Doug Davis is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Pasadena, California. His weekly editorial cartoon, Urban Scrawl, appeared from 2005 to 2017 in the Los Angeles Downtown News and received many top awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association and a first place in Editorial Cartooning from the L.A. Press Club. Over the past 20 years, Davis has written and illustrated such comic strips as Cubicle Dreams, DisJoint, and Hy Life.
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.
AWARDS
3rd Place, Editorial Cartoon, Los Angeles Press Club, 2017
1st Place, Editorial Cartoon, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2017
1st Place, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2015
1st Place, Editorial Cartoon, Los Angeles Press Club, 2014
1st Place, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2013
3rd Place, Editorial Cartoon, Los Angeles Press Club, 2012
1st Place, Editorial Cartoon, Los Angeles Press Club, 2008
1st Place, Editorial Cartoon,California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2008
2nd Place, Editorial Cartoon, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2008
Certificate of Recognition, City of Los Angeles, 2008
1st Place, Editorial Cartoon, California Newspaper Publishers Association, 2005