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.

Registration page

SPX website



 

CARTOONIST PROFILE

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General

First Name

Russell

Last Name

Hodin

Publication

Primary Publication Name

NEW TIMES San Luis Obispo

Other duties with newspaper

Occasional cover & story illustrations

Reprints

Price for Original Artwork

please contact artist

Reprint Contact First Name

Russell

Reprint Contact Last Name

Hodin

Reprint Email

at10uation@gmail.com

Profile

Bio

Russell W. Hodin,  Editorial Cartoonist/Sculptor

 

Solo Exhibits

Linnaea’s Cafe, Editorial Cartoons, San Luis Obispo, CA; years: 2016, 2006, 2004, 2001

Group Exhibits

Redacted, Steynberg Gallery, S.L.O., CA 2015

Dining In Public, ArtSpace Obispo, S.L.O., CA 2011

There Will Be Bacon, Steynberg Gallery, S.L.O, CA 2008

Hotel Granada Invitational, 3-D caricature; S.L.O, CA 2003

Patriot Art; Institute for Policy Studies; Wash, DC traveling cartoon show, 2002-

Aquarius Gallery, Cambria, CA 1996-1998

Save Your Breath Variations; interactive sound sculpture & performance art; Cal Poly University, 1996

Space in C; interactive sound sculptures; Arternatives Gallery, S.L.O, CA 1996 (in conjunction with above performance)

Public Art – A Visual Dialog; San Luis Obispo, CA, 1995 (Exhibit Design)

10 @ Arternatives; invitational sculpture; S.L.O., CA 1994

Arts Link Gallery; cast bronze; Los Osos, CA 1993

Waiting for the Building Permit; Wineman Hotel lobby figurative sculpture tableaux; S.L.O, CA 1992 (assemblage)

Windows and Doors; cast bronze & wood portal sculptures; Saratoga, CA 1990

Art Fair Invitational; wood portal sculpture; Avila, CA 1987

Hot Metal, juried; cast bronze; Art Center, S.L.O, CA 1986

All-California, juried; cast bronze; Laguna Beach, CA 1986

Lectures & Roundtables

Art & Politics Soiree, Steynberg Gallery, S.L.O, 2009

 

— Awards

Best of the West 2018 – First Place

National Newspaper Assn. 2018 – Third Place

Assoc. of Alternative Newsweeklies 2018 – Third Place

Assoc. of Alternative Newsweeklies 2017 – Second Place

Best of the West 2016 – Second Place

California Newspaper Publisher’s Assn. 1996 Better Newspapers Contest- First Place

California Newspaper Publisher’s Assn. 1997 Better Newspapers Contest- Second Place

National Newspaper Assn. 1997 Better Newspapers Contest- Honorable Mention

Hot Metal, juried, Art Center, S.L.O, CA 1986- Honorable Mention

 

— Publication

Regular Member, Association of American Editorial Cartoonists

Attack of the Political Cartoonists, 2004 Dork Storm Press

— Related activities and sources of income

graphic design and illustration; architectural design and production; fine art exhibit design & installation

— Book Illustration

A Judge’s Advice, 50 Years on the Bench, by Ruggero J. Aldisert, 2011 Carolina Academic Press

Opinion Writing, 3rd Edition, by Ruggero J. Aldisert, 2012 Carolina Academic Press

 

— Education

U.C.L.A.: Engineering & Fine Art

SCI-ARC & Cal Poly: Architecture

Santa Monica & Cuesta Colleges: Fine Art; Foundry

 

— Life

Lifetime partner of fine artist, educator, curator Elizabeth L. Johnson; I enjoy moderate amounts of hiking, cycling, backpacking and immoderate amounts of dog time

 

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.


The Daily Cartoonist

CSotD: Unfortunate Complexities
CSotD: Unfortunate Complexities

There’s not much to add to or analyze in Jennings’ cartoon. Children are living as grotesque skeletons and dying in unconscionable numbers. The obvious, simple...


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.