Helping Celebrities Bring Comics to Life with Prodigal Son’s Don Handfield Jr. and Clay Adams

Over the past few years, writer/producer Don Handfield and writer Clay Adams have been working to develop a gritty western comic with actor Martin Kove, best known for his iconic role as Sensei Kreese from Karate Kid & Cobra Kai. Their project, Prodigal Son #1, launched this week on Kickstarter, and the boys join the ComixLaunch Podcast discuss the ins and outs of writing a comic for a celebrity.

Highlights of This Session Include:

How the Prodigal Son project came together?
Why Don and Clay see story as the most important thing, regardless of the storytelling medium?
The opportunities and challenges that come with working with a celebrity on a comic book project?
Plus: Don and Clay’s perspective on the long-term value of participating in the ComixLaunch Mastermind.

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Today’s Featured Guests:

Don Handfield (co-creator and Executive Producer of Knightfall, writer of Amazing Stories), Kickstarter comics including Unicorn, Loot from Scout Comics and Lost Boy: Origin of Peter Pan.

Clay Adams, publisher of Fried Comics, writer of books including Blazing Blade of Frankenstein, Dreamquest, Deadskins, PBOW and more!

Links Mentioned in Today’s Show:

Check out PRODIGAL SON #1 by Martin Kove (Cobra Kai‘s Sensei Kreese) on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1546838856/prodigal-son-1

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