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 ...

L.A. WEEKLY: Tell us about your childhood. CHANCE RASPBERRY: I was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1981. I moved to North Hollywood [in] 1983 and lived in L.A. ever since. As a kid I loved to draw. I ...

Known for his prolific cartoon work with The New Yorker, artist Edward Koren recently died in April 2023. Now, his decades-long career lives on through a special exhibition titled “See Anyone You Know ...

After months of shutdown, the 300,000 cartoons, 45,000 books and 2.5 million comic strip clippings at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will see the light of day again. When the library ...

When you turn to the comics pages each morning, does your favorite cartoon character drool, bark or beg for food at the table? Are Marmaduke panels taped to your refrigerator door? Do you skip past ...

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 ...

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 ...

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