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Phil Davis
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Phil Davis

  • Nationality : United States
  • Born : March 4, 1906
  • Died : December 16, 1964

Biography :

Philip Davis better known as Phil Davis, was an American artist who illustrated Mandrake the Magician, written by Lee Falk. Davis was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Growing up with one sister and one brother, Davis became interested in drawing when he was six years old. "I had a mania for parades," he recalled. "I drew every parade I could see. My family neither encouraged nor discouraged me. They just accepted my dark fate."
While attending Washington University in St. Louis, Davis had a part-time job as a draftsman with the technical department of the local telephone company. By 1928, he was working in the art department of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He left the newspaper to do magazine illustrations and advertising art.
In 1933, Davis met St. Louis advertising agency executive Lee Falk, and the two began their collaboration on Mandrake the Magician. Falk asked Davis to do a dozen panels on spec. Davis did so, and in 1934 Falk went to New York and pitched the concept to King Features Syndicate. The strip was launched June 11, 1934 with Davis illustrating and Falk scripting. One of Davis' assistants was Ray Moore, who later became the first artist on Falk's other comic strip, The Phantom, also distributed by King Features.
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Mandrake 11-16-35
Mandrake 11-16-35 Phil Davis Lee Falk (Writer)
Added by maxher60 - 4/8/22 178 , 4 , 0  
Mandrake the Magician (Sunday Comic Strip)
Mandrake the Magician (Sunday Comic Strip) Phil Davis
Added by 9emeart - 1/5/21 502 , 5 , 0  
Mandrake Daily June 6, 1938 by Phil Davis
Mandrake Daily June 6, 1938 by Phil Davis Phil Davis
Added by comixfan - 7/28/19 615 , 1 , 0

Mandrake Strip
Mandrake Strip Phil Davis
Added by Marc Rouchairoles - 7/25/19 592 , 1 , 0
Mandrake
Mandrake Phil Davis Lee Falk (Writer)
Added by juthisylv - 7/17/18 705 , 1 , 0
Mandrake the Magician Daily Strip 06.10.1947
Mandrake the Magician Daily Strip 06.10.1947 Phil Davis (Inker) Lee Falk (Writer)
Added by occultis - 8/19/16 833 , 2 , 0  

Mandrake s'amuse bien avec les animaux ...plus particulièrement l'homme ...
Mandrake s'amuse bien avec les animaux ...plus particulièrement l'homme ... Lee Falk (Writer) Phil Davis (Inker)
Added by Zenitram - 10/16/14 1,370 , 3 , 0  
Lothar fait la foire !! planche sunday 20 Août 1939 ...
Lothar fait la foire !! planche sunday 20 Août 1939 ... Lee Falk (Writer) Phil Davis (Inker)
Added by Zenitram - 9/7/14 1,294 , 1 , 0
Mandrake
Mandrake Phil Davis
Added by Fritz - 3/31/14 1,290 , 2 , 0

Mandrake
Mandrake Phil Davis
Added by BillBaroud - 2/8/14 1,347 , 2 , 0  
MANDRAKE le Magicien
MANDRAKE le Magicien Phil Davis
Added by JCS - 12/23/13 1,210 , 1 , 0
MANDRAKE le Magicien
MANDRAKE le Magicien Phil Davis
Added by JCS - 12/22/13 1,144 , 1 , 0

MANDRAKE le Magicien
MANDRAKE le Magicien Phil Davis
Added by JCS - 12/22/13 1,049 , 1 , 0
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