The Ohio State University’s Sullivant Hall, home to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM), is in the process of undergoing necessary renovations of the building’s HVAC system. As a result, the BICLM exhibition space will be closed from November 10, 2025 through May 22, 2026.
Only the museum galleries will be impacted. Researchers will still be able to access our materials in our reading room, which will be open throughout the museum closure.
For more information, contact cartoons@osu.edu.
Coming Next:
When the galleries reopen, visitors will experience The Story of Comics, an expanded redesign of the museum’s permanent collection gallery. This exciting new installation will include rooms dedicated to the language of comics, making comics, the history of comics, new acquisitions, a special display of Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes, and an interactive area and lounge. The exhibition will feature comic strips, political cartoons, superhero comics, animation, and more– as well as hands-on experiences for all ages.
BICLM’s galleries will also reopen with an exhibit on the work of artist and writer, Chris Ware, entitled Life is Complicated. After three years of touring European museums, Ware’s work makes its final and only American appearance. Designed and lightly annotated by the artist, the exhibit includes original drawings, notes and sketches as well as sculptures, paintings and auxiliary objects too fragile to ship internationally – some which will be exhibited for the first time. Life is Complicated will be on display from May 22 through November 29, 2026.