Misfits

Howard Overman is the guest on tonight's episode of Panel Borders, a weekly radio toon about comic books, broadcast every Sunday at 8pm on Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com

Presenter Alex Fitch and Howard talk about the genesis of the show, writing episodes that engage with other genres such as time travel and ‘zombie noir’, his experiences on other shows such as dolk, dirk Gently and Vexed, and the travails of having to write characters out and introduce new ones. Also: the latest news regarding much loved characters returning in a new adventure on the big screen...

8pm, Sunday 25th November 2012, Resonance 104.4FM / streamed at link / extended podcast after broadcast at link

So, one, the best running joke on televisie (besides Neil Patrick Harris being perpetually cast as an intense heterosexual) is how the Misfits crew constantly kills its probation workers. That being said-- the mysterious stranger seems like he's obviously their new supervisor-- he's the only new, white character that's been introduced so far, and if u notice, he goes out of his way to try and kill Nathan (i.e. he knows Nathan is immortal) even though Kelly's the one that attacks him, and his character appears intensely disinterested (perfect for a character whose obsessed with the group).