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. Check back here later this year for registration and hotel information!

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Now in print

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The Economist has just published its 2010 wall calendar packed with original cartoon art by Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher. "It took me all summer to complete so I am both delighted and exhausted," said KAL. You can see samples of the elaborate pages and order your own copy by going to:

https://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2009/11/kal-2010-wall-calendar/

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Jeff Koterba, cartoonist for the Omaha World-Herald, has written "Inklings, a memoir." The 272-page harcover is being published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and chronicles "his chaotic boyhood … and his complicated father who, like Koterba, suffers from Tourette's syndrome." "Inklings" is now available in bookstores everywhere and online:

https://www.hmhbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=1101287

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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.