{"id":88842,"date":"2012-06-11T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/?p=88842"},"modified":"2012-06-11T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T13:00:13","slug":"invmartinedenspandex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comicattack.net\/invmartinedenspandex\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Martin Eden on Spandex!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo by Yoshitada Okubo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Spandex<\/a>, by Martin Eden, was a book I really enjoyed and can’t wait to see more of. My review<\/a> said as much, but now I’ve been able to interview Eden, and you can read it here! He even answers my question about Prowler’s tail! How does it work? Find out!<\/p>\n

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Glitter in his energy form.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Comic Attack: Can you tell us a little about yourself that we can’t find on your site?
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Martin Eden: <\/strong>Hmm, I think everything you need to know is in my comics or on the website\u2026 I\u2019ll tell you that my favourite film is Alien<\/em> and my favourite comic of all time is probably Alpha Flight #12<\/em>. Is that okay?<\/p>\n

CA: How long did you have the idea for Spandex<\/em>, and what were some changes you made until you got to the finished product?
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ME: <\/strong>The development process was pretty quick. Generally, once I think up an idea and decide to go with it, the ideas just take over. I think the time between development and getting issue 1 out was maybe 2 years\u2026 I delayed starting work on the first issue until I\u2019d ironed out all the characters \u2013 because a couple of them were being evasive. Then the first issue took me a year to create!<\/p>\n

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Butch, unmasked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What would I have changed? Well, if I\u2019d known anyone other than friends would have read the series, then maybe I would have thought twice about certain elements \u2013 like having a lesbian character called \u2018Butch\u2019 wearing dungarees ha ha\u2026 But then again, that\u2019s the whole point of Spandex<\/em> \u2013 if you can\u2019t laugh along with it, it\u2019s not for you. Maybe it\u2019s a good thing I didn\u2019t know it would take off\u2026 I probably would have edited myself a lot more.<\/p>\n

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Prowler at home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
CA: You mentioned in the book that Prowler was one of the last characters you made; how’d you come up with such a cool and useful power?
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ME: <\/strong>Prowler took ages to develop! He was initially just a monkey type of guy, agile and everything, but I knew he was more than that. I don’t know how the idea came to me, it just did. To be honest, I stalled finishing scripting the first issue until I was happy with him. The idea just popped in \u2013 it was just one of those epiphany moments. I’m glad I waited!
\n<\/strong>By the way I should say, I read your awesome review, and you\u2019re not the first person to pick up on the tail thing. I do think Prowler\u2019s tail works! He has a crack at the top of it, then it slides into his tail and there\u2019s more crack underneath the tail! Too much information?<\/p>\n

CA: Do you see Spandex