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Newsarama: Paul, when I heard about this story, it seemed like it was tailor made for you, probably because of your work on MI: 13. Do you agree that it's your type of characters and story?
Paul Cornell: Yes. It's a very British book in a very different way to Captain Britain. On the Marvel book, I was trying to correct some of the whimsicality, and the fact that, whenever any of the major characters came to Great Britain, it was always a rather whimsical, jolly, rather strange and surreal place.
Following Grant's lead, this is exactly the opposite. It's that whimsicality and strangeness turned up to 20, but with, I think, a genuinely British ethos behind it. It's me following his lead and adding a bit of British stuff myself. And following lots of trends of British humor. There's an awful lot of Carry On and Around the Horne and The Goodies in this.
Nrama: For someone who isn't familiar with these characters, who are Knight and Squire?
Cornell: They are the central, iconic British hero and his young, girl sidekick. They are legacy heroes. He took over the title of Knight, having been the Squire previously.
The Knight is a member of the international corps of Batman. He's very stoic. He's very blunt and straightforward. And he has a companion who does the subtlety for him, because she's a communications expert who can sift her way through complex issues and present him with some possible solutions. So they work very well together.
They also have a lovely older brother/younger sister relationship. There's also a bit of a caste thing. He lives in the big castle; she lives in the tiny house near his gate with her mom, in a very working class neighborhood.
The Squire is one of the most wonderful characters in comics. She's 13 or 14 years old. She's very brave. She's very practical. She walks straight into situations and sorts them out. I think she's got a very specific tone of voice that Grant's developed, and she's really the center of this.
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