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Biography
Damon Herd is a Lecturer in Communication Design and Programme Director of the MDes Comics and Graphic Novels. He is an artist, researcher, and comics maker with a PhD in Fine Art from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. His main research area is life narratives told in the comics medium, with a particular interest in British comics, and the games authors play with truth. Other research includes the intersections of comics, fine art, and performance.
Damon is the founder and organiser of DeeCAP (Dundee Comics/Art/Performance). He is a member of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies at University of Dundee and an associate member of CoRH! - The Comics Research Hub at University of the Arts London. He has been published in Studies in Comics and on The Comics Grid. He was previously Coordinator of Dundee Comics Creative Space and INK POT comics studio, where he worked on several publications in the University of Dundee’s Public Information Comics research project. He is Creative Submissions Editor of Studies in Comics.
Damon also has an MA in Illustration from Edinburgh College of Art and a BA in Book Arts & Crafts from London College of Communication, UAL.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Dundee Games Comics
Murray, C., Vaughan, P. (Editor), Herd, D. (Editor), Bozdog, M., Austin, H., Gong, Y. (Artist), White, S. (Artist), Morozova, A. (Artist), Pittner, F. (Artist) & Emslie, B. (Artist), 2026, Dundee: UniVerse. 56 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Dundee Games Comics Scriptbook
Murray, C., Vaughan, P. (Editor), Herd, D. (Editor), Emslie, B. (Artist), Bozdog, M., Stone, K. (Artist), Millar, N. (Artist), Gong, Y. (Artist), White, S. (Artist), Morozova, A. (Artist) & Pittner, F. (Artist), 2026, Dundee: UniVerse. 68 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Chanson Cachée: The Music-comic albums of Geneviève Castrée
Herd, D., 1 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Comicalités. 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comics Studies Creative Research Hub Report
Murray, C., Balson, E. (Artist), Brown, M. (Artist), Charlton, D. (Artist), Cittadino, V. (Artist), Ding, C. (Artist), Dominiak, Z. (Artist), Emslie, B. (Artist), Gibbons, D. (Artist), Herd, D. (Artist), Horner, R. (Artist), Johnson, N. (Artist), Kennedy, C. (Artist), Laird, C. (Artist), Larkin, A. (Artist), McDaid, D. (Artist), Millar, N. (Artist), Morozova, A. (Artist), O'Brien, A. (Artist) & Robinson, N. (Artist) & 6 others, , 2024, Dundee: UniVerse. 68 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Dundee - A Story of Creativity and Innovation
Murray, C., Vaughan, P., White, S. (Artist) & Herd, D. (Editor), 2023, Dundee: UniVerse. 8 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Open AccessFile6 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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2020 Stephen Fry Award: Public Engagement Project of the Year Commendation
Nabizadeh, G. (Recipient), Murray, C. (Recipient), Jindal-Snape, D. (Recipient), Herd, D. (Recipient), Vaughan, P. (Recipient), Sinclair, M. (Recipient), Crowe, M. (Recipient) & King, G. (Recipient), 10 Jan 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 Stephen Fry Award: Public Engagement Project of the Year
Murray, C. (Recipient), Nabizadeh, G. (Recipient), Jindal-Snape, D. (Recipient), Crowe, M. (Recipient) & Herd, D. (Recipient), 28 Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Experiencing Microaggressions Comic launch
Islam, M. (Presenter), Guo, K. (Presenter), Herd, D. (Presenter), Murray, C. (Organiser) & Urch, J. (Organiser)
7 Feb 2024Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Creativity Impacts: InGAME and Beyond
Herd, D. (Organiser)
24 Aug 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Other event
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InGAME - Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise Research & Development Fellow
Herd, D. (Member)
5 Dec 2022 → 30 Sept 2023Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Drawn From Experience Workshops
Herd, D. (Visitor)
Feb 2020 → Mar 2020Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Studies in Comics (Journal)
Murray, C. (Editorial board member), Herd, D. (Editorial board member), Jindal-Snape, D. (Editorial board member), Nabizadeh, G. (Editorial board member) & Sinclair, M. (Editorial board member)
2019 → 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Press/Media
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Project puts drug link to oral health in the picture
Murray, C., Freeman, R., Mc Goldrick, N. & Herd, D.
28/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Learning to see invisible illnesses, using comics
Jindal-Snape, D., Keiller, A., Kelly, L., Langlands-Scott, J., Murray, C., Snape, A., Snape, J. B., Snape, N., Warden , F., Whittingham, B., Herd, D., Balson, E., Dominiak, Z., Horner, R., Larkin, A., Millar, N., Robinson, H., Wilson, L., Baldacchino, J., Mintoff , M., Camilleri, R., Debono, R., Gauci, M., Affleck, S., Elise, R. & Santiago, T. L.
25/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Dundee women’s group part of First Minister initiative
8/08/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research