Jake Thompson wins John Locher Memorial Award
Jake Thompson, a student at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, is this year’s winner of the AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award. Jake is a junior and studying advertising. As this years winner, he will receive an all-expense paid trip to this year’s AAEC convention in Seattle.
Posted on: Jun 25, 2009, Section: AAEC, Awards, College cartoonists, Comments: 0 Comments
Editorial cartoonist Draper Hill, dead at 73
Draper Hill, the long-time Detroit News cartoonist, and eminent cartoon historian, passed away earlier this week. In addition to his decades of work as a staff cartoonist, he published biographies of Thomas Nast and James Gillray, and was long considered the “institutional memory” of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). A past president of [...]
Posted on: May 15, 2009, Section: AAEC, Cartoons, Comic history, Editorial cartooning, National Cartoonist Society, Obituary, Comments: 17 Comments
AAEC convention plans shaping up
Over on The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists web site is posted more information about this year’s convention in Seattle. Ted Rall, AAEC president, provides a fiery letter to its members about the need to attend and discuss solutions out of the present industry crisis. He writes: This year’s panelists and speakers will focus on [...]
Posted on: Mar 31, 2009, Section: AAEC, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 182 Comments
Best cartoon organizations, clubs, associations etc.
Can any of you tell me some of the best organizations for cartoonists who want to take their cartoons to the next level. (More publicity, more coverage, more distribution, more money) Also included in that, what do they offer / do if you spend money to join. (Like the AAEC, what does the fee get [...]
Posted on: Mar 12, 2009, Section: AAEC, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 59 Comments
AAEC to DM Register: Give Brian Duffy his artwork
Ted Rall, the President of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has sent a letter to The Des Moines Register’s editor asking her to reconsider their decision to donate Brian Duffy’s editorial cartoons to the University of Iowa. Ted argues that the cartoons represent Brian’s life work and that current industry practice allows the [...]
Posted on: Feb 26, 2009, Section: AAEC, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 15 Comments
Year end review for 2008: Rollercoaster
2008 might well be described in a word as a roller coaster or to many a third and fourth quarter stock market ride. Clearly many cartoonist achieved career highs and milestones, but for many cartoonist who live and die in the newspaper, there was a lot of dying. In writing this review, I can’t help [...]
Posted on: Dec 31, 2008, Section: AAEC, Awards, College cartoonists, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, International, King Features, Mohammed Cartoon, Museums, National Cartoonist Society, Newspaper industry, Tribune Media Services, United Media, web comics, Comments: 13 Comments
AAEC responds to passage of Orphan Works Act
Ted Rall, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has written an official response to the Senate passage of the Orphan Works Act. It is as follows: The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) is dismayed to learn that unscrupulous members of the U.S. Senate have taken advantage of Americans’ focus on the [...]
Posted on: Sep 28, 2008, Section: AAEC, Cartoons, Editorial cartooning, Legal, Comments: 16 Comments
AAEC responds to the recent newspaper job losses
Nick Anderson, President of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and cartoonist for the Houston Chronicle, has released the following statement regarding the recent number of editorial cartoonist positions being eliminated. Everyone understands that these are tough times for newspapers, but they have gone from full panic mode to suicide mode. Many editorial cartoonists are [...]
Posted on: Aug 1, 2008, Section: AAEC, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 13 Comments
Clay Bennett receives Ink Bottle Award
Clay Bennett added the Ink Bottle Award to his 2008 honors at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention on Saturday. AAEC President Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle and WPWG said a major reason for the Ink Bottle honor was Bennett’s work as AAEC president in 2005-6. During that “tumultuous and eventful” time, recalled [...]
Posted on: Jul 2, 2008, Section: AAEC, Awards, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 4 Comments
AAEC convention speakers posted
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released more information about the speaker line up and schedule of their upcoming convention in San Antonio this June. Sessions include a discussion regarding the obituary cartoon, immigration, reader feedback, how contest judges view cartoons, and LBJ’s interest of editorial cartooning. Guest speakers include David Ignatius, columnist and [...]
Posted on: May 14, 2008, Section: AAEC, Editorial cartooning, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 1 Comment
AAEC joins NCS in opposition to Orphan Works Act
The AAEC has issued an open letter to the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Courts opposing the current Orphan Works legislation that is working its way through congress. In a joint letter, Nick Anderson, President of The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and Jeff Keane, President of the National Cartooning Society, they wrote, The Association [...]
Posted on: May 12, 2008, Section: AAEC, National Cartoonist Society, Comments: 0 Comments
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