David Horsey (born 1951) is an American

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ist and commentator. His cartoons appeared in the ''

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'' from 1979 until December 2011 and in the ''

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'' since that time. His cartoons are syndicated to newspapers nationwide by

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. He won the

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in 1999 and 2003.

Life and career

Horsey was born in

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and moved to

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at age 3. He began working as a cartoonist in the ''Cascade'', the school newspaper at

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. He was a French horn player in the

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. He attended the

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, where, as a

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, he became the editorial cartoonist of the student newspaper '' The Daily''. He went on to become the first editorial cartoonist to be chosen as editor-in-chief of ''The Daily''. He graduated in 1976 with a degree in

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. Horsey's first job was as a

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for the ''Bellevue Journal-American'', but in 1979 he was hired to be the editorial cartoonist of the ''Post-Intelligencer.'' In 1986, he earned a

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from the

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. In 2004 he received an honorary doctorate degree from

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. At the end of 2011, he left the ''Post-Intelligencer'' and went to work for the ''Los Angeles Times'', where he remained until January 2018. His work then appeared in the ''

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'' until July 2018. He currently works for the Tribune Content Agency. Horsey has been recognized for his work with the

, first in 1999, when many of his cartoons focused on the

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, and in 2003, when he lampooned the Bush administration. In 2014, he was again a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and also received the

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for his cartoons related to social justice issues.

Collections

* ''Politics and Other Perversions: A Book of Political Cartoons by Dave Horsey'' (Shambala Publications Group, Seattle 1974) * ''Horsey's Rude Awakenings'' (Madrona Publishers, Seattle 1981) * ''Horsey's Greatest Hits of the '80s'' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle 1989) * ''The Fall of Man'' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle 1994) * ''One Man Show'' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle 1999) * ''From Hanging Chad to Baghdad'' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle 2003) * ''Draw Quick, Shoot Straight'' (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle 2007) * ''Refuge of Scoundrels'' (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2013)

Sarah Huckabee apology

In November 2017, Horsey wrote an entry for his thrice-weekly column
Top of the Ticket
in the

titled "
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the right mouthpiece for a truth-twisting president
'" and was criticized shortly thereafter for his disparaging remarks about the appearance of Donald Trump's press secretary,

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. Horsey's column included criticisms of her looks and attire. After being criticized for his comments, Horsey updated his column with an apology and removed the comments about Huckabee.

References

External links

* David Horsey'
personal website
* David Horsey'
personal Twitter page

David Horsey's page
at

The Seattle Times ''The Seattle Times'' is a daily newspaper serving Seattle, Washington, United States. It was founded in 1891 and has been owned by the Blethen family since 1896. ''The Seattle Times'' has the largest circulation of any newspaper in Washington (s ...

David Horsey's page
at the

1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons

2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons
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