Damon Burnard

Background

Damon Burnard was born on May 31, 1963, in East Sussex. There is no exact information about his parents.

Education

Damon Burnard studied at Bath School of Art and Design where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors. He also attended graduate classes at Massachusetts College of Art.

Career

Damon Burnard began his career as a teacher at an after-school program in his native England. In 1999 he became an author and illustrator of humorous, off-beat, graphic novels for kids. His first books were Ivana the Inventor and Ernest the Heroic Lion-Tamer. Damon Burnard then began to work on a multi-volume series about the adventures of Bullysaurus, whose extremely silly exploits are chronicled in Bullysaurus, Bullysaurus the Gladiator, Bullysaurus and the Alien and Bullysaurus under the Sea.

In 1998 he published The Amazing Adventures of Soupy Boy! where he weaves together clues of varying quality, smart-aleck comments, and silly plot twists. This book was designed to appeal to comic-book fans. His another book Burger! also has a comic-book format, as well as Pork and Beef’s Great Adventure that was published in 2000.

Achievements

• Damon Burnard is known as English illustrator and writer, who is famous for his comics books for children. His most famous book are Bullysaurus the Gladiator, Pork and Beef’s Great Adventure and The Amazing Adventures of Soupy Boy!.

Works

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  • Zebedee Zing, Taster to the King

    (Once upon a time, in a land three bus rides away, there l...)

    1998
  • Dave's Haircut

    (Fearful of his appointment with the local barber, Dave wo...)

    2003
  • The amazing adventures of Soupy Boy!

    (An accident involving radioactive tomatoes at The Gloop S...)

    1998
  • Pork and Beef's Great Adventure

    (From swimming in a tub of frosting to rolling in a pile o...)

    2000
  • Ivana the Inventor

    (When Ivana realises that the local newspaper is full of n...)

    1995
  • Burger!

    (Si's love of hamburgers leads to a dangerous encounter wi...)

    1998
  • Bullysaurus the Gladiator

    (A book for children who are just beginning to enjoy readi...)

    1997
  • Ernest the Heroic Lion Tamer

    (Ernest's death-defying act only makes the crowd yawn. Unl...)

    1994
  • Bullysaurus Under the Sea 2000
  • Bullysaurus and the Alien 1999

Views

Quotations: "My books are generally aimed at six- to ten-year-olds and I aspire to entertain and to instill a joy of books and reading. I integrate words and pictures—not unlike a comic book—to lend pace, humor, and accessibility to my tales. However, the messages behind my stories are sophisticated and thoughtful and are often concerned with problem-solving and conflict resolution. I am fascinated by the language and universality of fairy tales, and in stories that externalize internal processes of conflict and transformation."