Title and statement of responsibility area
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Art Cooper Collection of Comic Art and Fanzines
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Level of description
Collection
Reference code
RC0942
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Edition statement
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
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1936-2017, predominant 1971-1978 (Creation)
- Creator
- Cooper, Art
Physical description area
Physical description
ca. 12 cm textual records
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Art Cooper is a comic artist who created original artwork for a variety of McMaster campus publications in the 1970s. He also contributed original artwork to Hamilton comic fandom publications in the 1960s and 1970s.
Cooper graduated from McMaster’s engineering undergraduate program in 1979. Subsequently, he completed an MBA at McMaster in 1980. As a student (1970s), Cooper produced artwork for the Silhouette and Plumbline (Engineering newspaper), posters for the McMaster Film Board, and artwork for special events on campus.
Cooper also participated in the Hamilton comic fandom scene, contributing artwork for Terry Edwards’ ComiCanada in 1967, one of the first Canadian comic-related publications since the demise of Canadian comic publisher Superior Publishers in 1956. Cooper also published his own magazine, Canada’s Best #1, in 1969, and was a founding partner (with Vince Marchesano) of Spectrum Publications, which published 17 mini-comic books in 1971-1973. Finally, Cooper penciled two stories for Orb Magazine (1976), a Canadian science fiction/comic publication.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Collection contains original artwork and copies of posters for the McMaster Campus Cinema screening program; posters or comic art created or collected by Art Cooper; and fanzines and mini comics created in the Southern Ontario region, particularly in the early 1970s.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Collection was donated by Art Cooper in September 2022.
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in three series:
Series 1: McMaster Campus Cinema Screening Posters.
Series 2: Additional Posters and Artwork.
Series 3: Fanzines and Mini Comics.
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No access restrictions.
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Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
General note
The Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board (CCPERB) has certified the oversize poster in series 2 entitled “Full page of original artwork for Tarzan Sunday edition, “The Deluge,” #263…” created by Hal Foster” as being of “outstanding significance.” This item received CCPERB certification in December 2023.
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
G. Dunks, 2023.
