Can Obama measure up to Abe and FDR?A few days before I left Seattle, I had lunch with Frank Greer at a window-side table looking out on chilly Lake Union and a sullen gray sky. Greer was ...
On to the inaugurationWhen the going gets tough, the tough get out of town.
The day the globe stood stillFriday, January 9th, was the day I didn't believe would ever come.
Readers, welcome to the next yearFirst, let me thank you for making the first year of davidhorsey.com a smashing success.
My favorite cartoons of the yearIt's not always the most edifying experience to look back over a year of cartoons. At least not if you are the cartoonist.
The upside of snowCalamity for some is opportunity for others -- as I said in my Tuesday cartoon.
Bush's Beltway ArmageddonGeorge W. Bush has been a gift to editorial cartoonists for most of a decade, but at a high cost to the country.
Lifting weights, throwing shoesThree or four times a week at lunch hour, I leave the office, cross the street and keep an appointment with a guy who makes me lift very heavy objects ...
Bailing out my bailout cartoonIf you were watching closely, you saw two versions of my cartoon on the auto industry bailout on December 12th.
What do YOU think? Is Bush the worst?I'm at home today with a sore throat that makes me sound like a particularly large bullfrog.l
Oops! Wrong copyright dateSome eagle-eyed readers noticed that the copyright date on my Christmas shopping cartoon read 2006 and wondered if it was an oldie.
And the other inspiration: PlayboyThere was once a time when Playboy magazine wasn't hidden away behind a counter or wrapped in plastic. It was on the rack with all the other magazines ...
MAD magazine, my early influenceA couple of readers have asked if my drawing style was influenced by MAD magazine. Can there be any doubt?
A post-racial president?It is to state the obvious to say Barack Obama is of mixed race.
I'm back with four "Encore" cartoonsGiven the lack of activity on davidhorsey.com in recent days, you may have figured out I was on vacation.
The Circuit City syndromeJust because corporate bosses make more money doesn't mean they aren't idiots.
Oswald did itI have too little faith in the capacity of human beings to keep secrets and organize every detail of a complicated enterprise to give much credence to ...
More cartoon galleriesIn case you hadn't noticed, I've put up three new galleries of cartoons in recent days.
Election night inspirationAfter finishing my cartoon and turning out a blog post on election night, I headed downtown to see how Seattle's bluer-than-blue Democrats were celebrating ...
How to draw a post-Election Day cartoonMark Trahant, the P-I's editorial-page editor, interviewed David Horsey -- on video -- while he was drawing his cartoon for Nov. 5, 2008.
Lincoln's dream fulfilledThis morning, as I signed in at my precinct to vote, I felt tears gathering in my eyes. I blame it on Abraham Lincoln.
The greatest campaignI don't know what I'll do to entertain myself now that the presidential campaign has come to an end.
Anthrax at the P-I?I drove out of the underground garage at the Post-Intelligencer building Wednesday night and found police blocking the street, firetrucks at the front ...
Prediction: President ObamaA year ago, I was sitting around with a group of friends playing the game of predicting who would be the next president. I predicted Barack Obama.
Traitors to democracyHey, did you hear that Barack Obama wants to change the national anthem and redesign the American flag to promote better relations with our enemies?