Fantastic! Thanks Elliot. I love your Hulk!

Wahey! Thank you, ArrogantLampShade!

No, I like heavy questions. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you.

My answers, in order.

Very lucky. Actually, that's not quite right - luck is definitely a part of it, but not all of it. I was lucky that my Dad bought me comics when I was a kid, that I discovered Doctor Who when I was about ten (I'm now 32. God), that I lost my job at DC Thomson three years ago, that I met a good woman who encouraged me to send samples to Doctor Who Magazine, and that the editor at the time liked my style. So actually, maybe it *is* all down to luck.

I'm not sure it's what I *always* wanted to do. I wrote my first Who fan fiction when I was about eleven (it featured Sylvester McCoy and it was called The Seven Doctors. Wrote it in a school exercise book, and even did illustrations for it!), and have been drawing super heroes and comic-y stuff since I was seven or eight. In my teens I wanted to be an actor as well (still do), and in my twenties I didn't know what I wanted to do, so kind of ended up doing lots of stuff (working in games design, concept art, women's fiction...). Then at about 30 years old, I decided that yes, I really did want to write and draw comics for the rest of my life.

I have two (shitty) A levels - a B in English and an E in Theatre Studies. No art, you'll notice. I went to University for six weeks but dropped out cos I couldn't be bothered with it. I slightly regret that now - I also slightly regret that I patently went for the wrong course (English and Film Studies, when I should have gone for art). My main regret is that it's possible to have a really good time at university and make some really good friends, so I feel I missed out on that. A lack of a degree hasn't especially hurt my career, though.

I wouldn't do anything else now. I sometimes miss working in a more traditionally "work-y" setting - you don't see too many people in this line of work, and if you can't find a like-minded community near where you live, it sometimes makes you feel like you're working in a vacuum. The internet eases this a wee bit, though. But all in all, it's a dream job - you get to make stuff up for a living. How cool is that?

Cheers,

Dan