


(Courtesy Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum & Library)

The work of native son Bill Watterson greets visitors to Ohio State's Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum & Library. Take a Crash Course In Comic-Book History Explore the contemporary galleries in the Short North Arts District, do some museum-hopping, or settle in for an outdoor movie-no matter what you do, this fertile community offers no shortage of inspiration.ġ. With no fewer than 80 arts-oriented organizations around town, indoor kids young and old will find more than enough here to stimulate their creativity, from world-class museums to art-school fashion shows to hands-on crafts to venues centered around popular interests like comic books and dinosaurs. Thanks to a notoriously rabid college-football fanbase, Ohio’s capital city is perhaps best known for its athletics, but there’s way more to Columbus than Buckeye Nation would have you believe.
