The story eventually moved south of the border, with a story in the "Daily Mirror" reporting that Gaiman had accused Rowling of plagiarism being repeated in the "Daily Mail". Gaiman has stressed, "This is "not" true, I never said this", and when asked, repeats his belief that Rowling had not read "The Books of Magic" and that the similarities most likely result from both being inspired by similar works, in particular those of T. H. White. "Hunter: Age of Magic" author Dylan Horrocks has pointed out that neither Hunter nor Potter was truly an original idea, with another boy wizard preceding Hunter in comics, and they should be considered more as part of a genre: