Annual Convention

Annual Convention September 11-14, 2025

The AAEC will be joining the line-up at this year’s Small Press Expo as part of our annual convention in September 2025. Registration is now open.

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS:

ACC:
ASSOCIATION OF CANADIAN CARTOONISTS
NCS:
NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY

THE BILLY IRELAND CARTOON LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS

FREEDOM CARTOONISTS FOUNDATION

THE DAILY CARTOONIST

COUNTERPOINT

THE NIB

 

CARTOONIST PODCASTS:

DMZ AMERICA:

DMZ America with Ted Rall and Scott Stantis

CARTOONIST TALK:

A Talk with Editorial Cartoonists by Angelo Lopez

POLITICS INK:

Politics Ink with Jim Morrissey

CAGLECAST:

Daryl Cagle’s Caglecast

 

JD wins RFK

JD Crowe is this year’s winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Editorial Cartooning. The RFK judges cited the cartoonist for the Alabama Media Group “for his use of wit and artistry to illuminate policies that are harming women, the poor, and people of color in the state of Alabama.”

“I’m just a dork who can draw a little, so it’s always a sweet shock to win an award for doing something I love,” Crowe told AL.com. “I am tickled and especially proud to receive this RFK Award – an award that focuses on human rights and injustice – for a body of work mostly comprised of Alabama’s dystopian politics – now mirrored by the Trump administration. As always, I thank this state’s voters for keeping the pond stocked with outrageously bassackward, corrupt leaders and politicians.”

Read an interview with Crowe and see his winning portfolio here:

https://www.al.com/news/2020/06/jd-crowe-wins-rfk-award-for-editorial-cartoons.html

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The mission of the AAEC is to champion and defend editorial cartooning and free speech as essential to liberty in the United States and throughout the world.

The AAEC aims to be an international leader in support of the human, civil, and artistic rights of editorial cartoonists around the world, and to stand with other international groups in support of the profession.

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LOCHER FELLOWSHIP

The AAEC John Locher Memorial Fellowship is awarded each year to one early-career cartoonist whose work demonstrates clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Deadline to be considered is the end of March.

The Locher Fellow will receive a one-year Regular membership in the AAEC, be a guest of the CXC Festival — held every fall in Columbus, Ohio —  and have the opportunity to meet with editorial cartoonists during the year of the Fellowship for portfolio reviews and career advice.

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CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM

Cartoons in Education

Every two weeks throughout the year, The Learning Forum and the AAEC offers CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM, a free lesson resource for teachers discussing current events.  Visit NIEonline.com for more lesson plans.