and fears, to a newly famous artist experiencing the highs of sudden fame, then their growing anxiety amidst the pressures of widespread applause, and their coming to acceptance with who they really are.

The Fire Never Goes Out contains examples of:

• Alternate Self: The Review of 2017 features 2017 Noelle talking to their 2011 counterpart about some of the things they're going to experience, such as coming out of the closet, working on a popular cartoon, and falling in love.
• Body to Jewel: As Noelle encounters more adversity, they draw themselves growing crystals out of her body, like spiky hardened armor, making them sharp to the touch. They initially think of this as a good thing, before realizing that it's not.
• Celebrity Is Overrated: In 2011, Noelle rockets to fame as their comics go viral, followed by taking big steps into a comics and television career in the following years. It's exhilarating... and also devastating for Noelle's mental health from their self-induced pressure to continue hitting career peak after peak.

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• Coming-Out Story: Due to her fundamentalist Christian upbringing, Noelle is initially adverse to thinking of themselves as gay, and resents when their fashion is compared to such. However, after several years of growing more liberal and ending relationships with men, they begins to accept themselves as a lesbian and makes it a prominent motif of their stories.
• Downer Beginning: The first chapter gives a brief recap of Noelle's late teens to early twenties. They start off joyfully attending church and praising Jesus, but within a few years have lost their faith, realized that dating boys was an attempt to ignore being gay, then nearly self-destructed from a combination of ignoring signs of their worsening mental health and overworking themselves.
• Elemental Motifs: Two symbols frequently reoccur across Noelle's comics:
  • Fire, as signified in the title. It represents motivation and drive, fueling Stevenson in pursuit of higher goals and feats in life. However, it is also dangerous, threatening to blaze out of control and consume its owner as they burn through energy stores.
  • Shadow, represented by a Torso with a View. The black empty hole in Noelle's chest represents longing and a sense of being empty. Sometimes it's from a lack of romantic love, other times it's from a lack of caring about anything in general. In some cases, shadow leaks out from the hole, thought of as evil living inside them that threatens other people.
• Happily Married: Noelle and Molly end up as this in 2019.
• It's a Costume Party, I Swear!: In 2012, Noelle is invited to a publicity event for The Avengers, which they assume invites cosplay and so they come dressed as Hawkeye. They turn out to be the only one in costume, but the effect is actually positive since more people come to greet them since they stand out from the crowd.
• It Makes Sense in Context: Some of Stevenson's Year in Review comics contained references to events that weren't described in public until this book, such as why a toothbrush in 2016 was considered important. (It was a clue from Molly that she wanted to date them.)
• Important Haircut: Inverted. Before the comics start, Noelle has already cut their hair 'as short as it will go', and keeps it short styles for most of the years. As they begin to turn from drastic behaviors to settling down day by day, their hair begins to grow out long. In 2019, they remark that 'each inch is a reminder that I made it this far.'
• Medium Blending: Partway through the 2018 Year In Review, the art is drawn on scanned post-it notes, reflecting Stevenson's increasing stress and urgency.
• Mood Whiplash: The Year In Review comics are typically positive, so it can be jarring to have them come right after comics about increasing stress and despair. Stevenson themselves notes this in later Reviews, considering that they was pressuring themselves to feel more optimistic than they really were.
• Real Women Don't Wear Dresses: In her 2019 comic, Noelle reflects on how in her teens they initially resented feminine expectations of their life, such as getting married in a church and wearing dresses. Now that they are older (and gayer), they find that wearing a wedding dress which makes them feel 'like a fucking fairy princess' and having an elaborate wedding is actually more of a blessing than they expected.
• Transparent Closet: Noelle discovers during Easter 2017 that her grandmother already figured out Noelle was gay and had accepted them, even asking about Molly. They even lampshade that they've 'never been good at having secrets'.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension: The comics from 2016 center on Noelle's growing affection toward Molly Ostertag, and overcoming their fear (they describe it by saying the first thing they did that year was 'fall in love with someone I shouldn't have') to seriously pursue the relationship.
• Wingding Eyes: In the 2017 Review, 2011 Noelle has Star Eyes when 2017 Noelle tells her that they'll pay off all their student loans within five years.
• Write What You Know: One metaphorical device from a 2015 comic, where Noelle questions if their 'slime shadow' (representing antisocial and hostile behaviors) is like a parasitic demon or who they were all along, resembles a similar existential question about the titular character of Nimona.