The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, Ohio houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of cartoons, comics, and related materials in the world. It also has a number of galleries that feature diverse cartoon-related exhibitions open to the public.
The museum has over 300,000 original cartoons, more than 45,000 books, about 67,000 serials that include comic books, 3,000 feet of shelves full of manuscript materials, and more than 2.5 million comic strip clippings and pages of newspapers. The museum also has a number of unique collections of manuscripts and original art including the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection with more than 200,000 original cartoons, the Jay Kennedy Collection, one of the largest collections of underground comic books, and a number of other significant collections.
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, 1813 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210
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