Al Davison; Newcastle, UK
Al Davison is an English comic book writer and artist from Newcastle, England. He now resides in Coventry, where he runs The Astral Gypsy, his studio and Comic shop with his wife Maggie.

He is most famous for his autobiographical graphic novel The Spiral Cage (Renegade Press, 1988, longer version Titan Books, 1990), Absolute edition from Active Images 2003 which describes his lifelong struggle with spina bifida and his rise to successful comic book creator, martial arts scholar, film maker, and performer. The Spiral Cage featured in Tony Isabella's 1000 Comic Books You Must Read.

He is the subject of a documentary, also called The Spiral Cage, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.