Cary Nord is a Canadian

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. He has worked on series such as '' Daredevil'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. Throughout his career Nord has worked on books including ''

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'' for DC Comics; ''

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'', '' Mutant X'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' for Marvel Comics; ''

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'' for ''

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'', and ''

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'' and ''

Conan the Barbarian Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...

'' for

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, the latter of which won him the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Single Issue.

Early life

Cary Nord was born in

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, Canada. He spent most of his youth drawing, and after attending the Alberta College of Art and Design he began to submit his work to Marvel and DC Comics.

Career

Nord started his career with a letter and some original artwork sent into the editors of

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's ''

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''. He was awarded with a professional job penciling a

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serial. He eventually became the regular artist on

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's '' Daredevil'' series. He continued work on various Marvel and DC titles and is best known as the first artist for the new ''

'' series (written by

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) at

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. After departing Dark Horse, Cary signed a two-year contract with Marvel comics that yielded several 4 issue mini-series and a few stand alone issues. His most notable publications during his tenure at Marvel was 'Ultimate Human' and 'Secret Invasion: X-Men'. After his contract at Marvel expired in 2010, Nord worked on several independent projects, none of which have been published to date. He has also produced several covers for both DC and Dark Horse Comics. On March 28, 2012, Nord signed with

to become the publisher's first exclusive creator. His Valiant Comics debut was alongside writer

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for the newly re-launched ''

'' series in May 2012. In 2015 Nord brought inner illustrations to the core rulebook of a

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, '' Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of'', first published in 2016 by

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Awards

2004

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for Best Single Issue or One-Shot (for ''Conan: The Legend'' #0, with

; tied with Eric Powell for ''

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'' #1)"Complete List ofEisner Award Winners"
.

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. Retrieved November 16, 2012.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nord, Cary American comics artists Canadian comics artists Artists from Calgary Living people Year of birth missing (living people)