Ohio State grad and Cleveland-based cartoonist Derf Backderf visits to discuss his new graphic novel, My Friend Dahmer, an account of growing up in the same small Ohio town as notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.  Join us following the event for a book signing in the Wexner Center Store.

The event takes place at the Film/Video Theater in the Wexner Center.  For more information visit http://wexarts.org/ed/index.php?eventid=6263

The Ohio State University Libraries is thrilled to announce that The Hershey Foundation of Northeast Ohio has answered the Schulz Challenge with a multi-year grant of $100,000 to support the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) facility, part of the Sullivant Hall renovation at OSU.  Read the full press release at: http://cartoons.osu.edu/?q=press/hershey-foundation-answers-schulz-chall...

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Professor emerita Lucy Shelton Caswell received the Silver T-Square Award from the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), the world’s largest organization of professional cartoonists.  The Silver T-Square is awarded to persons who have demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the NCS or the cartooning profession.  

Link to the full story: Press Release

The Ohio State University Press is adding a new series to its literature and literary studies publications. Studies in Comics and Cartoons will be edited by Lucy Shelton Caswell and Jared Gardner. Comics studies is the epitome of a growing scholarly pursuit that is continually gaining both public and critical attention. Complicating the long-standing assumption that a fusion of image and text is not a serious work of either literature or art, academic institutions are giving comics and cartoons more attention than ever before.

World-renowned cartoonist Bil Keane and his family have answered the Schulz Challenge with a $50,000 gift to support the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum facility, part of the Sullivant Hall renovation at The Ohio State University. The Keane Family gift will be matched dollar for dollar by Jean Schulz, widow of Peanuts’ creator Charles M. Schulz, giving it a $100,000 impact on the project. Schulz has promised to match all donations to the new facility up to $2.5 million.

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation, which manages the estate of Billy Ireland, who produced editorial and locally themed Sunday cartoons for the Columbus Dispatch from 1898 to 1935. This gift will fund the renovation of Sullivant Hall, future home of the cartoon collection.

Link to the full story: Press Release

The Cartoon Library and Museum needs your support to raise funds for the renovation of Sullivant Hall, the future home of the library.  Donate to the Schulz Challenge & Cartoon Library and Museum Fund and your contribution will be matched dollar for dollar by Jean Schulz.

Promises to match an additional $2.5 million in a challenge to "others"

The Ohio State University received a gift of $1 million from Jean Schulz, the widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, the future home of the world's most comprehensive academic research facility dedicated to documenting printed cartoon art.