Annual Convention

Annual Convention September 11-14, 2025

The 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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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS:

ACC:
ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN CARTOONISTS
NCS:
NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY

THE BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS

FREEDOM CARTOONISTS FOUNDATION

THE DAILY CARTOONIST

COUNTERPOINT

THE NIB

 

CARTOONIST PODCASTS:

DMZ AMERICA:

DMZ America with Ted Rall and Scott Stantis

CARTOONIST TALK:

A Talk with Editorial Cartoonists by Angelo Lopez

POLITICS INK:

Politics Ink with Jim Morrissey

CAGLECAST:

Daryl Cagle’s Caglecast

 

Cartoonists, Live Online

Tom-Toles-interview Robert Wright interviewed Tom Toles in a Bloggingheads episode in March. The two discussed, via live webcam, the secret of successful blogging, revealed how cartooning has (and hasn’t) changed since Herblock’s day, the origin of the little guy in the bottom corner, and will the Internet kill the political cartoon? Watch the whole thing here: https://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/27111

This spring, the Chicago Tribune posted a time lapse film online of its cartoonist, Scott Stantis, drawing a cartoon. From pencil sketch to finished product, about 2 minutes. Good soundtrack, great fun. https://www.chicagotribune.com/videobeta/5af02803-0b34-448c-8b84-05679718abf7/News/An-editorial-cartoon-drawn-in-two-minutes

Kick back and watch this video of Rob Rogers' lecture to the Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for the Arts in Society, delivered on March 6, 2010. "Runs 39 minutes," wrote The Daily Cartoonist's Alan Gardner, "but well worth it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOoD_VxJRhU&feature=channel

— Sources: Rob Tornoe, The Daily Cartoonist

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OUR MISSION

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.

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LOCHER FELLOWSHIP

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.

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CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM

Cartoons in Education

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.