Nicole Thomas asked Lennox McCaskill:

What inspired you to write Colossal? How long did you work on the first book before completion? How does that time line compare to Afflictions?

Lennox McCaskill What inspired me the most was actually fear. I think that it's been one of the major components of my life and contributed to my views today. The characters in the story mirror those experiences and fears that I've had throughout my life so I suppose you could say that writing it was sort of cathartic for me. I actually go into it in a lot of detail on a similar question on my Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/lennoxmccask....

"Colossal" actually came about in 2008 as a series of superhero comics I had made for a friend who had moved out of the state. I eventually showed my future wife these comics and began to tell her about the world I created for the characters. She suggested I should turn it into a book and thus began the 7 year writing/rewriting of "Colossal: Issue #1" as you know it now. There were plenty of stoppages, blocks, and personal life matters that prolonged its completion, but from 2008 to early 2015 is what I would consider to be the timeframe.

"Afflictions" is a little bit of a different story as I made a vow to myself to write a little bit every day. It took me less than a year to physically write/rewrite/edit it but I started working on it before finishing "Colossal". In truth, and the entire series was conceptualized when I told my wife the stories in the late 2000s.

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