Damian is a lifelong documentary photographer who originally hails from Newark, Delaware. Damian earned a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Anthropology from Boston University and boarded a plane bound for Kyrgyzstan shortly after, where he taught English for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer. After earning a master’s degree in geography from UW-Madison, and after completing a Fulbright research project in Kyrgyzstan he returned to the United States to study digital photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His photography appears in the Brooklyn Museum. He has written and produced a full-length play, graphic novels, and several short comics.
His first graphic novel, Sevara, was published by Broken Icon Comics in 2015. His short comic story, Kingdom of Ashes, appeared in Geometry Magazine in June 2019. Monitor will be released in 2020 by Broken Icon Comics, followed by The Rum-Running Queen the following year. Damian is a U.S. diplomat and lives overseas with his wife, son, and 2 dogs.
THE TEAM!
I’m a writer, and I don’t do this alone. My work has been made possible by collaborating with extremely talented artists from all over the world.
Monsterly
Lineart: Elisabeth Mkheidze
Kingdom of Ashes
Art: Kensington Hickman
Monitor
Lineart: Elisabeth Mkheidze
Colors: Lukasz Juśkiewicz
Cover art and additional colors: Ezequiel Pineda
Letter design: Sal Cipriano
Color scheme: C.L. Zhao
The Rum Running Queen
Lineart : Kriswantowhy
Colorist : Meijin
Sevara
Lineart: Andre Siregar
Colors: Anang Setyawan
Additional art: Donny Hadiwidjaja