Matt Davies (cartoonist)
{{short description|American cartoonist}}
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| name = Matt Davies
| birth_date = 1966
| birth_place = London
| nationality = British
| occupation = Political cartoonist, children's author
| alma_mater = Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia
| website = {{URL|http://mattdaviescartoon.com/}}
}}
Matt Davies (born 1966) is a British-American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, and author and illustrator of children's books.
Biography
Davies was born in London in 1966 and lived there until his family relocated to the United States in 1983.
He graduated from Staples High School in Westport, Connecticut, in 1985, and subsequently studied illustration and fine art at The Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia, then the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
After college, he began doing freelance cartoons, before being hired full-time to draw for The Journal News (based in Westchester, New York) in April 1993.
He joined Newsday as staff cartoonist and a member of the editorial board in 2014{{Cite web|url=https://projects.newsday.com/cartoons/opinion/matt-davies-political-cartoons/#!/|title = Matt Davies' political cartoons - ND Cartoons|date = 22 August 2014}} in New York, and his cartoons are syndicated nationally by Universal Uclick.{{Cite web|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10841261.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140918044325/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10841261.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2014|title=Universal Uclick Announces Syndication of Pulitzer Prize Winner Matt Davies}}
In the past Davies has drawn for The Journal News in Westchester, New York, the Hearst Connecticut Newspaper group, and the non-profit online policy journal Remapping Debate.org.
His work has appeared regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. His work has also been featured in Newsweek, Time, U.S. News & World Report, CNN, The Week and Mad Magazine.
In 2004–2005 he was the President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.
Along with penning political cartoons, Davies is an author and illustrator of children's picture books. He is represented by Rodeen Literary Agency{{cite web |url=http://www.rodeenliterary.com/index-1.html |title=Rodeen Literary Management - Clients |website=www.rodeenliterary.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327023407/http://www.rodeenliterary.com/index-1.html |archive-date=2009-03-27}} and was signed with Neal Porter, of Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan to write and illustrate his first two picture books. The first book titled Ben Rides On was released to wide critical acclaim in the spring of 2013, was a Junior Library Guild selection for fall 2013 and a Kirkus Reviews "Best Book" of 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/matt-davies/ben-rides/|title = BEN RIDES ON | Kirkus Reviews}} His second book Ben Draws Trouble was released in 2015.{{cite web|last=Davies|first=Matt|title=Ouch. Cartoons and Things by Matt Davies "Ben Rides On"|url=http://mattdaviescartoon.com/childrens-books/}} He also illustrated the children's picture books Nerdy Birdy (2016) and Nerdy Birdy Tweets (2017), written by New York Times bestselling author Aaron Reynolds.
Davies has given talks about cartooning and politics at many venues including the UN, The Library of Congress, The National Press Club in Washington DC, Columbia University, The British Library in London, The National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the Tribeca Film Festival.
He was also the 2004 Writer-in-Residence with the Journalism and Art departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and served on the advisory board of the National Cartoon Museum.
Davies and his wife, Lucy, live in New York with their three children.{{cite web|title=AAEC Matt Davies cartoonist profile|work=editorialcartoonists.com |url=http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/DavieM/|accessdate=22 February 2013}}
Awards
- 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning{{cite web| url = http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Editorial+Cartooning| title = The Pulitzer Prizes}}
- 2004 Herblock Prize{{cite web |url=http://www.gannett.com/go/newswatch/2004/march/nw0312-3.htm |title=Westchester cartoonist Matt Davies wins first Herblock Prize (March 12, 2004) |accessdate=2015-09-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203151657/http://gannett.com/go/newswatch/2004/march/nw0312-3.htm |archivedate=2011-02-03 }}
- 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for cartooning{{cite web |url=http://rfkcenter.org/2001-edward-pinder-abc-news-nightline-for-qmaster-teacherq-11?lang=en |title=2001: Edward Pinder, ABC News, Nightline, for "Master Teacher" | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights | Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights |accessdate=2014-02-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222144640/http://rfkcenter.org/2001-edward-pinder-abc-news-nightline-for-qmaster-teacherq-11?lang=en |archivedate=2014-02-22 }}
- 2011 Pulitzer Prize Finalist{{cite web| url = http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Editorial-Cartooning| title = The Pulitzer Prizes}}
- 2016 Pulitzer Prize Finalist{{cite web| url = https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/matt-davies-0| title = The Pulitzer Prizes}}
- 2017 Headliners Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.headlinerawards.org/2017-winners|title = 2017 – Print/Photo | National Headliner Awards}}
- 2019 Herblock Prize{{Cite web|url=https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize/prize-winners/2019/matt-davies|title=Matt Davies | the Herb Block Foundation}}
- five-time winner of the Deadline Club Award from the New York City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists{{Cite web |title=About Matt |url=http://mattdaviescartoon.com/about/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Matt Davies |language=en-US}}
- five first-prize awards from New York Associated Press Editorial Cartooning Competition.{{Cite web |title=About Matt |url=http://mattdaviescartoon.com/about/ |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=Matt Davies |language=en-US}}
Works
- [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100655 "Are We Witnessing the Dusk of a Cartooning Era?"], Nieman Reports
- [http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100656 "Cartoonists Reach Out to Educators"], Nieman Reports
References
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External links
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- [http://mattdaviescartoon.com/about/ Matt Davies' website]
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Category:American editorial cartoonists