Listing of Creators by Name
The list below includes artists and writers included in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum collections.
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Dawud Anyabwile (b.1965)
Also known as: David Sims, David J. A. Sims
Creator website: https://www.anyabwile.com/
Sample title(s): Brotherman
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Ho Che Anderson (b.1969)
Sample title(s): I want to be your Dog; King: a comic book biography
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Robb Armstrong (b.1962)
Sample title(s): Jump Start; Junior’s Life
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Materials
- San Francisco Academy of Cartoon Art: Newspaper Comic Strips. Jump Start, Robb Armstrong, 1991-1992. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/xOhCoUCR0001
- Mark J. Cohen and Rose Marie McDaniel Collection. Box MJC.C1/ Folders 17-19. [Correspondence, 1988]. Robb Armstrong’s pre-syndication work. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.MJC.xml
- Joe Szabo Papers and Collection of Original Comic Art. Box JGS1 / Folder 66. Armstrong, Robb, 1989-1996. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JGS.xml
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Kyle Baker (b.1966)
Sample title(s): Kyle Baker cartoonist; Dick Tracy; Nat Turner
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. JK/OSU 128. Dork! [no.2] [Slave Labor Graphics], 1994 May. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml
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Matt Baker (1921-1959)
Also known as: Clarence Matthew Baker
Sample title(s): Phantom Lady
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Darrin Bell (b.1975)
Creator’s website: http://darrinbell.com/
Sample title(s): Rudy Park, Candorville collection; editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Stephen Bentley (b.1954)
Sample title(s): Herb and Jamaal
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Collections
- Joe Szabo Papers and Collection of Original Comic Art. Box JGS2 / Folder 39. Bentley, Stephen, 1989-1995. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JGS.xml
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Ray Billingsley (b.1957)
Creator website: http://www.billingsleyart.com/
Sample title(s): Curtis
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Collections
- Collection of Small Manuscripts. Box SMA3 / Folder 5. Correspondence from cartoonists to Marshall Johnson, 1983; 1988; 1997; 2006; 2011. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.SMA.xml.
- Brad Anderson Collection. Box AND14 / Folder 26. Ray Billingsley, 2000. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.AND.xml.
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Nelson Blackwell (b.1969)
Also known as: Grey
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Winston Blakely
Creator website: https://blakelyworkstudio.weebly.com/
Sample title(s): Little Miss Strange
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Brumsic Brandon, Jr. (1927-2014)
Sample title(s): Luther
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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Barbara Brandon-Croft (b.1958)
Sample title(s): Where I’m Coming From
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Trina Robbins Collection. Box TR1 / Folder 7. Brandon, Barbara, [1990]. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.TR.xml
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Mark Bright (b.1955)
Also known as: M. D. Bright, Mark D. Bright
Creator website: http://www.mdbright.com/
Sample title(s): Green Lantern; Icon
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Buck Brown (1936-2007)
Also known as: Bobby Brown, Robert Brown
Sample title(s): Playboy’s Buck Brown
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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E. Simms (Elmer Simms) Campbell (1906-1971)
Sample title(s): Cuties, illustrations for Esquire
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Materials
- McGowan Miller Collection. 194-? – 197-?. CGA.MGM 1 10 [E. Simms Campbell correspondence], 1 folder. Letters from E. Simms Campbell to Mac and Faith Miller, 1958-1962, some illustrated. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/special-collections/MGM.pdf
- San Francisco Academy of Cartoon Art Collection: Newspaper Comic Strips. Cuties, E. Simms Campbell, 1942-1956. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/xOhCoUCR0001.
- Milton Caniff Collection: Series 2 (Correspondence and related papers) and series 5 (photographs). Box MAC.PS67 / Folder 1, Box MAC.P297 / Folder 18, and Box MAC.P305, Folder 1. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the find aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.MAC.xml
- International Museum of Cartoon Art (IMCA) Collection and Records. IMCA.R.371 / 24-25. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the find aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.IMCA.xml
- Eldon Dedini Collection. Box ED8 / Folder 12. Harem ideas done for Esquire and E. Sims Campbell, 1940s-1950s; Box ED54 / Folder 25. E. Simms Campbell, undated. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the find aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.ED.xml
- National Cartoonists Society Records. Box NCS6 / Folder 38-40. Obituaries [1960 – 1987]. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the find aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.NCS.xml
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Wayne Cash
Sample title(s): Harry the Cop
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. This collection contains several items. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml
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ChrisCross
Also known as: Chris Cross, Christopher Williams
Sample title(s): Captain Marvel
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Chester Commodore (1914-2004)
Works include: editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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Denys Cowan (b.1961)
Creator website: https://www.denyscowanart.com/
Sample title(s): Frank; Badger goes Berserk
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Jerry Craft
Creator website: https://jerrycraft.com/
Sample title(s): Mama’s Boyz; New Kid
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Nate Creekmore (b.1982)
Creator website: https://creekingmore.com/
Sample title(s): Maintaining
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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Michael Davis (b.1958)
Sample title(s): Etc.
