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Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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AAEC News Blog
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Join us at the AAEC table this weekend at CXC 2018
Join us this weekend at CXC — Cartoon Crossroads Columbus — the cartoon festival in Columbus, Ohio. The AAEC plans to have an exhibitors table at their Marketplace Expo Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30, to increase awareness of our organization among the many other kinds of cartoonists who will be there. We welcome our fellow editorial cartoonists to attend — especially if you couldn't make it to Sacramento last week — and appreciate any help you'd like to give to help staff this table those days. There will be three panels on political cartooning, with Ann Telnaes, Signe... read more
Published: Mon, Sep 24, 2018 11:11 AM | Author: AAEC -
Congrats to JD Crowe, this year's Rex Babin Award winner
SACRAMENTO, CA — Alabama cartoonist JD Crowe is the 2018 recipient of the "Rex Babin Memorial Award for Local Cartooning." The prize was announced Thursday, Sept. 2o, during the opening reception of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists' convention in Sacramento, CA. The reception was held at the California Museum, which is hosting a retrospective of Babin's artwork. Jack Ohman, Babin's long-time friend and successor to his staff position at the Bee, noted "For decades, JD Crowe has been drawing fresh, original, pungent, brutal, and thought-provoking local cartoons. He is universally respected by his peers for his work, and for... read more
Published: Fri, Sep 21, 2018 09:00 AM | Author: AAEC -
Hey everybody — editorial cartooning is dead! AGAIN!
Or so says the National Review: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/editorial-cartooning-decline-serena-williams-controversy/ This is, what, the 11th or 12th time since 1954 that editorial cartooning has been declared dead? We're like the Doctor Who of cartooning or something. So... if we're dead — LET'S HAVE A WAKE!!! Tonight the 62nd Annual Convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists kicks off with a private reception at the California Museum. The 2018 convention, running Sept. 20-22, will see three days of cartoonists, satirists and journalists from across the US, Canada and Down Under hobnobbing, panelling and pub crawling. Follow our feed @AAEC_Cartoonist with the hashtag #SacAAEC... read more
Published: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 12:00 PM | Author: AAEC -
Rex Babin Award nominee #37 — Signe Wilkinson
Signe Wilkinson is as much a part of the Philadelphia landscape as Robert Indiana's LOVE sculpture, Pat's Philly Cheesesteaks, and running up the steps of the Museum of Art just like Rocky does in the movie. While her work for The Daily News earned her the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning in 1992 — the first woman to win the coveted award — she continues to focus on the corrupt and crazy in a city and a state known for both. Wilkinson notes "[While] Norwegian modesty precludes self promotion, OTHERS say my cartoons contributed to progress on several issues." [Throughout his... read more
Published: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 08:00 AM | Author: AAEC -
The AAEC lands in Sacramento for their annual convention
It's here! The annual gathering of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists kicks off this week in Sacramento, CA. Running from Sept. 20-22, the convention will see three days of cartoonists, satirists and journalists from across the US, Canada and Down Under hobnobbing, panelling and pub crawling. AAEC President Pat Bagley, and co-hosts Jack Ohman and Scott Burns, welcome the Association of Canadian Cartoonists and special guests from New Zealand to the dumpster fire that is currently America. And the cartoonists from New Zealand are sure to have something to say about the viral firestorm set off by Australian Mark... read more
Published: Wed, Sep 19, 2018 09:00 AM | Author: AAEC
Cartoon News, Courtesy Daily Cartoonist
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New Outrage: Gary Varvel’s Christine Ford Cartoon – updated
An editorial cartoon by Gary Varvel for the Indianapolis Star, about the demands set before Christine Ford would appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, has brought outrage via the social media. “… you should be ashamed for allowing this to run.” “Absolutely disgusting. Who thought this was appropriate to run?” The Daily Dot highlights a […] read more
Published: Tue, Sep 25, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
Editoons – Quick Hits
JD Crowe wins Rex Babin Memorial Award for Local Cartooning “For decades, JD Crowe has been drawing fresh, original, pungent, brutal, and thought-provoking local cartoons. He is universally respected by his peers for his work.” The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists announced the awarding and profiles the “moderately disturbed dorky cartoonist” (The profile does not […] read more
Published: Sat, Sep 22, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
Crossing Continents and Borders to Reach America (and the AAEC Convention)
Canadian political cartoonist Michael de Adder will be traveling from east to west and from north to south to enter a country whose leader considers him to be an enemy of the people. Michael de Adder, a prize-winning freelancer who sells his stuff to The Chronicle Herald and other newspapers and whose editorial cartoons are […] read more
Published: Thu, Sep 20, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
Icons of Political Art – And Varvel Makes Three
We have mentioned the Advancing American Democracy Award to three Icons of Political Art, and we have linked to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about Mike Luckovich being honored and The Daily Signal’s recognizing Michael Ramirez as a recipient. And now Heeeere’s Gary! The Indianapolis Star is Gary Varvel’s home paper and they haven’t over […] read more
Published: Wed, Sep 19, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg -
The Death of Editorial Cartooning
The cartoonist’s choice: Navigate a minefield of heightened sensitivities or produce pandering dreck for an audience of ideologues. Following the recent ruckus over a Serena Williams cartoon… What the backlash does remind us, however, is that there is not much public appetite for editorial cartooning these days. The medium simply does not fulfill the expectations […] read more
Published: Tue, Sep 18, 2018 | Author: D. D. Degg
