Born in June of 1956 in Corby, Northants, England, Alan Davis had no formal art education — unpleasant experiences with ‘art establishment’ reinforced his primary ambition to be a carpenter. Davis began contributing to comics as a part-time hobby that quickly became a full-time job.
His first professional comic work was on Captain Britain in 1981 for Marvel UK. Marvelman for Warrior followed less than a year later. Harry Twenty on the High Rock for 2000AD allowed the hobby to become a full-time job. D.R. and Quinch followed. In 1985, Davis landed his first US work for DC Comics on Batman and the Outsiders, followed by Detective Comics. A few X-Annuals led to art duties on Excalibur. Since then he has never stopped working in comics.
His other list of credits include, but are not limited to: Wolverine: Bloodlust, creating/writing/drawingThe ClanDestine, JLA: The Nail, Superboy’s Legion, Fantastic Four: The End, Thor, Captain America, Savage Hulk, three 100-page Thanos OGNs, and most recently working with Paul Levitz on the new mini-series Avengers: War Across Time.
Davis has been married to his wife Heather since 1977 with two children and four grandchildren.
