Jeremy Whitley

Jeremy Whitley is an American comic book writer and artist, known as the creator and writer of the Marvel Comics series The Unstoppable Wasp, centred on Nadia van Dyne, and Aromancing of Gwendolyn Poole, centred on Gwen Poole, of the Glyph-winning, Eisner-nominated series Princeless, and as a major writer of IDW Publishing, especially the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic comic franchise.

Early life Jeremy Whitley was born in California and raised in Livermore, California and in North Carolina. He became interested in comics through his father, who would walk him to their local Livermore comic book shop, Fact, Fiction, and Fantasy. From an early age Whitley began collecting both comics and the Marvel Masterpieces trading cards, and wrote and illustrated his first comic when he was in the third grade. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English with a minor in Creative Writing. According to Whitley, Princeless was conceived thus: "Princeless came from a confluence of issues I had. I’ve always had a lot of close geek girl friends and I’m always looking for strong female characters in comics to share with them. I think there just aren’t enough. When I married my wife, I got to know her younger sisters and some of her cousins. As young girls of color none of them had ever picked up a comic book (except my wife) and why should they? I can count on one hand the number of black women you can find on your comic book stand right now, not to mention the number who are positive portrayals. The same holds true for women of color in fantasy stories. I wanted my daughter to have comic books she could love the same way I’ve loved mine. Not to mention, I’m a little leery about the princess culture and what it actually teaches girls." His work on The Unstoppable Wasp received attention for "bringing a nuanced understanding understanding of mental health, and bipolar disorder in particular"

Awards and honors

Whitley's Princeless won three Glyph Comics Awards in 2012, and it was also nominated for two Eisner awards.

Princeless Story of the Year Glyph Comics Awards with M. Goodwin 2025 Navigating with You Best Single Issue or Story Ringo Awards 2025 Navigating with You Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award American Library Association