Steve Schanes: Comic Book + Animation Entrepreneur
STEVE SCHANES has been in the comic book and animation industry for 50+ years. Schanes began as a comic book retailer when he was 17 years old and, alongside his brother Bill, opened Pacific Comics. From there he launched the industry disrupter, Blackthorne Publishing. During his time in the comic business Schanes published 800 comic books. From these roots POP-KING INC emerged. Some of the POP-KING INC collections over the years include archive acquisition of studios such as Filmation, DiC, and Nelvana. POP-KING has a track record of selling 47 million units including 12 million animation items since the year 2000.
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The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 11 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 1:41 min.
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 0:29 sec.
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 5:22 min.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 11:02 min.
“Society really needs art of all kinds.
The public may not realize how important
art is, but we can’t live without it.”
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:32 min.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:36 min.
UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS OF ART: 1:05 min.
CRITICAL THINKING: 0:34 sec.
