British Cartoon Archive

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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]