One person's trash is another person's treasure. And for the late Bill Blackbeard, the treasure that he'd stored from floor to ceiling in his San Francisco home was maybe the largest, most ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The “Mark Trail” comic strip, created in ...

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In 1924, a man named Harold Gray walked into the offices of Joseph Medill Patterson, the co-editor of the Chicago Tribune and the co-editor, publisher and founder of the New York Daily News. He ...

Picasso’s revolutionary Cubism is considered the most influential art movement of the 20th century, earning him the moniker “father of modern art.” Its impact was so immense that it helped inspire a ...

In 1950 an aspiring cartoonist who drew a comic strip for his local paper wanted to get wider distribution for his work. So he took it to a syndication service. An editor at the syndicate liked the ...

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 ...