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Meet the Tinkers: Interview with Michael Son, VP of Content at Tapas
Our first in a new series, we interview ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฉ๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ at Tapas! ย
*Thank you to Patron Molly for coming up with the series name!*
We talk about how he got to work at Tapas, what he does on a day to day basis, his love of comics, and the mission and vision at Tapas. ย It was such a pleasure to talk to Michael and get to know him more! ย
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐:
https://twitter.com/tapastic
https://www.instagram.com/coolbeanjeans
https://tapas.io/michaelson ย
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐:
Established in 2012, headquartered in Los Angeles with key global operations in Seoul, South Korea, and Beijing, China, Tapas Media is one of the fastest-growing digital publishing platforms of webcomics and novels in North America. Tapas has created a community of more than 9M registered users with stories from 68,000 creators and published over 99,000 stories to date. Tapas has multiple partnerships across various multimedia platforms including Scholastic, Zoic Studios, Vault Comics, BOOM!, Hachette Book Group, Ten Speed Press (Penguin Random House), Kakao Entertainment, Podium Audio, Frolic Media, Madison Wells, Netmarble, and more. Tapas Media is the 2020 Ringo Award winner for Favorite Publisher and received its first Eisner nominations in 2021. In 2021, Tapas Media joined forces with Kakao Entertainment to expand their global storytelling footprint. ย
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ฝ๐://๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐.๐ถ๐ผ/.
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐:
๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐บ: https://tapas.io/series/magicalboy
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ: https://tapas.io/series/MondoMango
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ฏ: https://www.viz.com/chainsaw-man
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฆ: https://www.shortbox.co.uk/product/don-t-go-without-me-by-rosemary-valero-o-connell
๐๐ข๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ: https://www.dccomics.com/comics/catwoman-lonely-city-2021/catwoman-lonely-city-1
๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ATAh4PZe1BdqF403XqGiV
๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602718/the-magic-fish-by-trung-le-nguyen/
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ: https://issuu.com/illomag/docs/meadschaeffer
***
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Our first in a new series, we interview ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฉ๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ at Tapas! ย
*Thank you to Patron Molly for coming up with the series name!*
We talk about how he got to work at Tapas, what he does on a day to day basis, his love of comics, and the mission and vision at Tapas. ย It was such a pleasure to talk to Michael and get to know him more! ย
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐:
https://twitter.com/tapastic
https://www.instagram.com/coolbeanjeans
https://tapas.io/michaelson ย
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐:
Established in 2012, headquartered in Los Angeles with key global operations in Seoul, South Korea, and Beijing, China, Tapas Media is one of the fastest-growing digital publishing platforms of webcomics and novels in North America. Tapas has created a community of more than 9M registered users with stories from 68,000 creators and published over 99,000 stories to date. Tapas has multiple partnerships across various multimedia platforms including Scholastic, Zoic Studios, Vault Comics, BOOM!, Hachette Book Group, Ten Speed Press (Penguin Random House), Kakao Entertainment, Podium Audio, Frolic Media, Madison Wells, Netmarble, and more. Tapas Media is the 2020 Ringo Award winner for Favorite Publisher and received its first Eisner nominations in 2021. In 2021, Tapas Media joined forces with Kakao Entertainment to expand their global storytelling footprint. ย
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐๐๐ฝ๐://๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐.๐ถ๐ผ/.
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐:
๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐บ: https://tapas.io/series/magicalboy
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฐ: https://tapas.io/series/MondoMango
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ฏ: https://www.viz.com/chainsaw-man
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฆ: https://www.shortbox.co.uk/product/don-t-go-without-me-by-rosemary-valero-o-connell
๐๐ข๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ: ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ต๐บ: https://www.dccomics.com/comics/catwoman-lonely-city-2021/catwoman-lonely-city-1
๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐บ: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1ATAh4PZe1BdqF403XqGiV
๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฉ: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602718/the-magic-fish-by-trung-le-nguyen/
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ: https://issuu.com/illomag/docs/meadschaeffer
***
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