"Man Saves Comics": collector amassed a treasure trove of a forgotten artform
Bill Blackbeard is now referred to an "eccentric scholar," and a hero, but I'm sure in his day he was referred to as an unrepentant hoarder.
CBS News Sunday Morning did a story about his incredible collection of newspaper comics art, which he donated in 1998 to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at The Ohio State University, and which is currently the subject of an exhibit at the museum. — Read the rest