Matrix: With novels, short stories, TY scripts, radio adaptations and comics, you seem to be involved in almost every form of speculative fiction imaginable. Has this been a deliberate policy or more a reaction to opportunity?

Paul Cornell: The latter, more than anything. I’m hoping to end my career purely as a novelist, but I’m having fun in all these fields.

M: You’ve written comics for both the big American brands, Marvel and DC. When you were growing up, which were the comics you read and collected