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. Registration is now open.
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Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher is the winner of the 2026 Overseas Press Club Award for editorial cartooning. This is the sixth time KAL since 1998 that KAL has won the award. KAL’s winning portfolio spans cartoons published in The Economist, The Baltimore Sun, and his Substack, KAL Draws the Line. “His work is pointed yet funny,” […]
Join editorial cartoonists Ann Telnaes, Steve Brodner, and Ruben Bolling for Drawing the Line: An Evening with Political Cartoonists, a free virtual event Thursday, March 19 at 8 p.m. Eastern. The event, co-hosted by the Media and Democracy Project, will feature the award-winning cartoonists discussing their work and why editorial cartooning and satire are vital […]
I’ve been feeling sorry for Tom Tomorrow and other deep-digging satirists lately, in part because the real world is becoming so ridiculous that it doesn’t...
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.
