COLUMBUS, Ohio — Amid “flyover country,” as it’s colloquially and insultingly referred to, in an unendingly flat city nicknamed “Cowtown,” the Ohio State University (OSU) erupts as an archetypal ...

The school that proudly possesses the 2010 Rose Bowl trophy also holds the world's largest collection of cartoon and comics art. Didn't know that? Neither do many people on campus, where the Billy ...

Comic book lovers have a new paradise. It's not the Batcave or the Fortress of Solitude; it's a new cartoon library and museum, tucked into a nondescript building on the Ohio State University campus.

One person's trash is another person's treasure. And for the late Bill Blackbeard, the treasure that he'd stored from floor to ceiling in his San Francisco home was maybe the largest, most ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The First Amendment right to free speech is no laughing matter, as illustrated by a new exhibit at the world's largest cartoon library. The political cartooning display runs the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bill Blackbeard reading from his collection, part of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection at the Billy Ireland ...

Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum offers visitors an artistic and humorous glimpse into 19th-century U.S. politics and communication during the turn of the century world war. The ...

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is dedicated to developing a comprehensive research collection documenting American printed cartoon art, organizing the materials, and providing access to ...

A Great Dane known for making mischief has a permanent home in Columbus. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum has acquired more than 16,000 Marmaduke cartoons from 1954 to 2010. The cartoons are ...

Michael and Susan Kahn have donated a world-class collection of more than 1 million political cartoons, valued at $4.2 million, to UCLA. The collection, which will be made available to researchers ...