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Convention Recap: Videos from CXC 2022 now online | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/convention-recap-videos-from-cxc-2022-now-online/November 16, 2022- If you missed this year’s Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Festival in October, CXC has now posted all of the sessions on their YouTube channel — including the AAEC-sponsored panels. First up was the highly informative “Taking the Pain of Out of Drawing” with former massage therapist Kriota Willberg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGocxIGGx6U “Do Awards...
Republican Candidate for Auditor Steals Ann Telnaes Cartoon, Apologizes Later | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/republican-candidate-for-auditor-steals-ann-telnaes-cartoon-apologizes-later/November 3, 2022- In late October a political ad for Janice Lorrah, who is running for the office of Auditor of Accounts in Delaware, appeared in the pages of the Cape Gazette. The primary art at the top of the full page advertisement was an old syndicated editorial cartoon by Ann Telnaes. There...
2022 Ink Bottle Award goes to Steve Sack | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2022-ink-bottle-award-goes-to-steve-sack/October 20, 2022- Cartoonist extraordinaire Steve Sack is this year’s recipient of the Ink Bottle Award from the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. The award is presented by the AAEC to individuals or groups for dedication to the spirit of the profession and significant contribution to the art of editorial cartooning. Sack, the...
Steve Stegelin is the winner of the 2022 Babin Award for cartooning; David Horsey named finalist | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/steve-stegelin-is-the-winner-of-the-2022-babin-award-for-local-editorial-cartooning-david-horsey-named-finalist/October 9, 2022- COLUMBUS, OHIO — South Carolina cartoonist Steve Stegelin is the 2022 recipient of the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning.” The panel of judges also named Seattle’s David Horsey as finalist. The prize was announced Saturday, Oct. 8, at the annual convention of the Association of American...
This Saturday, the AAEC presents “Bill Mauldin: If It’s Big, Hit It.” | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/this-saturday-the-aaec-presents-bill-mauldin-if-its-big-hit-it/October 3, 2022- This Saturday, Oct. 8, the AAEC is proud to present a free showing of the 2021 documentary on cartoonist Bill Mauldin: “If It’s Big, Hit It.” This feature-length film on one of the most important political cartoonists of the 20th century will be part of the CXC Festival in Columbus,...
See you at CXC next week! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/see-you-at-cxc-next-week/September 30, 2022- The final schedule for Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2022 is now online, with locations and floor maps. The AAEC will be teaming up with the CXC Festival once again for their annual convention. In addition to “A Night with Keith Knight,” the AAEC is sponsoring panels on “Do Awards Still Matter?”...
2022 Locher Award Winner Announced | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2022-locher-award-winner-announced/September 6, 2022- A big congratulations to cartoonist Masha Zhdanova (@mashazart), this year’s winner of the John Locher Memorial Award. The jury noted “her short comics lend insight into authoritarianism and provide intimate viewpoints from the war in Ukraine.” Congrats too to Alexandra Bowman (@scripta_bene) for being named Runner-up for the editorial cartoonist...
Preliminary AAEC Convention Schedule is Here | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/preliminary-aaec-convention-schedule-is-here/August 16, 2022- Hello everyone! We hope you’re doing well and staying safe in another nutty summer. The AAEC has been working closely with CXC on this fall’s gathering in Ohio, and we now have a preliminary schedule for our convention. As we hinted at earlier, we’re going with a slow rollout this...
Keeping R.C. Harvey’s Legacy Alive | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/keeping-r-c-harveys-legacy-alive/July 18, 2022- Cartoonist and comics historian R.C. Harvey was a prolific writer, and left behind a treasure trove of material. The following was posted by Bob’s friend Jeremy Lambros over on facebook, and we’re passing along his requests: “We have lost one of the most unique and lively voices in comics and...
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 2022 Rex Babin Memorial Award | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/call-for-entries-the-2022-rex-babin-memorial-award/July 18, 2022- SACRAMENTO, CA — The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has long championed those cartoonists who work for small and local newspapers, and once again in 2022 the AAEC is looking for the best in political cartooning. Named after the late Pulitzer Prize-nominated cartoonist, The Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence...
Remembering RC Harvey | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-rc-harvey/July 11, 2022- Word broke last week of the untimely passing of Robert C. Harvey. Bob was a prolific cartoon historian and critic who understood cartoonists because he had worked as one early in his career — drawing gag cartoons for girly magazines — before turning his passion and knowledge of the industry...
Daily Cartoon Update | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/daily-cartoon-update/July 5, 2022- Some of you may have noticed the “Today’s Cartoon” feed has disappeared from our website. Unfortunately, the old software that handled our member’s cartoon gallery recently developed a fatal bout of bad coding, and the cartoon slideshow was a casualty. Our web manager thought they could patch it, but it...
Remembering Stuart Carlson | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/remembering-stuart-carlson/June 11, 2022- Some sad news out of Wisconsin: Cartoonist Stuart Carlson has died at 66. The editorial cartoonist spent most of his career on the staff of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, drawing for the paper for 25 years. After being laid off in 2008, he continued to be syndicated through Universal/Andrews McMeel....
The NCS Joins the AAEC in Calling Out the Pulitzer Prizes | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-ncs-joins-the-aaec-in-calling-out-the-pulitzer-prizes/June 10, 2022- The National Cartoonist Society has weighed in on the recent controversy over the Pulitzer Prizes with an open letter to the Pulitzer Board in solidarity with editorial cartoonists nationwide: https://www.nationalcartoonists.com/2022/06/ncs-response-to-pulitzer-board-dissolving-editorial-cartooning-division/ “Combining editorial cartooning and illustrated reportage together into one category does a disservice to both genres. To us, the situation...
E&P Takes Aim at the Pulitzer Prizes | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/ep-takes-aim-at-the-pulitzer-prizes/June 7, 2022- Editor & Publisher media reporter Rob Tornoe talks to AAEC President Kevin Necessary and comics reporter Susie Cagle, who has been working in the field as a graphic journalist for well over a decade now, about recent controversial changes to the Pulitzer Prizes. Read the whole thing here: https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/pulitzer-change-leaves-illustrators-feeling-slighted,229083...
Pulitzer Prize Cartoonists Pen Protest Letter to Pulitzer Board | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/pulitzer-prize-cartoonists-pen-protest-letter-to-pulitzer-board/May 20, 2022- [Update: Since this letter was fired off last week, more Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists have signed on to the protest, including 2020 winner Barry Blitt, and Pat Bagley, the longest-employed staff cartoonist at a daily newspaper.] Ten days after the 2022 Pulitzer Prizes wereannounced, 35 cartoonists who have won...
The Billy Ireland opens a timely cartoon exhibit on racism in America | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-billy-ireland-opens-a-timely-cartoon-exhibit-on-racism-in-america/May 18, 2022- The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum presents a new retrospective in cartoons, “STILL: Racism in America,” opening this Saturday, May 21, at 6pm. The exhibit will run May 21 through October 23, and will be open during the AAEC/CXC convention in the fall. https://cartoons.osu.edu/events/opening-reception-still-racism-in-america/ If you can’t make it...
An Open Letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/an-open-letter-to-the-pulitzer-prize-board/May 10, 2022- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists would like to congratulate illustrator Fahmida Azim and the other contributors to the team that created the illustrated article, “I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp,” which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in the recently renamed category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. We would like...
Lineup Announced for Editorial Cartoonist’s Online Confab | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/lineup-announced-for-editorial-cartoonists-online-confab/September 24, 2021- The AAEC has announced the preliminary lineup for their virtual convention on Oct. 8-9, 2021. https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-zoomfest21/ All the events on Saturday, Oct. 9, are free and open to the public, including a discussion with this year’s three Pulitzer Prize finalists on the award’s notorious 2021 non-decision, and a conversation with Keith...
The AAEC announces its annual awards | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-announces-its-annual-awards/October 5, 2020- This weekend saw the 2020 CXC Festival move ahead — online and virtual as with everything else this year — and the event acted as sort of a de facto gathering for the AAEC, which had to cancel their own convention back in May. AAEC President Kevin Siers made a pre-recorded...
ICYMI—Rewatch the live editorial cartooning panel at CXC | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/icymi-rewatch-the-live-editorial-cartooning-panel-at-cxc/October 5, 2020- “May You Draw in Interesting Times,” the AAEC political cartoon panel at the 2020 CXC Festival, is now on YouTube! The hour-long roundtable with Host Kal Kallaugher, Jen Sorensen, David G. Brown, Eric Garcia, Angelo Lopez and Pat Bagley hits on the, uh, highlights of drawing in this most unusual year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGHCJvqqdyQ...
ICYMI—Pat Bagley wins Best Editorial Cartoonist from the NCS | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/icymi-pat-bagley-wins-best-editorial-cartoonist-from-the-ncs/October 5, 2020- A huge congrats to Pat Bagley on winning this year’s National Cartoonist Society Division Award for Editorial Cartooning! Bagley, the Immediate Past President of the AAEC, has been doing some of the best work of his 40-year-career at the Salt Lake City Tribune this year. The NCS award was presented...
AAEC at the CXC, coming to you this weekend! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-at-the-cxc-coming-to-you-this-weekend/September 28, 2020- The annual CXC Festival arrives this weekend, October 1-4! As with everything else in 2020, the annual cartoonist convention will be virtual, with panels and events streaming live via Zoom and other digital platforms. Everything is free though pre-registration is encouraged for most sessions.* Here is the complete schedule: https://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org/schedule...
Shorter WaPo: Are newspaper editors cowards? | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/wapo/June 23, 2020- Michael Cavna sums up a rough fortnight for political cartoonists and newspaper editors, and asks an important question: What if publishers decide it’s too much trouble to do their damn job? https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/06/23/political-cartoons-racist-small-newspapers/ “In my mind, editorial cartoons are expendable. None of them are produced by our staff, and rarely...
Cartoonists Rights Network sounds alarm on threats facing cartoonists | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonists-rights-network-sounds-alarm-on-threats-facing-cartoonists/June 15, 2020- In the wake of the global pandemic, journalist and human rights groups are sounding the alarm and issuing the most dire warnings about cartoonists’ security and freedom since the Charlie Hebdo attack over five years ago. Cartoonists Rights Network International has joined with Cartooning for Peace, Cartoon Movement and other free...
Rights groups call for detained cartoonist to be released | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rights-groups-call-for-detained-cartoonist-to-be-released/June 15, 2020- The Cartoonists Rights Network International has appealed to the Bangladeshi government to release a political cartoonist. Ahmed Kabir Kishore was arrested over a month ago as a critic of the country’s response to COVID-19, and is scheduled for a “hearing” sometime in June. CRNI’s Terry Anderson and other leaders of free...
International groups call on Trump to speak up for press freedom | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/international-groups-call-on-trump-to-speak-up-for-press-freedom/June 15, 2020- The Cartoonists Rights Network International has joined with 72 journalist and press freedom organizations calling on Donald Trump to “commend, rather than condemn, the media and ensure their protection from the unprecedented attacks they have faced while reporting on nation-wide protests demanding social and racial justice, particularly for Black communities.”...
Media Freedom Rapid Response: Cartoonists are being targeted for their work | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/media-freedom-rapid-response-cartoonists-being-targeted-for-work/June 15, 2020- The Cartoonists Rights Network International has joined with the Media Freedom Rapid Response consortium to warn cartoonists that they are being targeted by governments looking to use the pandemic as an excuse to suppress free speech. The following rapid response report looks at things within the European Union and its...
Locher deadline extended to July 15 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/locher-deadline-extended-to-july-15/June 12, 2020- CARTOON CONTEST UPDATE: The deadline for the John Locher Memorial Award has been extended to July 15th, 2020. Due to cancellations of this year’s convention season, the winner will be invited to attend the next available conference. If you’ve already submitted and would like to edit your application, contact the...
Kal’s webshow moves to prime time (ok, 7pm) | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/kals-webshow-moves-to-prime-time-ok-7pm/June 3, 2020- In case you missed it: Kevin Kallaugher talks to Academy Award-winning cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz in this week’s episode. Also, Satire Can Save Us All officially moves to prime time: catch new shows every Tuesday at 7pm. ...
2020 Pulitzer Prizes announced: 3 AAEC cartoonists are finalists | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2020-pulitzer-prizes-announced-3-aaec-cartoonists-are-finalists/May 4, 2020- A big congrats to cartoonists Lalo Alcaraz, Matt Bors and Kevin Kallaugher — all three AAEC members were finalists for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. This year’s award went to New Yorker illustrator and caricaturist Barry Blitt. Congratulations all. https://www.pulitzer.org/news/announcement-2020-pulitzer-prize-winners...
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The John Locher Memorial Award | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/call-for-entries-the-john-locher-memorial-award/May 4, 2020- Are you a young cartoonist who draws commentary on social topics? Do you know a young cartoonist who’s doing work with a political tinge? The window is now open to enter the 2020 AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award for editorial cartoons and comics. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and...
UPDATE: American/Canadian cartoonist convention cancelled | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/canadian-cartoonist-convention-postponed/March 18, 2020- 3/27/20 UPDATE: The 2020 AAEC+ACC cartoonist convention has been officially cancelled. Wes Tyrell, President of the Association of Canadian Cartoonists, said, “We just heard today from the Canadian Feds, who were hosting a big chunk of the convention, that they must postpone until an undetermined date. We are effectively off...
Joel Pett steps down as CRNI President; Matt Wuerker takes reins | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/pett-steps-down-as-crni-president-wuerker-takes-reins/March 4, 2020- From the Cartoonists Rights Network International comes the following announcements: https://cartoonistsrights.org/crni-president-joel-pett-retires/ After some fifteen years in the role Joel Pett—multi-award winning editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald Leader—has decided to retire from the Presidency of Cartoonists Rights Network International’s board of directors. Cartoonists from across the world can attest...
BUY THE BOOK! SUPPORT THE CARTOONISTS! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/buy-the-book-support-the-cartoonists/January 27, 2020- “FRONT LINES: Political Cartooning and the Battle for Free Speech” is now available online! Published as a companion to the 2019 Billy Ireland Museum exhibit of the same name, FRONT LINES features lots of cartoons, and essays by Joel Pett, Lucy Caswell, Roslyn Mazer, Rob Rogers and Matt Wuerker. $20...
Contest deadlines! Get your contest deadline here! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/contest-deadlines-get-your-contest-deadline-here/January 3, 2020- The new year is here and that can only mean one thing — award season is upon us. Here are the deadlines and links to all the upcoming national contests editorial cartoonists can enter in 2020. Please note: Some contest deadlines and details were not available as of press time....
Letter from the AAEC President | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/letter-from-the-aaec-president-2/December 31, 2019- The votes are in — Congratulations to new AAEC Board members Jen Sorensen (President-elect) and Tim Campbell (Director). Tim has been elected for a 2-year term, and Jen will step up to President in January 2021. Elected to another term and returning to the Board are Mike Thompson (Vice President),...
Come to Canada in 2020 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/come-to-canada/December 16, 2019- Our Canadian cartoon compatriots have been hard at work on a joint convention between the AAEC and the ACC next spring — May 14-17. Wes Tyrell has just updated the registration and hotel info, and sent along this message: “Season’s greetings! “Please share this update with your members and I...
MSM catches Rob Rogers fever | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/msm-catches-rob-rogers-fever/June 18, 2018- The reporting on Rob Rogers’ firing continued over the weekend, with Fox News (!), the New York Times (again) and an interview with friend Joel Pett via Cartoonists Rights Network International — normally an organization that reports on oppression of the press in other countries. Not, you know, America. ...
Two takes on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, from both ends of the spectrum | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/two-takes-on-the-pittsburgh-post-gazette-from-both-ends-of-the-spectrum/June 18, 2018- Two more views of Rob Rogers’ termination—the first from a rightwing columnist who thinks the media is over-reacting and the outrage is fake: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/06/no_the_firing_of_the_pittsburgh_postgazette_cartoonist_is_not_a_threat_to_free_speech.html A few things to mention: The writer used to work as an editorial page editor for the Investor’s Business Daily who, it should be noted, canned conservative...
A statement of solidarity with the Capital Gazette | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-statement-of-solidarity-with-the-capital-gazette/June 29, 2018- "We stand with our brothers & sisters at the Capital Gazette. Journalism is the only profession specifically protected in the Constitution, yet our lives are under daily threat these days from those who would silence inconvenient facts & informed opinions." — Pat Bagley, President AAEC...
Here’s your Rob Rogers Trump termination rodeo [UPDATED] | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/heres-your-rob-rogers-trump-termination-rodeo/June 15, 2018- The media has —justifiably— reacted strongly to the firing of cartoonist Rob Rogers by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Here's what's been posted in the last 24 hours. More to follow no doubt. Washington Post Michael Peterson Huffington Post The Detroit Free-Press The Hill The Wrap Philly.com Poynter CBS Yahoo Daily Kos...
Freedom of Speech: Call for submissions reminder | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/freedom-of-speech-call-for-submissions-reminder/May 22, 2018- Calling all cartoonists, calling all cartoonists… The Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First AmendmentBilly Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, April 20 — October 27, 2019 Lucy Caswell and Ann Telnaes are co-curating a major exhibition on cartoonists and the First Amendment. It will run for 6 months 2019 in...
This year’s Reuben Awards are out — UPDATED AND CORRECTED | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/this-years-reuben-awards-are-out/May 29, 2018- Congrats to all the AAEC members who were big winners at this weekend's NCS Reuben Awards including Mike Peters (x2!), Peter Kuper, and Pixar's Coco the pick for feature animation. Clay Bennett was also a finalist for Editorial Cartoons. UPDATE: The NCS announced yesterday that an Oscar-style mix-up had occurred...
A Statement from the AAEC Board on Rob Rogers and the Post-Gazette | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-statement-from-the-aaec-board-on-rob-rogers-and-the-post-gazette/June 4, 2018- The longtime cartoonist for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has gone missing. Actually, we know exactly where Rob Rogers is—at his desk creating the excellent award-winning editorial cartoons he is famous for. But it’s those cartoons that have been missing for over a week from the Post-Gazette editorial pages, though we know...
The Battle for Pittsburgh — UPDATED | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-battle-for-pittsburgh/June 5, 2018- By now you've probably heard that Rob Rogers is in a war with his own editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Keith Burris, a pro-Trump sympathizer, has been spiking Rogers' daily cartoons for a couple of weeks now — and readers have begun to notice. The story went national over the...
President Pat Bagley previews the AAEC confab | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/president-pat-bagley-previews-the-aaec-confab/June 13, 2018- I want to let you know where we are with the 2018 convention. The AAEC is currently in the midst of planning our 2018 convention, which is scheduled for September 20–23 in Sacramento. We have contracted with The Citizen Hotel, famous for having prints of political cartoons decorating every room,...
AAEC winners at the 2018 AAN Awards | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-winners-at-the-2018-aan-awards/July 29, 2018- A huge congratulations to Cullum Rogers, who won 1st Place in the Out of the Box/Cartoons category from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. This was the second year in a row Rogers took first place for his cartoons in the Durham, North Carolina-based Indy Week. It was also the last...
And now, AAEC President Pat Bagley | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/and-now-aaec-president-pat-bagley/July 30, 2018- The 2018 AAEC Convention is Fast Approaching! This year’s gathering of the nation’s editorial cartoonists and political junkies in Sacramento — Thursday, September 20th to Saturday 22nd — promises to be a blockbuster. Our featured guest is Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins, who extensively covered the Trump campaign and was called “a...
It’s happy hour somewhere… | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/its-happy-hour-somewhere/August 3, 2018- A mash of cartooning news for your Friday afternoon reading. So crack open a cold one and kick back… If you're in Oregon, you still have time to make it to the annual Homer Davenport Community Festival in Silverton, OR this weekend, Aug. 3-5. The annual celebration of...
Deadline for Billy Ireland exhibit on free speech is August 31 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/deadline-for-billy-ireland-exhibit-on-free-speech-is-august-31/August 7, 2018- The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will be hosting a major exhibition on cartoonists and the First Amendment in 2019. Co-curated by Lucy Caswell and Ann Telnaes, "The Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment " will run for six months in 2019 in the lead-up to CXC and...
Deadline Reminders! [Cue “Final Countdown”] | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/deadline-reminders-cue-final-countdown/August 6, 2018- Calling all cartoonists! Here are your deadline reminders for August 2018! TWO WEEKS & COUNTING: The 2018 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning. Deadline is FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. THREE WEEKS & COUNTING: Reserve your hotel room for the 2018 AAEC Convention in Sacramento. Deadline is...
Schedule for the 2018 AAEC Convention is here | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/schedule-for-the-2018-aaec-convention-is-here/August 9, 2018- This year's gathering of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will take place Sept. 20-23 in Sacramento, CA. Hosts Jack Ohman and Pat Bagley released the convention's schedule today. Highlights include an reception at the California Museum to celebrate the life and work of the late cartoonist Rex Babin, and...
Major cartooning award news! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/major-cartooning-award-news/July 25, 2018- There are two big AAEC announcements to make today. First up, congratulations to Charis Jackson Barrios, the winner of this year's John Locher Memorial Award. Barrios recently received a BFA on a full scholarship from The Cooper Union in NYC. While a student, the cartoonist did design and illustration projects with places like Frederator...
The return of the Rex Babin Local Cartooning Award | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-return-of-the-rex-babin-local-cartooning-award/July 9, 2018- In 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, tours an exhibit of California political cartoons with AAEC President Matt Davies and Rex Babin. Photo courtesy of Mary Locher. CALL FOR ENTRIES: The 2018 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning SACRAMENTO, CA — The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists...
Rob Rogers’ cartoons pop-up in a show — across the street from the White House | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rob-rogers-cartoons-pop-up-in-a-show-across-the-street-from-the-white-house/July 11, 2018- The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design is launching a pop-up show of cartoons by Rob Rogers this summer. Conveniently located across from the White House, the Trump-centric exhibit showcases all the cartoons killed by Rogers' former employer, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Co-sponsored by the AAEC, Spiked: The Unpublished Political Cartoons...
Turn on your radios! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/turn-on-your-radios/July 18, 2018- Turn on your radios! NPR is dedicating an entire hour to editorial cartoonists during the 11am (EST) hour of @1a. Rob Rogers, Ann Telnaes, Pat Bagley and Scott Stantis are LIVE now! https://the1a.org/shows/2018-07-18/editorial-cartoons...
Two months until Sacramento! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/two-months-until-sacramento/July 24, 2018- We are now less than 2 MONTHS out from the 2018 AAEC convention. If you're a political cartoonist, comics journalist or satirist, join us Sept. 20-23 in Sacramento, CA.! Click here to register today: http://www.aaeccartoonists.org/...
Rex Babin exhibit opens in Sacramento | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-exhibit-opens-in-sacramento/August 14, 2018- Love cartoons? In Sacramento? Check out "Drawing Caleeforneeya: Political Cartoons Of Rex Babin." The retrospective of the late great editorial cartoonist opens today, Aug. 14, and runs thru Oct. 14. http://www.californiamuseum.org/rex-babin The AAEC will also be holding a special opening reception at the exhibit on Sept. 20 to kick off this...
Start making your plans for the 2018 AAEC Convention! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/start-making-your-plans-for-the-2018-aaec-convention/April 11, 2018- The website the 2018 Association of American Editorial Cartoonist confab is now online, including registration information and a link to the hotel to make your room reservations. Click here for details: http://aaeccartoonists.org/ AAEC 2018 Annual Convention September 20-23, 2018 Sacramento, California Hosted by Jack Ohman, The Sacramento Bee and...
“Drawn to Purpose” now out | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/drawn-to-purpose-now-out/April 12, 2018- "Drawn to Purpose," the companion book to the Library of Congress' show of the same name, is now out. The book "gives readers a glimpse of the female factor behind comic strips, political cartoons and magazine/newspaper art over a 150-year span." The author, Martha Kennedy, recently sat down at the...
This year’s Pulitzer Pick causes an existential crisis — for the Pulitzers | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/this-years-pulitzer-pick-causes-an-existential-crisis-for-the-pulitzers/April 19, 2018- The Washington Post's Comics Riffs weighs in on the aftermath of this year's Pulitzer Prize announcement, and talks to a number of cartoonists about the controversial pick for winner. While many were glad to see the venerable award catch up to the rest of the industry and recognize comics journalism,...
On obit cartoons & obstructions | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/on-obit-cartoons-obstructions/April 20, 2018- Michael Peterson delivers another thoughtful look at editorial cartooning in the time of Trump, focusing on the love/hate relationship cartoonists have with the obligatory obituary cartoon. Peterson also announces he'll be reporting from this weekend's "The State of Satire" symposium in Minneapolis. Check back here for updates http://www.weeklystorybook.com/comic_strip_of_the_daycom/2018/04/pearls-metaphorical-and-otherwise.html...
A new logo for the AAEC! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-new-logo-for-the-aaec/April 20, 2018- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists launches a new icon, updating its venerable ink bottle for the digital age DURHAM, NC — The AAEC has a new look. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, a professional organization that promotes the interests of political cartoonists and comics journalists in the...
A panel of political cartoonists walk into MoCCA… | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-panel-of-political-cartoonists-walk-into-mocca/April 9, 2018- Mike Peterson's Comic Strip of the Day has an excellent report from this weekend's MoCAA Fest 2018 — with an in depth look at the panel on political cartooning with Ann Telnaes, Mr. Fish, Steve Brodner and more. Go, read. ...
Cartoonist alert — Call for submissions #3 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist-alert-call-for-submissions-3/February 26, 2018- Making Faces: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment [working title]Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, April 20 — October 27, 2019 Here's the big one! Lucy Caswell and Ann Telnaes will be co-curating a major exhibition on cartoonists and the First Amendment. It will run for 6 months in the...
Cartoonist’s “trial” begins today in Equatorial Guinea | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonists-trial-begins-today-in-equatorial-guinea/February 27, 2018- [UPDATE: After the trumped up charges were dropped, cartoonist Ramon Esono Ebale was finally been released on March 7. CRNI has the details: https://cartoonistsrights.org/ramon-esono-ebale-released-from-prison/ ] The AAEC supports cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé during his fraudulent trial by an oppressive Equatorial Guinea government. Here are the particulars of his situation, republished from the...
Ramón Esono Ebalé released from prison | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/ramon-esono-ebale-released-from-prison/March 7, 2018- Good news from the Cartoonists Rights Network: Ramón Esono Ebalé was finally released today after almost 6 months of imprisonment by the government of Equatorial Guinea. The bogus charges were dropped last week after local authorities admitted they had been ordered by superiors to drum up something on the cartoonist....
Deadline alert — 2018 CXC Symposium | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/deadline-alert-2018-cxc-symposium/March 9, 2018- Cartoonist? Academic? Activist? The Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival wants you: "For the 2018 CXC Symposium, we are focusing on how comics enter public spaces to do social, transformative work." "In the Gutter: The Public Work of Comics" Abstracts and CVs due March 18. Presentations during CXC in Columbus, OH Sept. 26-28. ...
Tickets for “State of Our Satirical Union” going fast | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/tickets-for-state-of-our-satirical-union-going-fast/March 12, 2018- If you love satire and care about free speech, you might want to attend next's months symposium on the 30th Anniversary of Hustler v. Falwell. Join cartoonists, humorists & lawyers April 20-21 in Minneapolis for "State of Our Satirical Union." The two day event will be held at the Hubbard School of...
The Atlantic on drawing Trump | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-atlantic-on-drawing-trump/March 12, 2018- The Atlantic lists twenty ways to draw Trump — or not. Make yourself a good strong cup of comeupance and read "Why is Donald Trump So Hard to Caricature?" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/donald-trump-caricature/554069/?utm_source=twb...
The State of Our Satirical Union — Day 1 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-state-of-our-satirical-union-day-1/April 22, 2018- This weekend, cartoonists, humorists, legal scholars and historians gathered to discuss the State of Satire in America 30 years after the landmark Supreme Court case Hustler v Falwell. Mike Peterson has complete coverage of the 2 day event, starting here: http://www.weeklystorybook.com/comic_strip_of_the_daycom/2018/04/satire-conference-opening-night.html...
The State of Our Satirical Union — Day 2 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-state-of-our-satirical-union-day-2/April 22, 2018- It's day 2 of "The State of Our Satirical Union" — and YOU ARE THERE! So pour yourself a tall Campari, kick back and enjoy the continuing coverage of this weekend's cartoonist symposium courtesy of @ComicStripOTD's Mike Peterson. http://www.weeklystorybook.com/comic_strip_of_the_daycom/2018/04/satire-the-case-and-background.html ...
A belated (and in absentia) congratulations to cartoonist Musa Kart | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-belated-and-in-absentia-congratulations-to-cartoonist-musa-kart/May 7, 2018- Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart won the cartooning for peace prize on World Press Freedom Day — but was prevented from receiving it in person due to a travel ban. Kart's wife and daughter accepted the 2018 International Press Cartoon Prize on his behalf. Here is the complete report from his...
A statement on Musa Kart and the oppression of journalists in Turkey | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-statement-on-musa-kart-and-the-oppression-of-journalism-in-turkey/May 7, 2018- The oft-repeated statement “an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us” applies to political cartoonists worldwide after Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart was sentenced to prison. Why should Americans care about the fate of a satirist who mocked his president in a country half way around...
Locher Award deadline is June 15 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/locher-award-deadline-is-june-15/May 15, 2018- Are you an aspiring cartoonist, age 18-25, who draws political & social cartoons, editorial commentary or comics journalism? You have one month left to enter your work for consideration for the 2018 John Locher Memorial Award. Deadline is June 15! Details: http://locheraward.org/ ...
A deep dive into The State of Our Satirical Union | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist-and-recent-academy-award-winner-lalo-alcaraz-held-court-over-the-weekend-at-sd-comic-fest-18-to-discuss-his-politi/April 23, 2018- Mike Csotd Peterson continues his deep dive into the panels & topics of The State of Our Satirical Union, held this past weekend in Minneapolis. Using the 30th Anniversary of Hustler v Falwell as a launch pad, the symposium tackled new attacks on satire and the First Amendment. http://www.weeklystorybook.com/comic_strip_of_the_daycom/...
Musa Kart found guilty in Turkish kangaroo court | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/musa-kart-found-guilty-in-turkish-kangaroo-court/April 26, 2018- Cartoonist Musa Kart, along with 13 other journalists from the Cumhuriyet newspaper, were found guilty this week in their politically-motivated show trial in Turkey. Kart was sentenced to 3+ years for drawing cartoons, while fellow journalists got up up to 8 years. The verdict can be appealed. Numerous human rights organizations...
The AAEC ballot results are in | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-ballot-results-are-in/December 31, 2018- Happy New Year everyone! Here are the results from the AAEC election: By a near unanimous vote, the membership has agreed to change the bylaw regarding the term of office for President from one year to two, effective immediately. Kevin Siers automatically steps up from President-Elect to President, and will now...
Your annual award update — all the cartoon contests! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/your-annual-award-update-all-the-cartoon-contests/January 2, 2019- Here you go! Here are the deadlines for all the upcoming contests editorial cartoonists may enter. Note: Some contest deadlines and entry fees were not available as of press time. In such cases, the approximate date or month is listed. Always confirm any deadline or entry fee on the appropriate...
Cartoonist Pat Bagley lambasts Gannett for short-sighted and cruel staff cut | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist-pat-bagley-lambasts-gannett-for-short-sighted-and-cruel-staff-cut/January 24, 2019- by Pat Bagley, Immediate Past President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Bullet, meet metatarsal. The Gannett newspaper chain just shot itself in the foot. Steve Benson, a 37-year veteran of The Arizona Republic and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning, was let go yesterday. He was...
All the news that’s left to print | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/all-the-news-thats-left-to-print/January 28, 2019- Michael Peterson's must-read column Comic Strip of the Day was heavy on the editorial cartooning news yesterday, with the blogger's thoughts on recent layoffs, and a backlash against the new Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist. Speaking of, reporter D.D. Degg has been following the controversy over Steve Kelley's recent cartoons. Meanwhile, elsewhere...
A letter from the outgoing President | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-letter-from-the-outgoing-president/December 14, 2018- [AAEC President Pat Bagley will be handing over the mantle to Kevin Siers next week. In the meantime, here is his departing letter] Dear Colleagues, First, the good news. The long-awaited redesign of our new website is nearing launch and should be up sometime in January. (Buy Adam Zyglis...
Kovalic launches Kickstarter | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/kovalic-launches-kickstarter/October 15, 2018- Long before he was a popular web cartoonist (and go-to illustrator for numerous game companies), John Kovalic was an editorial cartoonist at a daily newspaper. He was an integral part of the AAEC in the 1990s and helped them get online during the early days of the internet, and was...
A letter from the President | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-letter-from-the-president-4/November 1, 2018- Dear Colleagues, You’ll soon be receiving your ballot for the upcoming slate of officers and directors for the AAEC, with a recommended change of tenure for the AAEC President to two years (this will not apply to my current term which ends December 1). This change to two years will...
Forget the pundits — watch the damn cartoonists! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/forget-the-pundits-watch-the-damn-cartoonists/November 6, 2018- Forget the exit polls and screw the pundits. If you want original bespoke commentary on the mid-term elections, check out the following political cartoonists. They will be drawing live, posting throughout the evening as the returns come in, or going on the air to give you their hot take. (We...
And now, a huge thanks to two departing friends of the AAEC | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/and-now-a-huge-thanks-to-two-departing-friends-of-the-aaec/March 22, 2019- This month, the AAEC will be saying goodbye to two people who were key to keeping the association going for almost two decades. Wanda Nicholson has the honor of being the longest serving General Manager in the 60+ years of the association. (Actually we’re not sure that’s an honor, but...
The Locher Award is now accepting submissions for 2019 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-locher-award-is-now-accepting-submissions-for-2019/May 1, 2019- The AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award is accepting submission from young cartoonists beginning today, May 1st, 2019. Click here for complete details. The Locher Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated...
First Amendment exhibit opens at Billy Ireland Museum | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/first-amendment-exhibit-opens-at-billy-ireland-cartoon-museum/April 18, 2019- A new exhibit on freedom of speech opens Saturday, April 20, at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. "Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment" runs until October 20, and be part of this year's CXC Festival in Columbus, OH. The exhibit, with work from over 70 cartoonists, was...
Like owning original art? Now you have two chances to add to your collection! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/like-owning-original-art-now-you-have-two-chances-to-add-to-your-collection/May 1, 2019- There are two — count them, two! — auctions of original cartoon art going on this week, and in both cases the proceeds go to good causes. First up, an online auction benefiting the "Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press." The auction closes Tuesday, May 7. Click here for complete...
The AAEC hires a new Association Manager | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-hires-a-new-association-manager/March 21, 2019- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The AAEC is happy to announce that it has hired Kelsey Maher as our new Association Manager. Kelsey will be taking over for Wanda Nicholson, who is stepping down at the end of this month. The two are currently working together to transfer everything over to the...
A look back at Charles Brooks | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/a-look-back-at-charles-brooks/February 19, 2019- Charles Brooks had a long career as one of the bigger editorial cartoonists in the country. A former president of the AAEC, he was probably best known (at least among cartoonists) as the creator and editor of "Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year," an annual compilation that ran for over...
The AAEC Supports Ted Rall in His Legal Fight with the Los Angeles Times | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-supports-ted-rall-in-his-legal-fight-with-the-los-angeles-times/March 4, 2019- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has filed a Friend of the Court letter with the California Supreme Court on behalf of editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and his effort to have an anti-SLAPP judgment against him overturned. Rall is seeking to have the ruling set aside so that he may...
BloodBath at GateHouse | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/bloodbath-at-gatehouse/May 28, 2019- GateHouse Media, a chain that owns some 156 newspapers, continued its apparent quest to run them all into the ground. Just before Memorial Day weekend, GateHouse announced the purging of reporters and personnel at two dozen or more papers across the country, including laying off what may be the last...
Award update | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/award-update/August 15, 2018- Cartoonist Ed Hall needs to make more room on his shelf after winning this year's Sunshine State Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and First Place in two different categories from the Florida Press Association. Congrats too to AAEC member Peter Evans on landing Second Place for Editorial Cartooning in Division C,...
Rex Babin Award nominee #11 & #12 — Mark Fiore and Steve Greenberg | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-11-12-mark-fiore-and-steve-greenberg/August 30, 2018- Mark Fiore is best known for being the first editorial cartoonist to fully switch to animation for his political commentary, and, in 2010, for being the first animator to win the Pulitzer Prize. A few years ago, he returned to doing daily static cartoons for the website of KQED News in San...
Rex Babin Award nominee #13 — Ed Hall | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-13-ed-hall/August 31, 2018- Jacksonville cartoonist Ed Hall is distributed nationally through Artizans Syndicate, but it is his local work in The Baker County Press and The Herald he feels is most effective — and have landed him a bevy of state journalism awards. "I have found that the cartoons that garner the most attention are...
Rex Babin Award nominee #14 — Phil Hands | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-14-phil-hands/September 1, 2018- Wisconsin's Phil Hands says the only reason he's employed today is because, like Rex Babin, he has a passion for local editorial cartoons. "The State Journal hired me because I got engaged in local politics, and provided them unique content they couldn’t get anywhere else. I only really started drawing...
Matt Davies remembers John McCain | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/matt-davies-remembers-john-mccain/September 2, 2018- Cartoonist Matt Davies recalls his first encounter with John McCain. The Senator's short but memorable visit to the AAEC's 2002 convention in Washington DC left a deep impression. John McCain had an eye for detailBy Matt Davies Anyone who has followed my cartoons over the years knows John McCain’s policy positions...
Rex Babin Award nominee #15 — Jeff Hickman | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-15-jeff-hickman/September 2, 2018- Northern Nevada isn't the first place you think of when you think of a political cartoons, but then you remember the money and gambling and guns, and think — their must be corruption about. Jeff Hickman has been drawing for the Reno Gazette-Journal since 2002, editorializing on the problems stemming...
Rex Babin Award nominee #16 — Ron Hill | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-16-ron-hill/September 3, 2018- Cleveland caricaturist and illustrator Ron Hill draws one cartoon a week — for six different weekly community papers. His work tends to be hyperlocal, though he does occasionally venture into regional and state issues. In 2013, one of Hill's cartoons embroiled him, his editor and his publisher in a much-publicized lawsuit brought...
Labor Day update — Robert Ariail laid off. Again. | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/labor-day-update-robert-ariail-laid-off-again/September 3, 2018- In an email following up on his entry in this year's Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning, Robert Ariail noted he had been let go from his long-time newspaper The State in June. This was the second time the cartoonist had been laid off from the South Carolina paper...
Rex Babin Award nominee #17 — Russell Hodin | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-17-russell-hodin/September 4, 2018- Russell Hodin is another long-time purveyor of hyperlocal content. He has produced a weekly political cartoon for 26 years for the alt-weekly New Times in San Luis Obispo, known for its local investigative pieces, commentary, and the Shredder, its anonymously-penned editorial. ("The founding editor strongly believed in developing fearless local voices," says Hodin.)...
Rex Babin Award nominee #18 — Shane Johnson | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-18-shane-johnson/September 5, 2018- Shane Johnson got his start at the Indianapolis Business Journal seven years ago, and told his editor he was only interested in covering local issues. "I have covered then-Governor Mike Pence, mayors and politicians, and things truly important to the people of Indiana — cold beer sales and basketball." [Throughout his life, Rex Babin championed...
Rex Babin Award nominee #20 — A.J.B. Lane | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-20-ajb-lane/September 7, 2018- A.J.B. Lane brings an webcomic sensibility to his cartoons for the Boston Globe, alternating between the traditional single panel and longer form commentary. His editor writes, "Adam chose to give local figures and issues the scrutiny they deserved. Our pages were better as a result." [Throughout his life, Rex Babin championed...
Rex Babin Award nominee #10 — Peter Evans | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-10-peter-evans/August 29, 2018- Peter Evans may be the local cartoonist at its most fundamental. Drawing for The Islander News, "a highly-subscribed" weekly newspaper on the island of Key Biscayne in Metro Miami, Peter only covers what happens on the jot of land south of Miami Beach. "Cartoons, generally, do not advocate action," says...
Unified Front | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/unified-front/August 15, 2018- Tomorrow, August 16, 2018, hundreds of newspapers across the country will be uniting in confronting and denouncing Donald Trump's constant assault on the free press. Editorials cartoonists nationwide will be joining in defense of the First Amendment (cartoons have already begun to appear in the above feed.) Lead by the...
Deadline to enter the Rex Babin Local Cartooning contest is TODAY | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/deadline-to-enter-the-rex-babin-local-cartooning-contest-is-today/August 17, 2018- Today is the birthday of the late cartoonist Rex Babin and the LAST DAY to enter the "Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning." Submissions must be received by midnight tonight EST. For details, click here: http://news.editorialcartoonists.com/aaec/2018/07/the-return-of-the-rex-babin-local-cartooning-award.html...
LAST CHANCE for Billy Ireland Freedom of Speech submissions | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/last-chance-for-billy-ireland-freedom-of-speech-submissions/August 28, 2018- Deadline to submit work for consideration to the 2019 Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum exhibit is this FRIDAY, AUGUST 31 "The Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment" will run for six months in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at The Ohio State University, and be part...
Enter the Babin — exhibit and award update | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/enter-the-babin-exhibit-and-award-update/August 20, 2018- Last week a new retrospective of the life and times of editorial cartoonist Rex Babin opened in Sacramento, CA. Focusing on Babin's state and local work, the California Museum launched "Drawing Caleeforneeya" with a special reception on Friday, August 17, on the late artist's birthday. Sactown Magazine has a look...
Rex Babin Award nominee #2 & 3 — Nathan Archer and R.W. Alley | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-2-3-nathan-archer-and-rw-alley/August 22, 2018- [Editor's note: Throughout his life, Rex Babin championed those who focused on state and local issues in editorial cartoons, a field that he and other cartoonists felt was regularly overlooked by journalism contests. The "Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning" was launched in 2017 to celebrate those working in...
Rex Babin Award nominee #5 — Matt Bodkin | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-5-matt-bodkin/August 24, 2018- Matt Bodkin is, according to his profile, "a strange visitor from another planet who came to Long Island, New York with powers, abilities, and debt far beyond those who didn’t go to art school. Disguised as a mild-mannered IT technician, he fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and suburbia."...
Rex Babin Award nominee #1 — Robert Ariail | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-1-robert-ariail/August 21, 2018- [Editor's note: Throughout his life, Rex Babin championed those who focused on state and local issues in editorial cartoons, a field that he and other cartoonists felt was regularly overlooked by journalism contests. The "Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning" was launched in 2017 to celebrate those working in...
Rex Babin Award nominee #4 — John Auchter | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-4-john-auchter/August 23, 2018- [Editor's note: Throughout his life, Rex Babin championed those who focused on state and local issues in editorial cartoons, a field that he and other cartoonists felt was regularly overlooked by journalism contests. The "Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning" was launched in 2017 to celebrate those working in...
Rex Babin Award nominee #6 — John Cole | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-6-john-cole/August 25, 2018- John Cole is a stalwart of local journalism, having worked as a reporter, graphic designer and cartoonist for newspapers in Kentucky, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Of his current job at The Times-Tribune, Cole says "Scranton and environs present a target-rich environment for political cartoonists, given the region’s history of official...
Rex Babin Award nominee #7 — J.D. Crowe | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-7-jd-crowe/August 26, 2018- It may be grossly unfair (accent on the gross) for JD Crowe to have the embarrassment of riches that is Alabama to draw on, but he has made the most of it in his 18 years at the Alabama Media Group/AL.com. As he says, "My primary job is to keep our...
Rex Babin Award nominee #8 — Charlie Daniel | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-8-charlie-daniel/August 27, 2018- No, not country/western dude, but Charlie Daniel of the Knoxville News Sentinel, who has drawn 15,000 cartoons over a 55-year career, and who was recently inducted into the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame. [Throughout his life, Rex Babin championed those who focused on state and local issues in editorial cartoons, a field...
Last Chance to Reserve Rooms at Convention Rate is Wednesday, August 29! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/last-chance-to-reserve-rooms-at-convention-rate-is-wednesday-august-29/August 27, 2018- The 2018 Sacramento AAEC Convention is less than a month away and this is your last chance to reserve rooms at The Citizen Hotel at our convention rate. The good news is that the rate is exceptionally good ($159/night) but the bad news is that they'll only give us that...
Rex Babin Award nominee #9 — Dennis Draughon | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-9-dennis-draughon/August 28, 2018- Dennis Draughon is one of several former-newspaper cartoonists now working for a TV station, where his commentary appears on the WRAL.com website. Draughon notes, "Rex and I both started in this business at roughly the same time, both of us employed full-time at dailies in the Northeast; Rex in Albany, NY,...
Rex Babin Award nominee #21 & #22 — Jimmy Margulies and Dan McConnell | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-21-22-jimmy-margulies-and-dan-mcconnell/September 8, 2018- If Jimmy Margulies seems to have submitted national cartoons for a local cartoon contest, it is only because New York City is his backyard. He was the staff cartoonist for 22 years at The Record in northern New Jersey, and his commentary on The Big Apple appears regularly in amNew...
Rex Babin Award nominee #25 — Kevin Necessary | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-25-kevin-necessary/September 10, 2018- Kevin Necessary is another cartoonist who's found a home at a TV station, drawing local editorial cartoons for the website of WCPO in Cincinnati. "When it comes to local toons, I've lucked out," he writes. "'Cincinnati' encompasses not just what's on the Ohio side of the river, but also Northern...
Rex Babin Award nominee #23 & #24 — Terry Mosler and Fred Mulhearn | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-23-24-terry-mosler-and-fred-mulhearn/September 9, 2018- Terry Mosher — better known by his pen name Aislin — is a Canadian legend. He has won just about every award you can in the Great White North, and chalks up his much of his success to his favorite city. "Montreal is a very interesting market for satire of...
Rex Babin Award nominee #35 & #36 — Mike Thompson and Bob Unell | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-35-36-mike-thompson-and-bob-unell/September 19, 2018- Mike Thompson is an award-winning cartoonist for the Detroit Free Press who has actually given up national syndication to focus on state and local issues. "Michigan is home to the likes of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, self-proclaimed political expert Ted Nugent and the thuggish John Engler, a former governor who made...
The AAEC lands in Sacramento for their annual convention | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-lands-in-sacramento-for-their-annual-convention/September 19, 2018- 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...
Rex Babin Award nominee #37 — Signe Wilkinson | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-37-signe-wilkinson/September 20, 2018- 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...
Hey everybody — editorial cartooning is dead! AGAIN! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-annual-aaec-convention-kicks-off-tonight/September 20, 2018- 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...
Congrats to JD Crowe, this year’s Rex Babin Award winner | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/congrats-to-jd-crowe-this-years-rex-babin-award-winner/September 21, 2018- 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...
Join us at the AAEC table this weekend at CXC 2018 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/join-us-at-the-aaec-table-this-weekend-at-cxc-2018/September 24, 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...
See us at CXC this weekend! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/see-us-at-cxc-this-weekend/September 26, 2018- Love cartoons? Like meeting cartoonists? In Ohio? Head to CXC — Cartoon Crossroads Columbus— this weekend in Columbus, Ohio! Join the AAEC for two panels on "Cartooning In The Time Of Trump" with Ann Telnaes, Signe Wilkinson, Nate Beeler and Rob Rogers on Saturday, Sept. 29. And on Sunday, Sept....
AAEC + CXC — Two weekends of adventures in cartooning | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-cxc-two-weekends-of-adventures-in-cartooning/October 3, 2018- The AAEC had two big weekends in a row, first in Sacramento for their annual convention, and then at CXC in Columbus, Ohio, (which is fast becoming one of the best comics art festivals in the country). Several reports came out in the wake of the Sacramento confab: • Graphic novelist...
Join us at the AAEC table at Cartoon Crossroads 2018 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/join-us-at-the-aaec-table-at-cartoon-crossroads-2018/September 11, 2018- We are 10 days out from our gathering in California, but it isn't the only AAEC event happening this month. Immediately following the Sacramento convention (the very next week) is CXC — Cartoon Crossroads Columbus — the cartoon festival in Columbus, Ohio. The AAEC plans to have an exhibitors table...
Rex Babin Award nominee #28 — Joel Pett | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-28-joel-pett/September 13, 2018- Joel Pett is a nationally syndicated cartoonists who has won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. But Pett takes great pride in his local work for the Lexington Herald-Leader, and sees it as his mission to take the corrupt, cynical politicians of Kentucky to task. "Kentucky politicians rarely address the...
Rex Babin Award nominee #27 — Bruce Plante | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-27-bruce-plante/September 12, 2018- When you talk to editorial cartoonists about the power of the local cartoons, one name keeps coming up: George Fisher. The Arkansas native drew for a number of newspapers from the late 1940s until his death in 2003, and while he was never syndicated nationally, his work had a huge impact...
Rex Babin Award nominee #29 — Marshall Ramsey | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-29-marshall-ramsey/September 14, 2018- Marshall Ramsey is an exemplar of the local cartoonist who has not only managed to survive but thrive in a collapsing newspaper environment. A long time staffer for Mississippi's The Clarion-Ledger, Ramsey writes columns, does a weekly statewide radio and TV show, makes frequent public appearances, and interacts with his...
Rex Babin Award nominee #30 — Rob Rogers | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-30-rob-rogers/September 15, 2018- Rob Rogers didn't want the job, but he is now the poster cartoonist for How to Get Fired. After a protracted battle with an increasingly pro-Trump publisher, Rogers was unceremoniously dumped this summer by his long-time newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, for failing to toe the toady line laid down by...
Rex Babin Award nominee #31 — V.C. Rogers | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-31-vc-rogers/September 16, 2018- V.C. Rogers — known to his friends as Cullum — is a paradigm of local cartooning, having spent his career working for a trio of regional newspapers covering the triangle of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Recently pushed into early retirement by the elimination of his position at...
Rex Babin Award nominee #32 — Kevin Siers | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-32-kevin-siers/September 17, 2018- Kevin Siers may have won the Pulitzer Prize for his work at The Charlotte Observer, but he knows first hand the effect local cartoons can have. "I’ve followed an issue and kept hammering at it, and felt those cartoons contributed to change in the community. And, at least in one instance,...
Rex Babin Award nominee #33 — Sage Stossel | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-33-sage-stossel/September 17, 2018- Sage Stossel is a long-time contributing editor for The Atlantic, where she also produces cartoons addressing national stories of the moment. Outside of her day job, she draws cartoons about life in Boston and addresses local issues she cares about. "In two cases I was told the cartoons themselves have...
Rex Babin Award nominee #34 — Tom Stiglich | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/rex-babin-award-nominee-34-tom-stiglich/September 18, 2018- Pennsylvania is often described as "two liberal enclaves with Alabama in between." [Editor's note: I'm originally from Central PA and can mock my home state.] Enter Tom Stiglich, who provides a conservative take on progressive Philadelphia politics for Media News Group. Stiglich, whose national work is carried by Creators Syndicate, still relishes...
Last call for these epic cartoon exhibits! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/last-call-for-these-epic-cartoon-exhibits/October 10, 2018- In Washington DC? Get to the Library of Congress ASAP! "Drawn to Purpose" closes on Oct. 20. This exhibit of all-women illustrators includes work by AAEC members Ann Telnaes, Signe Wilkinson and Jen Sorensen, among many other talented artists. For complete details on the show, got to https://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/drawn-to-purpose/about-this-exhibition/ Also, you...
Post-Convention report: Cartoonists win New York Marathon! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/post-convention-report-cartoonists-win-new-york-marathon/November 8, 2017- Last week's annual Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Convention at Hofstra University on Long Island was one for the books. A big congratulations to host Matt Davies and President Ann Telnaes for pulling off a memorable gathering! It was a fitting 60th anniversary celebration for our organization. The weather was delightful...
Open Letter to the President of Equatorial Guinea: Release Artist and Writer Ramón Esono Ebalé | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/open-letter-to-the-president-of-equatorial-guinea-release-artist-and-writer-ramon-esono-ebale/November 17, 2017- The AAEC has joined with 18 other organizations in calling for the immediate release of cartoonist Ramón Esono Ebalé, currently held against his will by the government of Equatorial Guinea. November 15, 2017 An Open Letter to the President of Equatorial Guinea: Release Artist and Writer Ramón Esono Ebalé Mr....
Cartoonists Down Under | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonists-down-under/November 28, 2017- AAEC President Ann Telanes went to Australia and brought back this report on cartoonists Down Under. Spoiler alert: They think Trump is as much a buffoon as American cartoonists! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2017/11/27/how-australian-editorial-cartoonists-view-trump/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b2969402221a...
The State of Political Cartooning is Strong | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-state-of-political-cartooning-is-strong/January 30, 2018- Plus, guest judge Jake Tapper breaks a tie in the election for AAEC Board of Directors with a coin flip. There's a big announcement out today from the President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, Pat Bagley (who, unlike some people, won the popular vote in a landslide...
The AAEC comes full circle | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-aaec-comes-full-circle/January 23, 2018- Back in 1954, an article in the Saturday Review titled “The Rise and Fall of the Political Cartoon” wondered if editorial cartooning was dead. The author of the piece complained that cartoons weren’t as good as they used to be, and that they — and newspapers— were losing ground and...
AAEC Statement on cartoonist Cullum Rogers & Indy Week | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-statement-on-cartoonist-cullum-rogers-indy-week/January 31, 2018- While cutting off essential body parts is an effective weight-loss strategy, it tends to have bad long-term health consequences. So it is that yet another cartoonist is let go and the position eliminated, all in the name of cost-cutting. North Carolina-based Indy Week is dropping its long-time political cartoonist Cullum...
Two contests to kick off February | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/two-contests-to-kick-off-february/February 1, 2018- We got two, count 'em, two announcements to kick off February: #1 The 2018 Locher Award is now open for submissions, with an extended deadline this year of JUNE 15. The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, who draw on political and social topics....
Save the Date — 2018 AAEC Convention is September 20-23 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/save-the-date-2018-aaec-convention-is-september-20-23/February 22, 2018- We can now confirm that this year's AAEC Convention will take place Sept. 20-23, 2018. The cartoonists will be staying at The Citizen's Hotel at 926 J Street in lovely Sacramento, CA. President Pat Bagley is signing the contract as you read this, with a room rate of $159 a...
AAEC update + award season alert | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-update-award-season-alert/January 23, 2018- After a slight delay, the AAEC Notebook is on its way — look for it in your mailbox this week! The double issue is both a year-end wrap-up of 2017 and a special 60th anniversary update of the Golden Notebook. The 60th volume of our glorified newsletter weighs in at...
Hustler v. Falwell at 30 symposium announced | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/hustler-v-falwell-at-30-symposium-announced/December 19, 2017- It has been 30 years since the AAEC joined with Hustler's Larry Flynt in defending satire and the First Amendment before the Supreme Court. Free speech supporters will celebrate this landmark case next year, and use the occasion as a clarion call to confront new threats to satirists and cartoonists....
And now, a message from President Ann Telnaes | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/and-now-a-message-from-president-ann-telnaes/January 4, 2018- We need to change. For several years now we have complained, bemoaned, and raged over the disappearance of our traditional home, the print newspaper. And the loss of newspapers is not just affecting our profession but is having an impact as well on how we’ve traditionally funded our annual...
End of year housecleaning | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/end-of-year-housecleaning/December 29, 2017- If you are a Regular member of the AAEC and haven't yet cast your vote for next year's slate of officers, the deadline to return your ballot is January 4, 2018. So, GET THOSE IN THE MAIL TOMORROW, DECEMBER 30, so it is returned in time. NOTE: If you have...
Save the Date! 2017 AAEC Convention | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/save-the-date-the-2017-aaec-convention-will-be-held-nov-1-4-at-hofstra-university-in-hempstead-new-york-short-trip-to-nyc/January 16, 2017- Save the Date! The 2017 AAEC convention will be held Nov. 1-4 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York (short trip to NYC). More Info to Come!...
AAEC Logo Redesign | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-logo-redesign/May 4, 2016- To AAEC Members: Our website redesign and rebuild is currently underway. Now is the time to consider updating our logo to reflect our times and our mission. In order to have our logo truly reflect our membership, we are encouraging interested cartoonists to submit rough concepts for our new logo. We...
AAEC Statement on Farm News Decision | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-statement-on-farm-news-decision/May 3, 2016- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists condemns the decision of Iowa's Farm News publication to part ways with long-time cartoonist and contributor Rick Friday on the grounds of an unhappy advertiser. This decision is a disservice to journalism and to the people of Fort Dodge, Iowa. This represents a dangerous...
Political Cartoonists to Move Forward with North Carolina Convention | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/political-cartoonists-to-move-forward-with-north-carolina-convention/April 20, 2016- DURHAM, NC — Amid the wave of job losses and high-profile concert cancellations in North Carolina, there is finally some good news for its beleaguered governor and state legislature. One group has decided not to pull its upcoming convention in the wake of the controversial law HB2: Political Cartoonists. ...
Condolences | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/condolences/January 27, 2016- The AAEC Board wishes to extend our deepest condolences to our longtime friend and colleague Jeff Danziger upon the loss of his beloved wife Kim Gale on January 26. Kim was a lovely, vivacious, and brilliant companion and we offer our love to Jeff and his and Kim's families. ...
Farewell to Joe Szabo | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/farewell-to-joe-szabo/February 17, 2016- Joe Szabo, the founder of “WittyWorld” and friend of cartoonists across the globe, died suddenly while working at his desk at home in North Wales, PA, on February 2, two days shy of his 66th birthday. ...
Letter from the AAEC President – 2016 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/letter-from-the-aaec-president/January 13, 2016- Dear fellow American cartoonists, satirists, animators and graphic journalists: I’m Bullish on 2016, and you should be too. Yes, the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo has in some ways altered the lens in which we view our craft. But in response to this and other assaults on the rights...
Telnaes Cartoon on Cruz: Statement from AAEC Board | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/telnaes-cartoon-on-cruz-statement-from-aaec-board/December 24, 2015- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) stands in support with Ann Telnaes and her right to call out presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz for politicizing his daughters in a campaign attack ad. While it would be in bad taste to arbitrarily go after a public figure's family, it is...
Statement from AAEC Board | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/statement-from-aaec-board/November 23, 2015- Long-time AAEC members Gary Huck and Mike Konopacki are currently showing their cartoons in an exhibition at Cornell University, where they have come under attack from conservative and liberal critics on campus and off-campus. Some have complained about the use of certain symbols, such as swastikas and Confederate flags. Others have...
AAEC calls for Maine Governor’s apology to George Danby | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-calls-for-maine-governors-apology-to-george-danby/June 29, 2015- Maine Gov. Paul Le Page’s recent statement noting that he’d like to shoot Bangor Daily News cartoonist George Danby is nothing short of absolutely reprehensible. In light of the recent assassination of twelve people, including five cartoonists, at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in France, Gov. LePage’s remarks are beneath contempt....
AAEC Calls for Independent Investigation of LAPD’s Rall Tape | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-calls-for-independent-investigation-of-lapds-rall-tape/August 11, 2015- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists board calls for an independent investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department’s tape of former AAEC president and member Ted Rall's jaywalking stop in 2001. An impartial review of the tape of this incident is badly needed in this case. Determining the truth in this...
AAEC Condemns Texas Attack | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-condemns-texas-attack/May 6, 2015- The shootings in Texas once again demonstrate that art is provocative, but we must not cower in the face of threats to this profession or to free expression. Political art, be it cartoons, paintings, sculpture, or anything else, is protected speech under the First Amendment. The group that sponsored...
AAEC Convention 2015, Columbus, Ohio | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-convention-2015-columbus-ohio/April 23, 2015- It's time to make plans to come to this year's AAEC Convention in Columbus, Ohio! It will be held Thursday, Sept. 3, through Sunday, Sept. 6, and hosted by the OSU Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). Day programming and public...
Farewell to a former AAEC president | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/farewell-to-a-former-aaec-president/March 24, 2015- The AAEC expresses its condolences to the family of Jack Jurden, the longtime editorial cartoonist for The Wilmington News-Journal. Jack died March 19, at age 88. Jack was the president of the AAEC from 1976-77, and was a popular figure for years at the conventions. ...
AAEC Mission Statement | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-mission-statement/March 19, 2015- -To support the profession of editorial cartooning in the United States on all platforms. -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. -To be a national and international...
Zunar detained | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/zunar-detained/February 11, 2015- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists strongly condemns the detention of the political cartoonist Zunar by the Malaysian authorities. Zunar and his wife have been the subject of continued harassment by police in Kuala Lumpur. ...
Sunshine Week | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/sunshine-week/February 3, 2015- Fellow cartoonists, -- This is from Anders Gyllenhaal, Vice President for News at McClatchy and a member of the ASNE Board of Directors. He’d like us to contribute cartoons about Sunshine Week, which is March 15-21. Please consider doing a cartoon for this important week. Thanks! – Jack ...
Condolences to the Menees family | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/condolences-to-the-menees-family/January 20, 2015- The AAEC community wishes to extend its profound condolences to Tim Menees and his wife, Kay. Their son, Timmy, died of complications from a head injury at age 40. Timmy was a big-hearted man who worked in the non-profit sector. Tim was the longtime editorial cartoonist for The Pittsburgh Press...
Best wishes to a friend | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/best-wishes-to-a-friend/January 20, 2015- The AAEC community wishes former Sacramento Bee cartoonist Dennis Renault a speedy and full recovery following a bicycle accident a few months ago. Dennis has been in physical therapy for weeks, and, despite some setbacks, is improving. Through his wife Marty, you can send him at note at marty.renault@icloud.com. ...
AAEC Statement: We Condemn the Attack on the Charlie Hebdo Magazine | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-statement-we-condemn-the-attack-on-the-charlie-hebdo-magazine/January 7, 2015- The gruesome attack on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France today reminds us that freedom of expression in cartooning is not a given in many parts of the world. Charlie Hebdo was also attacked in 2011, and continued to publish. The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists condemns this revolting...
Farewell, Tony Auth | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/farewell-tony-auth/September 15, 2014- Tony Auth’s colleagues and friends in the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists are profoundly saddened by his death. Tony was one of a small handful of that magnificent generation of 1960s and 1970s cartoonists who re-created what we do today. A brilliant, original editorial cartooning voice is gone. Tony’s drawing...
Farewell, Jon Kennedy | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/farewell-jon-kennedy/October 27, 2014- The AAEC expresses condolences to the family of former Arkansas Democrat cartoonist Jon Kennedy, a charter member of the AAEC at its founding in 1957. Jon passed away at 96 on Oct. 10, during the 57th AAEC convention in San Francisco. Jon Kennedy was a hugely talented and thoughtful cartoonist who mentored...
AAEC’s Satire Fest is coming to San Francisco! | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaecs-satire-fest-is-coming-to-san-francisco/May 23, 2014- The AAEC's Satire Fest is coming to San Francisco on October 9, 10, 11. ...
Herblock Prize eligibility expanded | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/herblock-prize-eligibility-expanded/January 17, 2014- The Board of the Herblock Foundation just voted to include monthly newspaper and magazine publications in the eligibility for the Prize. The deadline is February 3rd. For more information, please visit http://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize ...
Roy Peterson, Fearless Cartoonist | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/roy-peterson-fearless-cartoonist/October 6, 2013- Vancouver Sun sketcher, and my mentor, was almost as great a journalist as he was a human being. By Bob Krieger, 2 Oct 2013, TheTyee.ca Aside from being an incredibly kind, humble, hilarious, brilliant and elegant gentleman, Roy Peterson happened to be a world class editorial cartoonist. He won more National...
Cartoonist Roy Peterson’s precise aim was piercing | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist-roy-petersons-precise-aim-was-piercing/October 6, 2013- Longtime Sun artist picked up seven National Newspaper Awards in a career that established him among the greats of Canadian journalism By Pete McMartin and John Mackie, Vancouver Sun October 2, 2013 There was that about him that, physically, was pen-like — the sharp line of his nose and profile, the quiet...
Roy Peterson: Memorial and Memories | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/roy-peterson-memorial-and-memories/October 6, 2013- The celebration of the life of Roy Peterson will be held Friday Oct 11th from 2-4 at Hollyburn Country Club in West Vancouver. ----------------- Remembrances from Colleagues... ...
Farewell to a dear friend and colleague | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/farewell-to-a-dear-friend-and-colleague/October 1, 2013- The AAEC is profoundly saddened to hear of the death of Roy Peterson, an extraordinary editorial cartoonist and longtime friend to many in our organization. We extend our condolences to Roy's family and friends and will be posting a memorial remembrance shortly. In addition to being a wonderful human being, Roy...
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Endorses Originality | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/the-association-of-american-editorial-cartoonists-endorses-originality/January 18, 2013- A Statement by the Board of the AAEC: The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Endorses Originality. Passing someone else's work off as your own is not tolerated in written reporting, and it should not be tolerated in political cartooning. Indeed, it is not tolerated within the membership of our association. Further, reselling old...
2012 Contest Entry Information | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2012-contest-entry-information/December 17, 2012- It's that time of year again, cartoonists. Get your packets together, fill out those entry forms, and write those checks to win the most prestigious awards of the profession. Deadlines may be closer than they appear. ...
AAEC Convention Report: 2012, Washington, DC | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-convention-report-2012-washington-dc/December 17, 2012- Exploiting the fervid political turbulence of the election season, this year’s convention was deliberately scheduled to take place September 13-15, after the nominating conventions of the two political parties, when the antics of editoonists at their drawing boards could become a public spectacle in the form of “A Festival...
An Experience of the AAEC Convention | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/an-experience-of-the-aaec-convention/December 17, 2012- In mid September I attended the 56th annual convention of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in Washington D.C. It was an enjoyable event and I managed to meet many cartoonists whose work I deeply admire. Two years ago I had attended an AAEC convention in Portland, Oregon, and had...
AAECers and CRNI Protest at the Malaysian Embassy | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaecers-and-crni-protest-at-the-malaysian-embassy/December 17, 2012- Armed with a bullhorn, cartoon placards and the right to assemble, the Cartoonists Rights Network International, AAEC cartoonists (Pat Bagley, Drew Rogier-Chapman, Nik Kowsar, Jeff Parker, and Matt Wuerker), and local Amnesty International members, held a small protest in front of the Malaysian embassy in Washington, DC as a show...
Jack Ohman Joins the Sacramento Bee | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/jack-ohman-joins-the-sacramento-bee/December 17, 2012- Ohman is known as an avid fly fisherman, and for The Bee and Sacramento, his hiring is a major catch. Few cartoonists working today have been so widely lauded and published. At age 19, Ohman was the youngest cartoonist to be nationally syndicated, and his work now appears in more...
2012 Convention Report: Showdown at the Library of Congress | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2012-convention-report-showdown-at-the-library-of-congress/December 17, 2012- AAEC conventions are marked by an atmosphere of warm collegiality. Cartoonists of all philosophical persuasions are welcome, and although the individual members are possessed of an array of strong political points of view, there is very little in the way of heated arguments at these events. There are no blood...
An Interview With Ann Cleaves | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/an-interview-with-ann-cleaves/December 17, 2012- Ann Cleaves began cartooning as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Liberia. As a volunteer in Fiji she illustrated schoolbooks for the Fiji Ministry of Education. She taught art in the Boston public schools, and cartooning courses in Texas. She also taught high school subjects in the adult division of the...
2012 AAEC convention hotel registration details | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2012-aaec-convention-hotel-registration-details/June 25, 2012- The 2012 AAEC Convention will be here before we know it, so start planning now. This year's convention is scheduled for September 13-15, in Washington, DC. Complete details are being organized and will be made available over the next few weeks. Know however that this is one convention you really...
2012 AAEC convention planning is underway | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/2012-aaec-convention-planning-is-underway/April 25, 2012- Set aside the dates! The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists' 2012 convention will take place Thursday through Saturday, September 13-15, in George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium. Exact details regarding hotel selection and panels are currently being worked out. Registration for the event will be $250 for members. This year's...
Sacramento Bee invites public to event remembering Rex Babin | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/sacramento-bee-invites-public-to-event-remembering-rex-babin/April 10, 2012- The Sacramento Bee has invited residents of the city to a remembrance of its late cartoonist, Rex Babin. Babin, a former president of the AAEC, died last month following a year-long battle with cancer. He was 49. According to the Bee's editorial page editor Stuart Leavenworth, the tribute will feature...
AAEC membership fund drive for Sebastian Babin | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/aaec-membership-fund-drive-for-sebastian-babin/April 12, 2012- The AAEC has created a bank account to pool donations from its members for contribution later this year to the Sacramento Bee's Sebastian Babin Education Fund. Sebastian is the 10-year-old son of Rex and Kathleen Babin. Rex, who was the Sacramento Bee’s staff cartoonist and served as 2010-11 AAEC president,...
Sebastian Babin Education Fund | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/sebastian-babin-education-fund/April 3, 2012- Click here for information about how to donate to the scholarship fund for Rex Babin's son. ...
Farewell to Rex Babin | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/farewell-to-rex-babin/April 2, 2012- The death of Rex Babin has hit our now-miniscule cartooning family very hard, harder than anything we thought we might be prepared for. This magnificent man, this vital athlete, this superb artist and thinker, has left an intellectual and emotional void in the community we love. ...
Nominations until 2/29/12 for Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/nominations-until-22812-for-courage-in-editorial-cartooning-award/February 21, 2012- Mr. Joel Pett the President of Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) and staff cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, announced today that nominations are still being accepted until midnight EST February 29, 2012, for 2012 CRNI Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning. Nominations can be made by any individual. ...
Press Release from AAEC Board | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/press-release-from-aaec-board/November 8, 2011- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists applauds the Urban Tulsa Weekly for removing David Simpson as it's Editorial Cartoonist following overwhelming evidence of plagiarism. ...
Petition in support of freedom of expression | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/petition-in-support-of-freedom-of-expression/January 26, 2011- The petition to support freedom of expression for cartoonists has collected 1500 signatures. If you haven't signed it yet, please consider doing so. ...
McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/mcgill-medal-for-journalistic-courage/December 1, 2010- Help the University of Georgia select the next winner of the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage. Deadline: Dec. 15. ...
Letter from the President: AAEC as Torn Rotator Cuff | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/letter-from-the-president-aaec-as-torn-rotator-cuff/September 10, 2010- Rex Babin sums up his year as AAEC president. ...
Appreciating JP | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/appreciating-jp/September 10, 2010- 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. ...