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My "Peanuts" Pledge to the Schulz Challenge
As announced yesterday on The Daily Cartoonist, I'm pledging $2 to the Schulz Challenge at Ohio State's Cartoon Library & Museum for every sale of my book, The Last of the Funnies, until March 2014.
When I proposed this idea to Lucy Shelton Caswell and Jenny Robb at OSU, I noted that $2 represents 85% of my creator royalties for sales via Amazon.com. The remaining 15% will be put towards covering the costs of advertising and promotion of my pledge.
I'm doing this to not only help support the preservation of our beloved art form, but also honor the memory and inspiration of good ol' Charles M. Schulz. I will not be financially profiting from the sales. And so, I'd sincerely appreciate it if anyone can share the news with their cartooning colleagues, friends, and fans.
For those who may be skeptical because of the book's title, it's honestly not a story about the demise of newspapers or the funnies. It really is a message of hope, with a special ending.
Full details and press release can be found at the book's website...
http://lastofthefunnies.com
Thanks for your consideration!
When I proposed this idea to Lucy Shelton Caswell and Jenny Robb at OSU, I noted that $2 represents 85% of my creator royalties for sales via Amazon.com. The remaining 15% will be put towards covering the costs of advertising and promotion of my pledge.
I'm doing this to not only help support the preservation of our beloved art form, but also honor the memory and inspiration of good ol' Charles M. Schulz. I will not be financially profiting from the sales. And so, I'd sincerely appreciate it if anyone can share the news with their cartooning colleagues, friends, and fans.
For those who may be skeptical because of the book's title, it's honestly not a story about the demise of newspapers or the funnies. It really is a message of hope, with a special ending.
Full details and press release can be found at the book's website...
http://lastofthefunnies.com
Thanks for your consideration!
Tags: cartoon, comic, library, museum, newspapers, ohio, peanuts, schulz, state, strips
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Excellent idea, Mike! It might just persuade me to buy a few copies, knowing that a percentage of the proceeds are going to such a worthy cause.
Is that comics archive available for the public to tour at all? We get to Ohio almost every year and that would deffinately be worth a visit if at all possible.
Guy~
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