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Phonzie Davis
Also known as: Left-Handed Sophie
Sample title(s): 33%; Jo-Jo Pow and the Synthesizer
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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Tom Feelings (1933-2003)
Sample title(s): The Middle Passage: White Ships Black Cargo; Jambo Means Hello
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Billy Graham (1935-1997)
Also known as: William Henderson Graham
Sample title(s): Jungle Action; Luke Cage
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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Grass Green
Also known as: Richard Eugene Green, Richard Grass Green
Sample title(s): Sinnin’; Ghetto Bitch
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. This collection contains many items. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml
- Jay Lynch Collection and Papers. This collection contains several items. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JL.xml
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Oliver “Ollie” W. Harrington (1912-1995)
Sample title(s): Bootsie and others; editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
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Seitu Hayden
Creator website: http://www.saytoons.com/
Also known as: William Hayden
Sample title(s): Hearts of Africa
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. This collection contains several items. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml
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Shepherd Hendrix
Sample title(s): Restaurant at the end of the universe; But there ain’t no Christmas at Slapjack Joe’s
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml
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Al Hollingsworth (1928-2000)
Also known as: A.C. Hollingsworth, Al Holly, Alvin C. Hollingsworth
Sample title(s): Cat-Man Comics
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Archival Materials
- Toni Mendez Collection: Subseries 1.1: General Correspondence. This subseries contains extensive correspondence with Al Hollingsworth. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.TM.xml
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Wilbert Holloway (1899-1969)
Sample title(s): Sunnyboy Sam
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Archival Materials
- Sunnyboy Sam tear sheets, in Sam Milai Collection: Pittsburgh Courier comic strip section tear sheets, AC.Y9.42. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/cartoons/spec.cga.sm.pdf.
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Reginald Hudlin (b.1961)
Creator website: http://hudlinentertainment.com/
Sample title(s): Spider-man; Birth of a Nation; Black Panther
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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J.M. Hunter
Creator website: theartofhunter.com
Sample title(s): Make Mine, Lil’ Monsters
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Jamal Igle (b.1972)
Also known as: Jamal Yaseem
Sample title(s): Green Lantern
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Jay Jackson (1906-1954)
Sample title(s): Speed Jaxon; So What?; editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Digital Collections
- Archival Materials
- Milton Caniff Collection: Series 2 (Correspondence and related papers). Box MAC.P326 / Folder 57. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.MAC.xml
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Tim Jackson (b.1958)
Creator website: https://obita4.wixsite.com/clstoons2/about
Sample title(s): Pioneering Cartoonists of Color; editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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John Jennings (b.1970)
Sample title(s): I am Alfonso Jones; Black Comix; Out of Sequence
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Todd Johnson
Sample title(s): Tribe
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Samuel Joyner (1924-2020)
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Keith Knight (b.1966)
Sample title(s): The K Chronicles; The Knight Life
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Brian McDonald (b.1965)
Sample title(s): Harry the Cop; Lost in Space
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. Box JK/OSU 134, JK/OSU 147. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml
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Dwayne McDuffie (1962-2011)
Sample title(s): The Amazing Spider-man; Icon
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Aaron McGruder (b.1975)
Sample title(s): The Boondocks
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Joe Szabo Papers and Collection of Original Comic Art. Box JGS9 / Folder 7. McGruder, Aaron, 2001. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JGS.xml
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Sam Milai (1908-1970)
Sample title(s): Facts about the Negro; editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Digital Exhibit
- Sam Milai of the Pittsburgh Courier: https://cartoons.osu.edu/digital_exhibits/sammilai/intro.html
- Archival Materials
- Sam Milai Collection. This collection consists of 11 folders and contains 360 original editorial cartoons and one folder of tear sheets. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/cartoons/spec.cga.sm.pdf
- National Cartoonists Society Records. NCS6 / 38-40. Obituaries [1960 – 1987]. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the find aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.NCS.xml
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Ossie Ogwo (b.1955)
Works include: editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Turtel Onli (b.1952)
Sample title(s): Sustah-girl
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Jackie Ormes (1911-1985)
Also known as: Zelda Malvin Jackson
Sample title(s): Torchy Brown
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Digital Collections
- Archival Materials
- Torchy Brown tear sheets, in Sam Milai Collection: Pittsburgh Courier comic strip section tear sheets, AC.Y9.42. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: http://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/cartoons/spec.cga.sm.pdf.
