Vanessa Davis
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. 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.
Vanessa Davis
- Name
- Vanessa Davis
- Born
- 14 October 1978
- Birthplace
- West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.
- Known for
- Spaniel Rage (2005) Make Me a Woman (2010)
- Occupation
- * Cartoonist
- Nationality
- United States
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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. 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.
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She earned a fine arts degree from the University of Florida. 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. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Dissent, and The Forward, and she is a regular contributor to Tablet Magazine. In 2009, she was awarded the Maisie Kukoc Award for Comics Inspiration, and in 2017 the Terry Southern Prize for Humor for her eight-part series, Summer Hours, published in the Paris Review.
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• Name — Vanessa Davis • Born — 14 October 1978 • Birthplace — West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. • Known for — Spaniel Rage (2005) Make Me a Woman (2010) • Occupation — * Cartoonist • author • humorist
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Vanessa Davis is recorded as cartoonist, novelist and comics artist.
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1978
Vanessa Davis born at West Palm Beach.
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- 1.Lightman, Sarah. Graphic Details: Jewish Women's Confessional Comics in Essays and Interviews. McFarland. 214. 2014. 9780786465538.
- 2.Davies, Rachel. Own Who You Are: An Interview With Vanessa Davis. Rookie. February 2, 2017.
- 3.Skylight Books. VANESSA DAVIS discusses and signs her graphic novel "MAKE ME A WOMAN". October 13, 2010.
- 4.Opinion - Image - NYTimes.com. archive.nytimes.com.
- 5.All in the Family. Dissent Magazine.
- 6.Vanessa Davis Archives. The Forward.
- 7.Vanessa Davis – Tablet Magazine – Jewish News and Politics, Jewish Arts and Culture, Jewish Life and Religion. Tabletmag.com.
- 8.Alexia Arthurs Wins 2017 Plimpton Prize; Vanessa Davis Wins Terry Southern Prize. www.theparisreview.org. March 6, 2017.
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- Summer Hours (self-published, 2016)
- Make Me a Woman (Drawn & Quarterly, 2010)
- Kitchen Conniption (self-published, 2010)
- Spaniel Rage (Buenaventura Press, 2005)
- reissued (Drawn & Quarterly, 2017)
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