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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CARTOONIST PROFILE

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Contact

Work Phone

716-849-4486

General

First Name

Adam

Last Name

Zyglis

Publication

Primary Publication Name

The Buffalo News

Reprints

Reprint Contact First Name

Adam

Reprint Contact Last Name

Zyglis

Reprint Email

contact@adamzyglis.com

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Profile

Bio

Adam Zyglis is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, his hometown newspaper.

  Zyglis began drawing weekly editorial cartoons for The Griffin at Canisius College in 2000, where he graduated summa cum laude from the All College Honors Program with a degree in Computer Science, and minors in Mathematics and Studio Art.

 After earning three national collegiate cartooning awards from his work at The Griffin, Zyglis landed an internship in the Graphics Department of The Buffalo News. At just 22 years old, Zyglis became the staff cartoonist for The News in August of 2004, replacing Tom Toles who left for The Washington Post to succeed the legendary Herblock.

 Since then his cartoons have become syndicated through Cagle Cartoons and have appeared in magazines, books and newspapers around the world, including The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and MAD magazine. In 2013 he won the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award, given by the National Press Foundation. His work earned him a National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2023. Additionally, in 2015 he won the

Grambs Aronson Cartooning with a Conscience award and the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartoons.  Later that year he was awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award from Canisius College. He has also been awarded the AAEC Ink Bottle Award for his service to the profession, and he has won the 2020 and 2022 Overseas Press Club’s Best Cartoon Award for his work on international affairs.

 Zyglis has served as a Juror for the Pulitzer in 2017 and 2018, and he’s served as President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). In 2016 he helped organize and host the nation’s editorial cartoonists at Duke University’s Satire festival.

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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.