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.
[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.