[Robbie] Morrison's partner Deborah Tate, who met him when she worked for Marvel in London, is another of the town's cartoon mafia.
"I found myself in a male-dominated world but it didn't stop me from making a difference," she said.
"I read comics as a child but I soon grew out of them. When I joined Marvel, the managing director, Robert Sutherland, preferred non-comic fans who wouldn't drool over art and would get the job done."
Tate, who became an editor at Marvel, worked on Sonic the Comic, where she was instrumental in shaping his female sidekick, Amy, from a damsel in distress to a significant character in her own right.
So there you have it. Probably STC's first mention outside specialist gaming/comics publications in a very long time.