Latour: Well, I'm certainly not casting any aspersions at Conway or Lee or whoever -- their story was about Spider-Man and no one can deny the success of it. And you can judge for yourself how you feel about Gwen in it or why it is the way it is. But to me, if you read the Marvel handbook entry for Gwen Stacy it sounds like someone is giving her eulogy by talking about how great her boyfriend is.

So it just felt like having these two characters meet at a point when they were both at their lowest would mean something very real to them both. This series has always been about the multiverse and alternate realities. It's the only reason Spider-Gwen exists. If you think about a premise where there are infinite numbers of the same person, it just highlights how small everything truly is -- or maybe how much even a grain of individuality does matter.

Robbi, that story with Gwen and her counterpart took place on Earth-617, which was very similar to the main Marvel Universe Earth. So it looked a lot like the classic Spider-Man comics Gwen originally appeared in. What was it like bringing to life this story and this world?

Rodriguez: It was surreal and made me realize how good a draftsman John Romita Sr. is. Because it's so difficult to ape that style. As an artist, you can take shortcuts, but when you study the work of somebody like John Romita, you realize all the shorthands are so far ahead of you.

Once we got the kinks worked out it was so cool and surreal to see the work that went into the classic Gwen that everyone else knows. It really showed that our Gwen Stacy is not the one everyone knows. They're two distinct characters. Whatever they do with Gwen, readers know it's not just a rehash of another character.

Thematically it felt like this story, and really the series as a whole, has been about looking at the potential of Gwen as a character and the life she could have and did lead -- which is interesting because over the years she's become more famous for her death than her life. Is that what you're aiming for with this arc and the book as a whole?

Latour: That’s certainly part of it. There’s a million versions of Peter Parker who got to have all kinds of lives and stories (well except ours on Earth-65), so why not a few Gwen Stacys?

Rodriguez: I wasn't a huge superhero comic fan growing up. I knew Gwen Stacy more from the multimedia she appeared in. In those stories she always came off as a prop to me, for this superhero's journey.

So one of the biggest things for me when we first jumped on this project was I wanted to make her a full-fledged character. Jason and I both wanted to do that and I'm glad we accomplished that goal. So many readers, both new and old, are attached to and feel something for this character. We've had so many people tells us that Spider-Gwen was the first ever comic they picked up. That's super humbling. It touches the world to us, but it's so maddening that we were able to reach that far by telling the story we wanted to tell. It's surreal and cool to see how much it connected with other people.

One of the elements you'll be tackling in these last few issues is Gwen's enmity with the Kingpin of Crime of her world, Matt Murdock. He seems to be her archenemy, but I have to wonder, with some of the choices Gwen has made recently and as a whole, is she her own worst enemy?

Latour: Yeah, I think a lot of people are their own worst enemy. That’s probably what Gwen and Matt have most in common. And their conflict had a lot to do with Matt seeking to prove he’s not the only one who is broken.

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What else you can tell us about your final story arc?

Latour: Most of this series has a tone and a tenor that is a little staccato or maybe atypical for superhero stories. And this last arc is kind of a concentrated dose of that approach. It might be a little challenging, but I think people can handle it. What matters to me is it’s from the heart. We still make some dumb jokes, I swear.

We talked about your main character, but you also created and/or developed a pretty vibrant supporting cast for Spider-Gwen. What's it like saying goodbye to characters like the Mary Janes, George Stacy and the Parkers?

Latour: Man. I don’t even want to think about it yet. I just I hope we can put them in places that make it easy for your imagination to run some interesting places in regards to their fates.

Spider-Gwen also allowed the two of you and Rico to have a lot of fun with existing Marvel characters and concepts like the Punisher, the Kingpin and Captain America. Looking back, what were some of your favorite Earth-65 creations that you guys came up with?

Latour: Murdock and Castle were big. It was pretty clear that a lot of people have a preconceived notion of this comic as something so bubbly and silly that it just floats off the page. So adding antagonists rooted in Gwen’s arm wrestling match with the law and lawbreaking, and villains who might actually kill her, were what made it all click for me.

