Phil Davis (cartoonist)

Philip Davis (March 4, 1906 – 16 December 1964) was an American artist who illustrated Mandrake the Magician, written by Lee Falk.

"[2] While attending Washington University in St. Louis, Davis had a part-time job as a draftsman with the technical department of the local telephone company.

In 1933, Davis met St. Louis advertising agency executive Lee Falk, and the two began their collaboration on Mandrake the Magician.

[3] One of Davis' assistants was Ray Moore, who later became the first artist on Falk's other comic strip, The Phantom, also distributed by King Features.

As art director of the Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company, he edited and illustrated the A-25 bomber instrumentation manual.