Annual Convention

Annual Convention October 3-6

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

Online registration coming soon!


The State of Cartooning is—not good. At least according to the British

Here are two pieces for  your Tea Time Reading. Both look at challenges facing cartoonists in the 21st century and ask “is there a future?”

#1) “Why does no one want to be a cartoonist any more? — The lack of new blood doesn’t bode well for the industry’s future”
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-does-no-one-want-to-be-a-cartoonist-any-more-

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After the Guardian dumped Steve Bell, a Scotland paper asks if there is room for the “rude art” in a time of political sensitivity.
2) “The pen is mightier than the sword so political cartoons are needed more than ever before”
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18607841.big-read-pen-mightier-sword-political-cartoons-needed-ever/

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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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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.