Doug Davis is an illustrator and cartoonist based in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. His weekly editorial cartoon, Urban Scrawl, appears in the Los Angeles Downtown News and has received three top awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and a first place in Editorial Cartooning from the L.A. Press Club. Over the past 10 years, Davis has written and illustrated such comic strips as Cubicle Dreams, DisJoint, and Hy Life. He has also illustrated a children's book called Forget-Me-Not, Grandma, and created conceptual sketches for the science fiction series Gemini Division. In February 2008, Davis's work was featured in a solo exhibition at Gary Leonard Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles.

A full-time illustrator since 2001, Davis previously worked in the field of graphic design, art directing magazines and newspapers as well as designing books, book covers, and logos. A graduate of Stanford University, he enjoys esoteric discussions on continental philosophy, moral geneaology, and bluegrass music.

"Urban Scrawl on the Wall," article about Doug Davis's exhibition at the Gary Leonard Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles

Doug Davis interviewed for the LAist blog

Doug Davis featured in the LA Observed blog