# Museum Current: “Collecting & Exhibiting Comics” with Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Curator Caitlin McGurk #### calendar\_today Date and Time **November 2, 2022** 06:00PM - 07:00PM EDT [ Register for this event arrow\_circle\_right ](https://bccte.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIvf-iqqj8iHtHYZbXS-ByUlipCpNz7t5Y4) **Museum Current: “Collecting & Exhibiting Comics” with Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Curator Caitlin McGurk** Wednesday, November 2 *6:00–7:00 pm* Register at As part of its ongoing *Museum Current* lecture series, focused on recent scholarship, discoveries, and trends in Museum Studies, and as a complement to the McMullen exhibition, [*American Alternative Comics, 1980–2000:* Raw*,* Weirdo*, and Beyond*](https://www.bc.edu/sites/artmuseum/exhibitions/comics/), art historian and curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, Caitlin McGurk, will present a virtual lecture on the history of cartoon museums, and the challenges and advantages of conserving, collecting, and exhibiting comics collections. **Caitlin McGurk** is the Associate Curator for Outreach at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and an assistant professor at Ohio State University, where the library and museum is held. McGurk takes part in many of the library & museum's different functions, including developing the library's collection, organizing exhibits, and leading research using the library's extensive collection of American comic art. **Dial-In Information** Register at Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://haa.fas.harvard.edu/node/1447811/event-feed.ics) Copy link link