Taylor was born in Liverpool in 1964 and attended the Liverpool Arts School.^[1]

He got a job at Marvel UK in 1990, before entering the US comics field in 1994.^[1] There he worked on Marvel's Force Works and various DC Batman comics.^[2]

Taylor became disillusioned with the American comic book-making process as deadlines were squeezed and he was forced to take on an inker. He was eventually told he would never work in comics again and took a break following a double hernia. He returned to comics thanks to Peter Doherty's reminder that he has always wanted to work on Judge Dredd, and he has been Dredd-related stories for 2000 AD.^[3] He has also drawn Doctor Who comics for Titan Comics, and is drawing the first comics to feature Peter Capaldi's Twelfth Doctor.^[4]

Taylor describes his influences as "Victorian artwork and turn-of-century artwork, then Moebius, and some Italian and Spanish illustrators. And then of course there are the 2000AD artists, like Esquerra, Mike McMahon and Brian Bolland."^[3]

Comics work includes:

• Zorro #7-12 (with writers Ron Friedman/Ian Rimmer, Marvel UK, June–November 1991)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers #6 (pencils, with writer Pat Kelleher and inks by Robin Riggs, Marvel Comics, March 1992)
• Motormouth and Killpower #6, 9 (with Graham Marks and John Freeman (#9), Marvel UK, November 1992, March 1993)
• Warheads #4, 11 (with Nick Vince, Marvel UK, September 1992, May 1993)
• Gene Dogs (with John Freeman, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, 1993)
• War Dancer #4 (pencils, with Jim Shooter/Alan Lee Weiss and inks by Keith Wilson, Defiant Comics, May 1994)
• Force Works #6-7 (pencils with writers Dan Abnett/Andy Lanning, and inks by Rey Garcia, Marvel Comics, January–February, 1995)
• Batman: Riddler - The Riddle Factory (with Matt Wagner, 48-page graphic novella, DC Comics, 1995, ISBN 1-56389-196-4)
• Mr Murray:
  • "Mr. Murray: Mail Order Bride From Space" (with writer Ian Carney, in Negative Burn #37, Caliber Comics, June 1996)
  • "Mr. Murray in Another Hollow Christmas" (with writer Ian Carney, in Negative Burn #38, Caliber Comics, 1996)
  • "Mr. Murray in Shopping Inferno" (with writer Ian Carney, in Negative Burn #39, Caliber Comics, 1996)
  • "Mr. Murray in Apocalypse Soon" (script and art, in Negative Burn #39, Caliber Comics, 1996)
• Tongue*Lash (with Jean-Marc Lofficier/Randy Lofficier, Dark Horse Comics, August–September, 1996)
• The Dreaming #9 (pencils, with Bryan Talbot, and inks by Tayyar Ozkan, Vertigo, February 1997)
• Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50-54, 56-60, 62-64 (with Alan Grant, DC Comics, May 1996 - July 1997)
• "The Choice" (with Dennis O'Neil, in Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #100, November 1997)
• Tongue*Lash II (with Jean-Marc Lofficier/Randy Lofficier, Dark Horse Comics, February–March, 1999)
• Batman & Superman: World's Finest #1-5, 10 (pencils, with Karl Kesel and inks by Robert Campanella, DC Comics, April–August, 1999, January 2000)
• "Mostly White" (with Bruce Jones, in Flinch #9, Vertigo, February 2000)
• "Prepacked" (with Ian Carney, in Flinch #11, Vertigo, April 2000)
• "Zed, Marj & Mercury" (with Michael Bonner, in Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer, one-shot, Vertigo, August 2000)
• "Weird Western Tales" #2, series #2, Vertigo, May 2001
• "Bury me not on the Lone Prairie" (with Jen Van Meter, in Weird Western Tales #4, Vertigo, July 2001)
• Judge Dredd:
  • "How to Succeed in Bizness (without getting caught)" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #223, 2004)
  • "Judging Ralphy" (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #230, 2005)
  • "Road Stop" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1582-1586, 2008)
  • "The Gift of Mercy " (with John Wagner, in Judge Dredd Megazine #279, January 2009)
  • "High Spirits" (with Ian Edginton, in 2000 AD #1640-1643, June–July, 2009)
• Anderson, Psi Division: "Big Robots" (with Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine #257-264, 2007)
• "Fast as Fuck" (with Alan Grant, in Wasted #1, Autumn 2008)
• Batman: Death by Design (with Chip Kidd, 122-page graphic novel, DC Comics, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4012-3453-9)

• David Taylor's blog
• Dave Taylor at Comicvine
• Tongue*Lash