The International Museum of Cartoon Art & Big Boy

Hey, let's go back to 1994. Back when the International Museum of Cartoon Art has moved from its Rye, NY location ...

(Above: a postcard of the International Museum of Cartoon Art in its Rye, NY days. Photo by Berndt!)

... to Boca Raton, Florida.



Although the move to Florida was well publicized, the Museum would not see the support and foot traffic it needed to sustain the 52,000 square foot facility.

A couple of years later, Craig Yoe and Mort Walker teamed up for BIG BOY MAGAZINE (it's called a magazine, not a comic book) for an adventure with the Big Boy (a restaurant mascot; the restaurant being where one could pick up a free copy of the BIG BOY MAGAZINE) and Mort Walker's BEETLE BAILEY. Copyright 1997 Elias Brothers Restaurants, Inc.










In 2008, Mort Walker's huge collection went to Ohio, to be maintained by The Ohio State University Cartoon Library and Museum.

Related: 2009 events Celebrating the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection

Related: Mike Rhode, over at the ComicsDC blog, has the 2008 press release of IMCA moving to OSU here.