If a good editor will let me tell my story with the right artist, I'm happy.

We've all seen lots of stories about a young protagonist having adventures, and usually they're all boys, [and] there is sometimes a token female, or two.

No. No, first comes boyhood. You get to play with soldiers and spacemen, cowboys and ninjas, pirates and robots. But before you know it, all that comes to an end. And then, Remo Williams, is when the adventure begins.

I love that the book [Paper Girls ] gets to kind of evolve and change in each era. Our third storyline is our best so far.

There's just something about that late '80s that suddenly feels like it has something to teach us.

It was interesting looking back at the '80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time - the cliché of history repeating itself.

To try and imagine that I'm another person is always going to be hard - whether I'm writing about a truck driver or someone who is gay, who's trans, who is of a different ethnicity or creed. But it would be boring if I always had to write about myself and my limited viewpoint.