From July 2, 1907 to August 8, 1928, Willis “Billy” Borne worked as the cartoonist for the Asheville Citizen newspaper. Averaging over 280 cartoons a year, Borne composed more than 6,000 cartoons over the course of his career. This website presents these cartoons for the enjoyment of the general public and use by teachers, students, and historians.
Users can view the cartoons by publication date (using the Browse Items tab) or take a look at a few curated collections (using the Browse Collections tab). The search bar draws from all information in the database, and searching by tag in the Advanced Search will yield the most precise results.
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This digital project is the work of David Dry, former history instructor at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and current doctoral student at UNC Chapel Hill. Any questions or comments can be directed to davidddry@gmail.com.
Special thanks is due to the Asheville Citizen-Times for permission to exhibit those cartoons still under copyright.
