12 Facts About Molly Ostertag

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Molly Knox Ostertag was born on October 28,1991 and is an American cartoonist and writer.

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Molly Ostertag's work includes the webcomic Strong Female Protagonist, the middle grade graphic novel series, and on the series Tales of the Night Watchman.

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3.

Molly Ostertag was named one of Forbes magazine's 30 Under 30 in 2021.

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4.

Molly Ostertag attended Bard College and studied illustration and cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she graduated in 2014.

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5.

Molly Ostertag moved from upstate New York to Los Angeles in 2016.

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6.

Molly Ostertag described it as "teen summer romance graphic novel" set in Nova Scotia, focused on the story of a 15-year-old Korean Canadian girl named Morgan falling in love with a selkie named Keltie.

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Molly Ostertag noted that it is somewhat based on her experience spending summers at Wilneff Island in Nova Scotia as a kid and called the book her "first serious foray" into the romance genre.

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8.

From July to September 2020, Molly Ostertag published a The Lord of the Rings fanfiction titled "In All the Ways There Were" which shipped Frodo Baggins and Samwise "Sam" Gamgee together, a story which became relatively popular.

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9.

Additionally, in 2019, Molly Ostertag created a fan comic depicting a post-credits scene of The Return of the King.

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10.

Molly Ostertag is gay and married fellow cartoonist Nate "ND" Stevenson in September 2019.

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11.

Stevenson began working on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power at the same time he began dating Molly Ostertag, who was influential on the show "from the very beginning, " coming up with a major plot twist in the show's final season.

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12.

Molly Ostertag is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, and has illustrated a campaign poster for Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman.

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