AAEC Convention 2008

Well, I'm back from San Antonio after spending a couple of days at this year's American Association of Editorial Cartoonists' annual convention.

View a photo gallery of this years AAEC annual convention, generously provided by JP Trostle of EditorialCartoonists.com.

SAN ANTONIO - As editorial cartooning moves online and more cartoonists begin to dabble in animation, members from the other side of the fence weighed in on how this shift might change the way awards competitions judge our work.

SAN ANTONIO - You would think opening a letter that reads, "Ann Coulter has more patriotic blood in one of her used tampons then you have in your whole body," might not be all that inspiring.

SAN ANTONIO - The Tribune Company announced job cuts for the Hartford Courant, but long-time cartoonist Bob Englehart won't be among the casualties.

SAN ANTONIO - During the O&A following his lecture at the AAEC convention, David Ignatius of the Washington Post had to answer some pointed barbs at Washington pundits over columns written prior to the invasion into Iraq.

SAN ANTONIO -- This morning at the AAEC convention, things started off upbeat with a discussion about death.

Today I am off to the 2008 American Association of Editorial Cartoonists' Annual Convention in San Antonio, so my cartooning for the rest of the week will be light.