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My Peanuts Pledge to the Schulz Challenge

2009/06/28
CANADIAN CARTOONIST PLEDGES "PEANUTS" TO SCHULZ CHALLENGE:
Mike Cope to Dontate Book's Proceeds to Future Home of Newspaper Funnies History

EXCERPT:
Two dollars, even in today's economy, sounds like peanuts. Mike Cope is hoping those peanuts will add up because that's how much the Canadian cartoonist and author of the self-published book, The Last of the Funnies, is pledging to Ohio State's Cartoon Library & Museum in response to a fundraising challenge issued by Jean Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz (... Read Press Release)



2008/09/23
COMICS COAST TO COAST: EPISODE 52 - THE MIKE COPE INTERVIEW

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EXCERPT:
Our guest this week is cartoonist and author Mike Cope. Mike is a prolific Canadian artist and multimedia tech-wizard who has just written a short science fiction novel about the cartooning industry in the near future. We talk to him about his life, career, and the book. It's called Last of the Funnies and it's absolutely brilliant and thought-provoking (... Source)


2008/09/09
NEW BOOK QUESTIONS FUTURE OF THE FUNNIES IN A WORLD WITHOUT PRINTED NEWSPAPERS

EXCERPT:
After a worldwide energy and economic crisis, newspapers have ceased production and nearly every form of art and entertainment is a digital simulation.  Setting his tale in this seemingly impossible (but plausible) future, Canadian cartoonist & multimedia designer Mike Cope tickles the heart and imagination with The Last of the Funnies (... Read Press Release)


The Last of the Funnies: A li'l tall tale about America's favorite art form.
CreateSpace (Amazon.com) Edition: ISBN-10: 1-438-26412-7
Lulu.com Edition: ISBN-13: 978-1-4357-5270-2
 
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