British Cartoon Archive

The British Cartoon Archive (BCA) is a department of the University of Kent, at Canterbury in Kent, England,[1] and holds the national collection of political and social-comment cartoons from British newspapers and magazines.[2] Created in 1973, the BCA collection includes 130,000 original drawings by 350 different cartoonists, plus some 90,000 cuttings, and a library of books and magazines. Its website gives free access to its holdings, including a fully searchable catalogue of 200,000 cartoon images.

The archive is located in Templeman Library, and includes a public exhibit gallery.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Welcome to the British Cartoon Archive". www.cartoons.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Special Collections and Archives - Information Services - University of Kent". www.kent.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.