Meet Featured ToonsWare Cartoonist: Matt Davies

Matt Davies

Matt Davies has been the editorial cartoonist for The Journal News (New York) since 1993. His cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Media Services.

Born in London, Davies relocated to the United States in 1983. He studied fine art and illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia and at the School of Visual Arts in New York. His drawings have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and USA Today, and have also been featured on CNN.

Davies is the recipient of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and the inaugural Herblock Prize. He is also the recipient of the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for a collection of his work detailing such subjects as police brutality, racism and school overcrowding.

He is a three-time winner of the Society of Professional Journalists’ New York Chapter Deadline Club Award, including a 2001 prize for his 9/11-related work. Davies also has received four first-prize awards in the New York Associated Press Editorial Cartooning Competition in honor of his work.

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