Carey on what's to come beyond the initial five-issue run:

"By the time we get to the end of this arc, we’ve met all of our sort of core team, our core characters. There’s been obviously the main threat is from Janus, this strangely powered assassin. Behind him though is a much kind of bigger threat which comes to be defined in the course of the story, and also there is a crisis involving one of the stranded themselves and her talents, and the nature of her talents when they kick in. But we have -- we also end on some major revelations, which are going to kind of have implications for where the story will go after this, and which I don’t think anyone will see coming. So it’s kind of like a -- it’s a self-contained arc. But it ends on some sort of disquieting notes as we sort of move forward."

Mike Carey on the genesis of the cuckoo:

"I guess there were two kind of underlying not metaphors, but two ideas that were in the back of my mind when I was putting the initial pitch together. And one is this idea about the cuckoo. You know, the cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds’ nests. And that only works because the birds are kind of hard-wired to protect the egg. It doesn’t matter whether it’s their own egg or not. If it’s in their nest, it's got to be protected. And in the same way, The Stranded has been sort of embedded with our families who believe that they are their own, and therefore will treat them as their own, and they will be protected from harm.

"And I guess the other idea that was in the back of my mind was the kinderluft. The fact that when the Nazis get into power in Germany but before the war broke out, concerned families who could see which way the wind was blowing and were afraid of what might happen, sent their children to live with... sometimes it’s relatives, sometimes it’s strangers in Britain and America. That was called kinderluft. Something similar has happened here. You know, that’s the backstory for The Stranded. But there they are refugees from a titanic and horrific struggle in another place."

Stuart Moore on his main objective and the opportunity beyond the comic itself:

"My job is to make sure these are great comics to begin with, but also may have a life in other media. And that’s where SCI FI comes in. And SCI FI has been very involved, very -- they’re not just slapping their name on this. It’s actually been a real collaboration and a very exciting one. The Stranded is, I think, one of the best and most solid first issues I’ve ever been involved with. If you pick it up, you read it, you will -- I think you’ll be instantly captivated by it. And you get a full introduction to the story, a couple great fight scenes, a few gun battles and some great characterization."

Mike Carey on the overall approach to The Stranded:

"We’re very much approaching the - this arc, this story as being like the equivalent of a pilot episode, defining the characters, setting out the big scenes, the big ideas and sort of laying trails for later stories."

Carey on his next project comic book called Coalition:

"I can talk about Coalition. I’m in the middle of another very exciting project with Virgin, Coalition Comics, which sets Virgin and MySpace. And what we’re doing is we’re putting together a collaborative comic online. We had votes on who the main character should be, what genre we should use, how we should handle things like the narrative, whether we should use narrative captions or just dialogue, art styles. So we sort of had a big discussion about all of those things. And now I’m writing the script. We have a penciler on board. We’re showing page roughs in pencils on the site. We’re effectively using the audience as contributors, as editors and as co-creators. And it’s wild. It’s quite demanding in terms of time, but lots of fun and really interesting -- the laying open the process of comic storytelling, and taking the subscribers through it with us."

Mike Carey on surviving his recent book tour for The Devil You Know:

"It was wild. I’ve never been part of anything like that before. I’ve obviously done lots of signings. I’ve occasionally spent weekends away from home doing signings. So this is like 3-1/2 weeks, most of the month. And I did America coast to coast. I went all the way down the East Coast, jumped across Michigan and Illinois, Pacific Northwest and then down to California. It was exhausting, but really, really enjoyable. I got to meet lots of great people. You know, lots of professionals, some of the store owners I got to know really well and come in contact with. It was a blast. But I crawled home afterwards."