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Born | West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. | October 14, 1978
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Known for | Spaniel Rage (2005) Make Me a Woman (2010) |
Vanessa Davis is an American illustrator, humorist, and cartoonist of alternative comic books.
She is best known for the autobiographical graphic novel Make Me A Woman and minicomic Spaniel Rage, published by Drawn & Quarterly. [1] Her comics have appeared in several anthologies, including Kramers Ergot , The Best American Comics , Stuck in the Middle, Papercutter, and An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories. She earned a fine arts degree from the University of Florida. [2]
Davis' comics and illustrations are usually rendered in highly chromatic watercolors or in pencil. The stories they tell are taken from her diary and are candidly personal, witty and self-deprecating; centering on her youth, mother, relationships with men, and Jewish identity. [3] Her work has appeared in The New York Times, [4] Dissent, [5] and The Forward, [6] and she is a regular contributor to Tablet Magazine . [7] In 2009, she was awarded the Maisie Kukoc Award for Comics Inspiration, [1] and in 2017 the Terry Southern Prize for Humor for her eight-part series, Summer Hours, published in the Paris Review. [8]
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