Matt Davies (cartoonist)

Matt Davies
Born	1966 London, England
Nationality	English
Alma mater	Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, GA
Occupation	Political Cartoonist, Children's Author
Website	http://mattdaviescartoon.com/

Matt Davies (born 1966) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, and children's author.

Davies was born in London, England in 1966 and lived there before relocating with his family 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, GA, then the School of Visual Arts in NYC. 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 is the staff cartoonist for Newsday in NY and his cartoons are syndicated nationally by Universal Press Syndicate, UClick. (Previous distributors for his editorial work were Tribune Media Services and United Media).

In the past Davies has drawn for The Journal News in Westchester, NY, the Hearst Connecticut Newspaper group, and the nonprofit online policy journal Remapping Debate.org

His work has appeared regularly in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times & USA Today. His work has also been featured in Newsweek, Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, CNN, The Week and Mad Magazine.

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