Letter from the President: AAEC as Torn Rotator Cuff
Rex Babin sums up his year as AAEC president.
September 11-14, 2025The AAEC will be joining the line-up at this year’s Small Press Expo as part of our annual convention in September 2025. Check back here later this year for registration and hotel information!
Rex Babin sums up his year as AAEC president.
V. Cullum Rogers and Rex Babin give props to JP Trostle as he steps down from his position as Minister of Information and Notebook editor.
R.C. Harvey, who will take over Cullum Rogers’ position as Secretary-Treasurer, appreciates his predecessor.
In the waves of dispersant and despair, Kelley searches, like the best political cartoonists, for the moments of irony. He trusts, with Wuerker, that “true wit and incisive satire” win in the end, and that bitter experience has its rewards.
J.D. Crowe was drawing about the oil spill daily, and hoping for a chance to see the thing in real life. His opportunity came June 19, courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard, based at Ground Zero in Mobile.
The Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill has been a target of editorial cartoonists for weeks now, but San Diego Union-Tribune/Creators Syndicate editorial cartoonist Steve Breen has taken his artistic criticism of the subject a step further.
Ted Rall, Matt Bors and Steven Cloud talk about their trip to Afghanistan.
Michael Cavna reports on Comic Riffs about the Rall/Bors/Cloud trip to Afghanistan.
“He was a great guy and one of the best cartoonists,” said Kirk Walters, who succeeded Mr. Ashley in 1985 and remains in that position. “He was one of those cartoonists whose work stood out because it was so original.”
R.J. Harvey reviews a book collecting 25 years of cartoons by Rob Rogers.
Shows, gigs, books, babies and other events in our ultra-exciting lives.
Fame and glory belong to a wide range of award-winning editorial cartoonists!
Dave Coverly gets the Crystal Ball Award for having drawn this piece godknowswhen but well before Dear Leader declared himself a king and got plenty...
The AAEC John Locher Memorial Fellowship is awarded each year to one early-career cartoonist whose work demonstrates clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Deadline to be considered is the end of March.
The Locher Fellow will receive a one-year Regular membership in the AAEC, be a guest of the CXC Festival — held every fall in Columbus, Ohio — and have the opportunity to meet with editorial cartoonists during the year of the Fellowship for portfolio reviews and career advice.
Every two weeks throughout the year, The Learning Forum and the AAEC offers CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM, a free lesson resource for teachers discussing current events. Visit NIEonline.com for more lesson plans.
