As the USA TODAY Network debuts a new comics lineup across the nation, we are delving into the history and cultural impact of this uniquely American art form with experts from Ohio State University ...

Bill Blackbeard reading from his collection, part of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum In the late 1990s, six semi-trucks hauled 75 tons ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Amid “flyover country,” as it’s colloquially and insultingly referred to, in an unendingly flat city nicknamed “Cowtown,” the Ohio State University (OSU) erupts as an archetypal ...

In 1977, the Amazing Spider-Man made the leap from comic books to the newspaper funny pages. A daily strip by comic legends Stan Lee and John Romita Sr. brought the adventures of Peter Parker to a new ...