Are there specific books, films, comic books, etc. that influenced the creation of Dub Trub?
CARTER: Well, right off the bat, I have always looked at this as a merger of James Bond and Star Wars; secret agent daring-do set against a space opera backdrop. Whenever I sit down and plot one of these things out, I use the 007 films as a rough framework and fill it in with aliens, spaceships and laser beams. I’m also was heavily influenced by the film Starship Troopers. A lot of people hated that flick, but I could watch it a million times and never get tired of it. Hell, the leader of the ELA is a tip of the hat to the character Michael Ironside (who is the baddest motor-scooter of all time) played in that film mixed with elements of Nick Fury and M. Other influences include the entire Marvel Comics run of Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, Godzilla, Transformers and DC Comics’ Weird War Tales, Unknown Soldier and Sgt. Rock. Other inspirations include 1980’s video games, Saturday morning cartoons, the VY series “Buck Rogers,” the 1980 film Flash Gordon and the works
