Martin Compston

When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing.

I've two huge German shepherds who are my boys. They're called Biscuit and Buster, and I love them to bits.

The last time I threw a punch was in primary school, and that was probably a slap.

I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.

I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.