Editorial Cartoons

Ivana Trumps the Donald

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:34 +0000

by David Willson This is one of my earliest cartoons for the Palm Beach Daily News, done in 1992. Ivana and Donald had split up and she put on a full court press PR campaign to continue her celebrity.

Mini Lobster Season

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:49 +0000

by David Willson Florida not only has a lobster season, but a lobster mini-season; where every gung ho yutz in the state tries to grab as many lobsters as they can in one weekend.

The protestors

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:23 +0000

by David Willson In 1996 and early 1997, we had a spate of shootings and other violence in the public schools. Of course, the sentiment still holds today.

American Roulette

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:42 +0000

by David Willson Ignoring a deadly culture.

Donald and Jesse thrown out of the ring

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:35 +0000

by David Willson In the run-up to the 2000 election, Donald Trump and Jesse Ventura made themselves the focus of the American Reform Party, a splinter group of the Reform Party started by Ross Perot. After both made some very inopportune statements they had their heads handed to them by Pat Buchanan and Perot.

Donald Trump's Miss Universe

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:30 +0000

by David Willson Also in 1997, Donald Trump had acquired the Miss Universe pageant. His first Miss Universe started to pack on the pounds during her reigning year, so Trump called her in to the Mar-a-Lago Spa to help her get back on track.

Tabloid shame

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:39 +0000

by David Willson We all remember this story. The press never took responsibility, and the Paparazzi are a bigger pain than ever.

Birth of the millennium

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:57 +0000

by David Willson Every year I do a special New Year's Day cartoon that sums up the big story of the past year. Does anyone remember how frightened we were of the new millennium?

The elusive butterfly of chads

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:28 +0000

by David Willson On November 03, 2000, we Floridians woke up thinking the Presidential Election was over. Boy, were we wrong.

Florida Voter

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:16 +0000

by David Willson After the 2000 election, everyone bitch-slapped the Florida Voter.

American spirit

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:53 +0000

by David Willson After 911.

A Halloween to remember

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:13 +0000

by David Willson It was Halloween weekend 2001. We'd just suffered the 911 and anthrax attacks, which began locally in Boca Raton. Everyone was wondering what was next. Should we be concerned about the candy?

Halloween's scariest costume

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:11 +0000

by David Willson This 2004 Halloween cartoon was about how the media continued to portray Florida voters. And still do.

2004 Presidential Election stupidity

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:02 +0000

by David Willson Who remembers the 2004 election? Remember this? It's starting to look like we're in for more of the same this time around.

The Palm Beach Diet

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:45:40 +0000

by David Willson Palm Beach has its own surreal lifestyle that can only be experienced, not described. For instance the typical menu in a Palm Beach restaurant would be your quickest route to getting the Gout.

Exotic pets run wild

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:07 +0000

by David Willson This is actually a big story in south Florida and getting bigger.