Hats and costumes in this exhibit courtesy of the OSU Historic Costume & Textiles Collection

You’re invited to a fashion-forward celebration and reception for our current exhibit, Cartoon Couture! This exhibit features original cartoon art as well as costumes from the OSU Historic Costume and Textiles Collection, and traces the history of fashion in cartoons and comics dating back through the 1700s.

We’ll be celebrating in style, and the costume theme is DECADES! Break out your bell bottoms, fedoras, letter jackets, flapper dresses and more, and join us for:

• Light refreshments and a cash bar
• A paper doll-making activity
• Curators’ tour at 6 pm
… and a few surprises!

This event is FREE, family-friendly, and open to the public.

Join us for the opening of our new exhibition, Looking Backward, Looking Forward: U.S. Immigration in Cartoons and Comics  (Please note that some images may not be appropriate for all audiences.) Enjoy light refreshments and family activities at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, the final destination of the Ohio State University’s Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration. This reception will follow a day of events and a procession, all FREE and open to the public! 

My Friend Dahmer, image courtesy of FilmRise 

Acclaimed cartoonist John “Derf” Backderf introduces the preview screening of My Friend Dahmer. Adapted from Backderf’s award-winning graphic novel, the film recounts the increasingly troubled high school years of notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Shot in northeast Ohio (including scenes at Dahmer’s childhood home), it’s both a remarkable re-creation of late-1970s teen culture and a nuanced portrait of an unbalanced life. (107 min.,DCP)

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will be hosting a full schedule of FREE events the first two days (Thursday and Friday) of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus – CXC, a four-day city-wide festival. We are very excited to welcome our special guests this year, one of whom is Pulitzer Prize winner SIGNE WILKINSON 

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and SÕL-CON look forward to welcoming special guest KAT FAJARDO to Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC)! Kat Fajardo is a native NYC cartoonist and illustrator who creates playful and colorful work about self-acceptance and Latinx culture, including Gringa! and her ¡Bandida! series.