Billy Ireland Cartooning Museum opens Saturday at Ohio State

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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Borgman looks forward to hall of fame for funny
Collection of works from the biggest names in the world of cartooning opens Saturday at Ohio State
Nov. 13, 2013

Have to admit, I love seeing the original sketches and inks of all the old strips, not to mention the political cartoons. Sounds like this would be a great place to visit.

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Former Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman can’t wait to see what he calls the Cooperstown of cartooning in Columbus.

Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, opening Saturday, will display treasures from the world’s largest cartoon art collection – more than 400,000 original cartoons, books, graphic novels and comic books, plus sketchbooks, photographs and 2½ million comic strip clippings.

“It’s a dream come true for a lot of us ink slingers,” said Borgman, who moved to Colorado to draw “Zits” after leaving The Enquirer in 2008.

Ohio State’s collection was tucked away in a basement reading room after it started in 1977, when Hillsboro, Ohio, native Milton Caniff donated his “Steve Canyon” and “Terry and the Pirates” drawings....