Ep. 42: ACE Audio V - "If You Want It Done Right..." ft. MIKE KUNKEL

Hey All, welcome back for Part V of our ACE panel audio, this time featuring writer, artist, and storyteller, Mike Kunkel. The title of the panel suggests getting it right by doing it yourself and Mike does that all too well. He's known as the creator of the Eisner award-winning, Herobear and the Kid, but some don't know he's also the publisher for the book too. 

His company, The Astonish Factory, was established in 1999 to serve as an umbrella for all of his projects. No matter what the medium—comics, books, toys, TV or film, Astonish will usher those properties into the marketplace. That way Mike can stay hands on with every aspect of the process and nothing gets lost in translation.

In the panel, Kunkel discusses his beginnings in the creator-owned world and some of the challenges of self-publishing. He also shares his thoughts on juggling business and family, and the joys of creating for yourself.

This was a short one, but there were lots of great questions from the attendees and a wealth of information dropped by Mike, too. And our thanks to him for holding it down all by himself. Two of the other panelists got the convention flu and couldn't be there, so Mike braved it alone. We were well served!

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