From Happy Tree Friends, Sonic & Gumby to Autism & Creativity w/ Ken Pontac

What do Happy Tree Friends, Sonic the Hedgehog, Gumby, and Mr. Bumpy of Bump in the Night have in common? Ken Pontac has been a creative force behind all these wonderfully bizarre projects.

Ken joins CH101 to talk about how dropping acid before an Eraserhead screening led to working on Gumby, why tragedy equals comedy on Happy Tree Friends, what it’s like to get hate mail from Sonic fans, and the overall ethos behind his creative process.

Ken also has a new documentary, Colors of the Spectrum: Beauty in Neurodiversity, which centers on his work with autistic artists at Autistry Studios, exploring the relationship between autism and creativity.

Check out Ken’s documentary series