Announcing the John Locher Memorial Fellowship
For 35 years, the AAEC’s John Locher Memorial Award spotlighted college-age and early-career cartoonists across North America. Named after the late son of Dick and Mary Locher, the AAEC
Ed Hall graduated from The University of Florida with a Master’s degree in Fine Art. While in college he did political cartoons and illustrations for The Florida Independent Alligator, UF's school newspaper. After college Hall worked for several weekly publications in and around Jacksonville, and finally settled at The Baker[...]
Read MoreWhile the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is a nonprofit organization, because we are a professional society the IRS says donations to the AAEC are allowed but not tax-deductible.
The ECI is a 501(c)(3) charitable group that works closely with the AAEC to educate students and the public about editorial cartooning. Donations to the ECI are considered tax-deductible.
For 35 years, the AAEC’s John Locher Memorial Award spotlighted college-age and early-career cartoonists across North America. Named after the late son of Dick and Mary Locher, the AAEC
Cartoonist Clay Bennett is this year’s winner of the Headliner Award from the Press Club of Atlantic City. Mike Thompson and Robert Ariail were named finalists. The
Above: Don Wright and wife Carolyn host the AAEC Convention in Miami in 1969. The news recently broke that Don Wright, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning
Above, Elena Steier and comics historian R.C Harvey at the AAEC convention in San Francisco in 2014. Cartoonist Elena Steier died earlier this month after
A huge congratulation to Steve Brodner — this year’s winner of the Herblock Prize, the premiere award for editorial cartooning. Brodner is a relentless illustrator
The mission of the AAEC is to champion and defend editorial cartooning and free speech as essential to liberty in the United States and throughout the world.
The AAEC aims to be an international leader in support of the human, civil, and artistic rights of editorial cartoonists around the world, and to stand with other international groups in support of the profession.
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.
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