I love our Captain America, and believe that shows. That zany origin. She’s one of the most Jack Kirby-esque characters I’ve helped create. It's just so refreshing to write someone who always wants to do the right thing. I would love to do more with her in some form.

But my favorite was Bodega Bandit. He was the key to the whole series. And no, I’m not going to explain that.

Rodriguez: Oh god! There are so many! I have a fondness for the band, the Mary Janes. And obviously, Matt Murdock. My hands down favorite though is also the Bodga Bandit. He's the heart of this book.

Robbi, in Spider-Gwen you and Rico created a world with its own particular look and color palette. It felt like you guys gave us a Marvel “world outside your window”-style universe, but it also had amped and vibrant colors.

Rodriguez: Me, Rico, and Jason all had the same color palette idea; this neo-noir almost Nicholas Winding Refn film, but in a Spider-Man universe. So we wanted to keep that real world aspect, but we still wanted things to look like a punk rock band poster you'd see on a street corner. We wanted it to have that raggedy, torn feel to it.

We wanted to give the book a distinct look that separated it from other Marvel and superhero books on the shelf. We wanted a unique look because we had such a unique concept, and such a unique view on superheroes in general. It was probably the best way to represent these ideas we had in our head for Gwen and her world. It's bombastic and loud, yet still grounded.

Spider-Gwen also afforded you the chance to do a pretty long-form collaboration with each other and Rico in an era where that's a rarity. What was it like knowing you had each other to bring your stories to life for most of the run of this series?

Latour: It just doesn’t happen anymore. Not at the speed books like this are expected to move. That pace is a very stressful, all-consuming thing and Robbi and Rico certainly felt that in ways that even I don’t know anything about.

When you provide a very specific part of a story like writing or drawing or coloring it’s all too easy to forget that it doesn’t work or fail just because of you. So many people spend so much time trying to pull things they love apart and assign credit. Myself included. But all that matters in the end is that together we made something that people care about. They helped me realize a dream, a Marvel comic of our own. I just hope other people appreciate them one tenth as much as I do. None of this happens without them.

Rodriguez: The best thing about it is that me, Jason and Rico have known each other for about 15 years. It's so amazing and cool to collaborate on a project with some of your best friends in the world. It's a book that was really just meant for us. So to have it resonate with so many people is great.

This has been one of the easiest collaborations I ever had. We're like brothers. So we'll fight and bicker, but we know how to get over it. Plus, it's in all our best interest to make the best possible book on the market. I joke a lot that Spider-Gwen has three dads, but it's true. There's so much of me, Rico and Jason in this character. So it's going to be hard to walk away and see someone else raise our kid.

One of the most iconic elements of Spider-Gwen is of course her costume, and she's starting to appear in other media and merchandise. So how does it feel to see this character in a costume you designed becoming part of pop culture?

Rodriguez: It's still so surreal to see it on merchandise. The other day I saw it on an Easter basket in Walgreens. I'm amazed at this little design I did while sitting with my friends at a bar became this phenomenon. I was blown away by the first cosplayers when pictures popped up online. It's still madness. Now every time I see an animation design or walk by a new piece of merchandise it's really hard for me to wrap my head around that. It's madness to me that this little drawing I did blew up. I never thought something I would do could become a pop culture phenomenon.

I used to have this joke when people asked me what I did instead of saying I was a comic book artist, I said I made pop culture. Now it's weird, because I actually did.

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Finally, looking back on Spider-Gwen, what are some of the highlights of the series for you? What are some of the things about the character and her universe that you'll miss working on?

Latour: Nah. Not answering that one today. You’re not going to make me cry in the coffee shop.

Rodriguez: There's so many! Being on this book was such an emotional roller coaster. We hit so many highs and lows over the course of this run. Some of my favorite issues are the holiday issues like the Halloween one. I still recall how I felt while I was working on those issues.

Spider-Gwen changed my life. It was something that was with me as my life changed and began moving onto what's next. It's something that we all put a lot of heart into. I'm glad the readership can tell how much we put into this character and how much we loved the character. Because it was our baby girl and now we can't wait to see what she does when she grows up.

So, I'll miss the character, but after four years it's time to move on and have someone else take the reins.

Spider-Gwen #32 is scheduled for release on Wednesday, May 30.