 I think a lot of people think of children's comics when they hear the word comics. But what we want to show in this exhibition is that they are so much more. We want to tell stories about public protest, about pushing boundaries, about being edgy, about challenging authority, and we can find all of those stories in the comics here in the library. Working in the British Library has been one of the most fantastic elements. It felt a little bit like Indiana Jones going down into the basement and going through all this incredible material. We wanted to really, I think, get back to some of the core power and strength of this medium, which is this peculiar mix of words and pictures that really communicates. We're looking a lot at politics, we're looking at social issues, we're looking at sex. But I think most people will find themselves represented somewhere in this exhibition because comics are one of those places where unrepresented parts of society can see themselves. We've been through stages of censorship and repression and outrage and scandal and this exhibition allows us to look back and see that and look at where we've got to now. How powerful this medium is today. My hope is that people who are curious about literature, about visual art can just come in and take something away from it. I think it's going to bring a whole new audience of people into the British Library and they're going to see for the first time the wonderful things we have and the wonderful stories we can tell with the materials we have in the collections here. There have been exhibitions of comics in Britain before, but nothing on this scale, nothing on this depth, nothing with this daring and with so much surprising and sometimes shocking content. It's really a landmark for comics in the UK.