Annual Convention

Annual Convention October 3-6

The AAEC and Association of Canadian Cartoonists is teaming up with the Université du Québec à Montréal for a 3-day celebration of all-things political cartooning, October 3-6, 2024.

Online registration: click here


Ramirez Bags ‘Best Cartoon’ at Overseas Press Club

Congratulations to Michael Ramirez on being named this year’s winner of the OPCA’s “Best Cartoon Award” (aka the Award formerly known as the Thomas Nast).

This is the first time the Overseas Press Club of America has picked Ramirez for his cartoons on international events. The conservative cartoonist, who draws for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is also a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a former president of the AAEC.

The @opcofamerica has presented an annual award for editorial cartooning almost continuously since 1968, first as the “Best Cartoon on Foreign Affairs,” and later as “The Thomas Nast Award.” The prize will be presented at a dinner in New York on April 21. Click here for a complete list of the winners: https://opcofamerica.org/2021-opc-award-winners/

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CARTOONS IN EDUCATION

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.