Englishman In San Diego

SDCC 2016 - 'The British Invasion Spirit Of '86' Panel (Friday 22nd July 2016) moderated by Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) featuring Paul Levitz, Kieron Gillen and David Lloyd recording by Alyssa Franks (Friends Of CC Forum) This is a recording of THE BRITISH INVASION: SPIRIT OF ’86 panel held at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, in which we discussed a period in comics history in which a number of artists and writers from the UK – creatives such as Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Brian Bolland, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan and more – were lured by their American counterparts across the pond and, in doing so, had an immeasurable impact on not only the creative approach and literary recognition of comics, but also the lasting business of the industry itself, to this day. In this 30th Anniversary year of the 1986 release of Moore/Gibbons/Higgins‘ seminal comic WATCHMEN, I felt that this was a timely opportunity to show light on this period, celebrate the key works of the Invasion and see where their influen