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Delivering Happiness and Writers of the Round Table Press are proud to announce the launch of Delivering Happiness, the comic book! In this interview with DH, publisher Corey Michael Blake discusses his reason for creating the DH comic, his creative influences, and why the world of comics might surprise you. You can order the DH comic book at Amazon.com.
DH: In 2007, you decided to start publishing books. What was your vision for using comics as part of your business model?
Corey Michael Blake: Comic books came on our radar in 2008 when we were working with executive coach and author Bea Fields on a story based business book called Edge. It's a character driven story of a CEO breaking through his creative blocks as a business leader. At that time we recognized the value of pushing the creative envelope when delivering educational or inspiring content for professionals. Around that time, our creative director Nathan Brown was pushing me to get more involved in comics. I loved building creative teams and producing content and this seemed like a natural fit, so we began licensing best-selling business books to repurpose as comics. Our first releases hit the stores in April of 2011 and since then we've released a total of 10 comics with three more hitting the streets in March of this year, including Delivering Happiness, Andy Sernovitz's Word of Mouth Marketing and an adaptation of the U.S. Constitution.
DH: Why did you think Delivering Happiness would be a great comic book?
CMB: I listened to Tony's audio version of Delivering Happiness when it first came out and was so inspired by his journey that I encouraged my staff and business partner to read the book. DH became such a regular part of our creative and culture conversations at Round Table Companies that we knew the idea of a comic version would be a blast. I reached out to Tony via email and he responded with interest quickly. Both James Key Lim and Jenn Lim jumped into action working with us and Hachette to get the project on its feet. (read full post on our dh@life site)
