'CBS Sunday Morning' segment to feature Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum exhibit

An exhibit currently on display at Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will be featured during a segment on "CBS Sunday Morning" this weekend.

“Man Saves Comics!: Bill Blackbeard’s Treasure of 20^th Century Newspapers” includes part of a monumental collection ― 2.5 million pieces ― of newspaper comic strips and features, pulp magazines, dime novels and more, some dating back as far as the 1890s.

Exhibit: Classic and contemporary comic strips on view at Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Amassed and preserved by the late Bill Blackbeard, who began collecting Sunday comics as a boy, the collection was obtained by Ohio State in 1997, and is the largest collection ever acquired by the college. Blackbeard died in 2011 at age 84.

“Man Saves Comics!: Bill Blackbeard’s Treasure of 20^th Century Newspapers” runs through May 7 at the library and museum, 1813 N. High St. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays.

"CBS Sunday Morning" airs on CBS at 9 a.m. on Sunday.

This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: CBS Sunday Morning to feature Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum