The Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room will have limited seating or be closed Fall Semester 2023 during the following dates and times:

Friday, September 8 @ 9am-12:30pm: ACCAD 3350 (Closed)
Thursday, September 28 @ 12-2pm: CXC Event (Closed)
Friday, September 29: CXC Open House (Closed)
Thursday, October 12-Friday, October 13: Fall Break (Open by appointment)
Tuesday, October 24 @ 12:15-2:00 pm: HIST 2620 (Closed)
November 10: Veteran’s Day Observed (Closed)
Tuesday, November 21 @ 9-12 pm: French 4401 (Limited Seating)
Wednesday, November 22: Thanksgiving Break  (Open by appointment)
November 23-24: Thanksgiving Break (Closed)
Tuesday, November 28 @ 9-12 pm: French 4401 (Limited Seating)
Thursday, November 30 @ 10:30 am -1 pm: HA2003 (Limited Seating)
Friday, December 1 @ 10:30 am -1 pm: HA2003 (Limited Seating)

*Appointments are encouraged to ensure materials are available. Email us at cartoons@osu.edu.

We will be closed on Friday, November 11, 2022 in observance of Veterans Day.

Explore the collections online for your research or enjoyment:

*Search over 300,000 records of original art in the Art Database

*Explore over 20,000 high-quality images in the Digital Collections

*Browse artist and cartoonist organization Collection Inventories and find descriptions of items from correspondence to photographs to ephemera

*Find rare and unique published materials in the Library Catalog

*Learn about the extensive holdings in the Manga Collection

*Check out Digital Exhibits for a selection of past exhibits and online exhibits

*Peruse the LibGuide on Cartoons and Comics Research to find materials on your topic

*Read blog posts on a variety of subjects

If you do not find digital versions of the materials you need, email us at cartoons@osu.edu and we will be able to help you find materials.

Join us Friday, February 28 and Saturday, February 29 for the Drawing Gender: Women and French-language Comics Symposium that celebrates the richness of women’s comics production and the representations of gender in French-language comics from around the world. Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte, along with scholars from the France, Belgium, the US, and the UK will present their work on gender throughout the history of comic strip.

Please see the full symposium schedule here.

This program is co-presented by The Ohio State University Department of French and Italian Department and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

Funding for this symposium was provided by a grant from Ohio State University Energy Partners (OSEP).

The Lucy Shelton Caswell Reading Room will have limited seating or be closed Spring 2020 semester. Please see the Reading Room hours and closures here: https://cartoons.osu.edu/hours/#Library_Reading_Room_Hours.

The museum galleries are now open for our new exhibitions “Drawn to Presidents: Portraits and Satiric Drawings by Drew Friedman” and “Ladies First: A Century of Women’s Innovations in Comics and Cartoon Art “. Also on view is “Treasures from the Collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum”. The galleries are open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-5 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays. Before your visit, see Hours for all closings.

Our two new exhibitions, Drawing Blood: Comics and Medicine  and Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment, are now open through October 20, 2019. Museum galleries are open Tuesday-Sunday from 1-5 pm. Closed Mondays and holidays. Before your visit, see Hours for all closings.

Our new exhibitions are now open!  “What a Hoot! A Mike Peters Retrospective,” “Windows on Death Row,” and “Treasures from the Collections of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum” will be on view Tuesday-Sunday, 1:00-5:00 pm, through March 12, 2017. Please check Hours for upcoming holiday closings.