Super Awesome Pinball Show Special
Join Franchi and his special Guest George Gomez of Stern Pinball as they hash out what happened with the business relationship between the two. A VERY Controversial episode! A must listen solving an age old mystery.
Kineticist’s take
Franchi and Gomez reveal why licensing restrictions and self-promotion ended Franchi's Stern career.
Synopsis
Christopher Franchi, a prominent pinball artist at Stern, sits down with George Gomez to discuss why Franchi's career at Stern stalled after 2018 despite early success on Batman 66, Guardians of the Galaxy, Munsters, and Beatles. Gomez explains that Franchi's aggressive self-promotion, social media activity, and unauthorized use of licensed IP for personal merchandise created contractual and licensing complications with major licensors (Disney, Marvel, Star Wars). The conversation reveals the tension between artist autonomy, licensor IP control, and Stern's risk management, culminating in Franchi's eventual transition to other manufacturers like Spooky Pinball.
Entities
- Cointaker.com· company
- Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/Lucas· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Comic-Con· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Batman 66· game
- Deadpool· game
- Evil Dead· game
- Guardians of the Galaxy· game
- Metallica Remaster· game
- The Beatles· game
- The Munsters· game
- Pinside· organization
- The Super Awesome Pinball Show· organization
- Christopher Franchi· person
- Gary (Stern)· person
- George Gomez· person
- Greg Ferris· person
- Jeremy· person
- Joe Kamenko· person
- Kaneda· person
- Kevin O'Connor· person
- Sebastian Napoli· person