- Trina Robbins Collection. Box TR2 / Folder 16. Ormes, Jackie, [1993]. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.TR.xml.
- National Cartoonists Society Records. Box NCS8 / Folder 47. “Cartoonist Jackie Ormes Passes Away, “Article. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the find aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.NCS.xml.
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Keith Pollard (b.1950)
Sample title(s): Cobalt Blue
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Christopher J. (Christopher James) Priest (b.1961)
Also known as: James Christopher Owsley, Jim Owsley, Owz, Priest
Sample title(s): Triumph; Impulse
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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John R. Ridley (b.1964)
Sample title(s): The American Way
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Ron Rogers (1954-2020)
Sample title(s): All Together Now
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Ted Shearer (1919-1992)
Sample title(s): Quincy
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Materials
- Toni Mendez Collection, Box TM.P5 / Folder 41 [Newspaper Comics Council Public Relations Material, 1966-1972]. Profile of Ted Shearer. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.TM.xml.
- Milton Caniff Collection: Series 2 (Correspondence and related papers). For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.MAC.xml.
- Newspaper Features Council Records. Box NFC12 / Folder 15. Profile on Ted Shearer. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.NFC.xml.
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Jonathan D. Smith
Also known as: J. D. Smith, Jon D. Smith
Sample title(s): Rockwood
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Brian Stelfreeze
Sample title(s): Cycops
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Archival Collections
- Jay Kennedy Collection and Papers. JK/OSU130. Fast Forward [no.2] [Piranha Press], 1992. For more information, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.JK.xml.
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Jerry Stewart (1923-1995)
Sample title(s): Little Moments
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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John Stinsman
Sample title(s): Avengelyne
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Thomas “Tommy” A. Stockett (1924-2007)
Works include: editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Larry Stroman (b.1961)
Sample title(s): Alien Legion; Cloak and Dagger
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Rob Stull (b.1967)
Sample title(s): Spider-man Adventures
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Melvin Tapley (1918-2005)
Also known as: Mel Tapley, Tap Melvin, Stann Pat
Works include: editorial cartoons
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Cory Thomas
Sample title(s): Watch your Head
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Dann Tincher
Sample title(s): Whisp
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Lance Tooks (b.1962)
Sample title(s): Narcissa; Lucifer’s Garden of Verses
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Morrie Turner (b.1923)
Sample title(s): Wee Pals; Nipper
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
- Library Catalog, for primarily published materials
- Art Database, for primarily original art
- Digital Collections
- Archival Materials
- Toni Mendez collection, general correspondence. Box TM.P9 / Folder 66, Box TM.P19 / Folder 39, Box TM.P21 / Folder 49, Box TM.P24 / Folder 73, Box, Box TM.P109 / Folder 2, Box TM.P136 / Folder 22-23.2, Box TM.P172 / Folder 42-44, Box TM.P172 / Folder 45, Box TM.P172 / Folder 46, and Box TM.P207 / Folder 51. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.TM.xml.
- Milton Caniff Collection: Series 2 (Correspondence and related papers). Box MAC.P323 / Folder 28 and Box MAC.P326 / Folder 103. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.MAC.xml.
- Brad Anderson Collection. Box AND14 / Folder 67, Box AND68 / Folder 1, For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.AND.xml.
- National Cartoonists Society. Box NCS12 / Folder 28. For more information, including a detailed list of holdings, please reference the finding aid for this collection: https://library.osu.edu/finding-aids/ead/CGA/SPEC.CGA.NCS.xml.
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Trevor Von Eeden (b.1959)
Sample title(s): Batman; Black Canary
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Robert L. Washington III (1964-2012)
Sample title(s): Static Shock!
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Steven Lane Watkins
Sample title(s): Housebroken
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection:
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Ron Wilson
Sample title(s): Super Boxers; Wolfpack
Materials by or about this creator in the BICLM collection: