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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Forget the pundits — watch the damn cartoonists!

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 will be adding to this list as more links become available.)

Cartoonist Ed Hall will be live-blogging from the crazy state of Florida throughout election day. https://halltoons.com/wordpress1/2018/11/06/live-blogging-today/

Jack Ohman will be appearing on a live stream at sacbee.com from 8-10 PDT. https://www.sacbee.com/

Nightowl Clay Jones will be posting all evening at https://claytoonz.com and https://twitter.com/claytoonz

The always entertaining Scott Stantis will be on WGN Radio at 10:00pm punditing on the Patti Vasquez Show. Stream live here: https://wgnradio.com/

Deb Milbrath plans to be posting regular updates to her Instagram feed milbrathdraws. She's in Georgia, so it should be interesting.

Finally, Florida man Nathan Archer will also be posting live on his Facebook page: Facebook.com/archertoons 

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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.


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.