Eleanor Davis, in her bio, says that Savannah, GA is “possibly the most pleasant city in America”. And in some ways she’s right. Some parts of it that I’ve seen are not very nice at all, and I’m pretty surprised I’ve lived to tell about them. I’ve also seen the parts that she’s talking about, and I can see how they would make her work weird and cool and full of little monsters getting into scrapes. She also runs Little House Comics with Drew Weing. Savannah is definitely a great place for that. Because of SCAD, the art and design community there is tight-knit and wildly creative. Eleanor’s comics and illustrations are magical for sure, and even though I have my doubts about Savannah, the city and its art community are better off for having her there.

Eleanor Davis

*Update*: I’ve been informed that Eleanor has left Savannah for the tiny, indie bubble that is Athens, GA. I can tell you that’s probably a better place to sit under trees and make comics. It’s not as easy to score some rock, though. Life is all about trade-offs.

p.s. Every time I do an update like that I always hear Robert Stack’s voice from Unsolved Mysteries. He would come on at the end of a segment and say “Update” like he was a journalist, and not some guy who hosted a show where ghosts were regularly featured. You always knew there was a happy ending when he would say update. Helped me sleep easier.

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