Interview - Charlie and Robbie (2014)

Dream team comics creators Charlie Adlard and Robbie Morrison have made their contribution to the Great War centenary with their frank graphic novel White Death. This is a quick interview with the pair before they took to the stage at Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about their work.

You can watch their full hour-long event, recorded live at the 2014 Book Festival, here on our website and also on our YouTube channel.

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