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Seattle cartoonist David Horsey joins L.A. Times

by Associated Press

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Posted on December 19, 2011 at 9:46 AM

Updated Monday, Dec 19 at 1:50 PM

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Times has hired editorial cartoonist David Horsey who won two Pulitzer Prizes with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

In a note to staff Monday, Editor Russ Stanton said Horsey will jump into the 2012 presidential campaign with a visit to South Carolina, which holds its Republican primary Jan. 21. He'll provide cartoons and commentary for the "Top of the Ticket" blog.

Horsey won Pulitzers in 1999 and 2003. Since the P-I ceased print publication in 2009 Horsey provided cartoons for seattlepi.com and Hearst newspapers. He's a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle.
 

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ItsOnlyMe said on December 20, 2011 at 10:32 AM

David Horsey is an extraordinary editorialist and he will be sorely missed by the locals here. I have been a fan of his work for many years and I hope he will continue his work as an editorial cartoonist in the future. He always gets a laugh out of me. His work reflect a lot of truths in political and social issues with intelligent and witty satire. I'm certain he will make strong contributions in his new role. We'll miss you around here, David!

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fellowtraveller said on December 19, 2011 at 5:53 PM

Like the famous political cartoonist Herblock, there was no attempt at "balance" in his artful essays (although Herblock at least briefly removed the sinister "five o'clock shadow" from Nixon's cartoon persona for a time after he won in '68). Horsey apparently viewed anyone to the right of Nancy Pelosi as a rogue, a redneck, a racist, or all of that and more. Given his acclaim and tjhe rewards of syndication, he had no incentive to change -- not that his commitment wasn't sincere to the point of his being labelled an ideologue. His departure is an unintended contribution to a return to civility in discourse hereabouts but even with that we may have passed a point of no return.

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taylorwood said on December 19, 2011 at 11:23 AM

Good bye, and good riddance.

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zestquest9813394 said on December 19, 2011 at 11:19 AM

Well, he'll sure fit in with the rest of the left-wingers down there.

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