The Furious Scribbler:
As a former Officer Candidate in the United States Army, branched Field Artillery, a graduate of the Disney Management School, a former restaurant owner, and now a civilian again Damon uses his collective and varying experiences to enhance his art. His eldest step-son also serves in the United States Army, and is preparing for his second tour in Iraq as an Infantryman newly minted E5.
Damon Bryan Shackelford earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree concentrating on both drawing and painting. He has been producing fine art, illustration, and graphic design for over twenty years. He has very recently had the opportunity to use his skill in the book publishing realm thanks to Twilight Times Books publisher, Lida Quillan. Two books, Awkward Grace and Hudson Lake, bear the Artist’s work on the cover.
Damon contributes to the sciences through chemistry (a second degree) and is an inventor on over a dozen United States Patents in Polymer Science. “Few have the opportunity to work in both the arts and sciences. I have been very blessed,” he reflects.
Delta Bravo Sierra and Cassidy House Gallery (for Fine Art) is the product of the Artist’s imagination. The comic is a way of giving back to our fine Army as well as to tell the soldiers story. The gallery, in fact, is a quaint home nestled in the foot hills of the Smokey Mountains of the Blue Ridge. The name is derived from a specific location as a way of saying ”thank you” to very dear friends who made their home available for the Artist’s family while he was away at Ft. Benning, Ga. Not enough could be said to express Damon’s gratitude for their gift of kindness.
Enjoy the cartoon!
