The show, which made its debut in 2013, comes from Rebecca Sugar, a veteran of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and the first woman to create a show for the channel. It follows the story of the ...

The first Cartoon Network series created by a woman, Steven is actually based on Sugar’s relationship with ... One of the primary examples of “Steven Universe” breaking down expected gender ...

Sugar sits in a windowless room inside Burbank’s Cartoon Network Studios, where she is wrapping post-production on the final episodes of “Steven Universe: Future” — the event-series coda t ...

Rebecca Sugar didn’t set out to be an entertainment trailblazer. Growing up as a bisexual adolescent, sitting in her suburban Washington home and watching TV, she simply absorbed who was ...

By following her artistic passion from Silver Spring to Hollywood, Sugar has become something of a trailblazer. On Monday evening, Cartoon Network will debut its newest program, "Steven Universe ...

It’s a little too early to start celebrating the fact that Cartoon Network is producing a show by a woman, but it does represent a baby step in the right direction. Sugar is also among the new ...

Over the past few years, Rebecca Sugar has learned to steer a very large spaceship. Five seasons in, Steven Universe, her Cartoon Network show – the channel’s first created by a woman – is ...

Steven Universe, currently in its third season on Cartoon Network, has frequently touched upon issues of gender, sexuality, and unconventional family structures in a kid-friendly context.

Rebecca Sugar, the creator of popular cartoon Steven Universe, has issued an apology in light of online controversy sparked by the recently released Steven Universe: Art & Origins artbook.