Spaniel Rage
Spaniel Rage is filled with frank and immediate pencil-drawn accounts of dating woes, misunderstandings between mothers and daughters, and conversations with friends.
"These comics are a gift. Casual, but precise, Davis has an emotional and intellectual range that creeps up on you with a warmth and a sensibility to the page that feels revelatory. Spaniel Rage is a brave, deeply felt work."
—Sammy Harkham, Kramers Ergot
"Vanessa's comics feel like a phone call with your best, warm, funny friend. I've kept this book close at hand for the last decade, re-reading it over lunches, in baths, and curled up in bed at night."
—Lisa Hanawalt, Bojack Horseman, Hot Dog Taste Test
"I spent my 20s reading and re-reading this book. I'm still looking for clues in its warm, perfect drawings and clear, quiet voice—a grateful ghost in the white spaces, standing by Vanessa's side."
—Eleanor Davis, How To Be Happy
Make Me a Woman
Make Me a Woman offers charming vignettes about being young, Jewish, and single.
Davis draws strips from her daily diary, centering on her youth, mother, relationships with men, and eventually her longtime boyfriend. Her intimacy, self-deprecation, and candor have deservedly earned her many accolades and awards. Her deft comedic touch, lush color, and immediacy will set Davis apart not only as one of the premier cartoonists, but as one of the leading humorists for her generation, too.
“If you don't like [Vanessa Davis], you don't like anything good.” —Vice on Vanessa Davis
“What distinguishes Davis's take is a reflective hunger formeaning and connection in the very mundane. ” —Bust on Vanessa Davis
“Vanessa Davis's autobiographical slice-of-life drawings are both totally relatable and sweetly surreal. ” —Bitch on Vanessa Davis