Kano is the

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comic book artist Jose Ángel Cano López.

Biography

Kano began his career at the age of 13, editing Spanish-language comics fanzines; at 15 he was already doing layouts and design work for Planeta-DeAgostini (later doing covers and illustrations for the Spanish editions of

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comics)."Spanish authors: KANO"
Kano is a founding member of the Spanish magazine about comics ''Krazy Comics'' as well as the Phoenix Studio, which provided design, illustration and publishing services and was eventually merged with Camaleón Ediciones, a publishing house that Kano worked for in his early days. Before settling as a professional cartoonist, Kano has done extensive work in the fields of illustration and animation, providing storyboards for D'Ocon Films and LolaFilms and design work for Telefónica-Movistar, Mitsubishi and various advertising agencies. In 1998, encouraged by his wife Elsken, Kano decided to enter US comics industry and debuted with the '' Virtex'' mini-series, published by Oktomica Comics. He then went to work for the mainstream market, where he succeeded Germán García on ''

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'' at

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. Since then, Kano worked mostly for Marvel and DC, and, since 2014, for the revived

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Bibliography

Interior comic work includes: *'' Virtex'' #0-3 (with Jeff Kwan, Casey Lau and

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, Oktomica Comics, 1998–1999) *''

'' (with Joe Kelly (except for #794),

): ** "Action" (with Germán García, in #762-765, 2000) ** "Critical Condition, Part Four" (in #767, 2000) ** "Emperor Joker" (in #769-770, 2000) ** "Kith & Kin" (in #772-773, 2000–2001) ** "Return to Krypton, Part Four" (in #776, 2001) ** "Kancer" (in #777, 2001) ** "Our Worlds at War" (in #780-782, 2001) ** "Invaders from Space" (with Chuck Kim, in #794, 2002) ** "Walking Midnight" (with

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, Renato Guedes,

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, in #810, 2004) *'' Just Imagine Stan Lee with Gary Frank Creating Shazam!'': "On the Street" (with

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, co-feature, DC Comics, 2002) *'' H-E-R-O'' #1-6, 9-11 (with

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, DC Comics, 2003–2004) *'' Smallville Magazine'' #6: "Magic" (with Clint Carpenter, co-feature, DC Comics, 2004) *'' Gotham Central'' (with

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, DC Comics): ** "Keystone Kops" (inks on

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, in #29-30, 2005) ** "Dead Robin" (in #33-36, 2005) ** "Corrigan II" (in #38-40, 2006) *''

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, anthology,

): ** "Opposites Attack!" (among other artists, in ''...Featuring Spider-Man's Amazing Friends'' one-shot, 2006) ** "Undone" (with

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: Fantastic Four'' #17-20 (with

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, Marvel, 2006–2007) * ''

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'' (with Ed Brubaker and

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(except for #24), Marvel): ** "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven: Round 3" (with

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, in #10, 2007) ** "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven: Round 4" (with David Aja, in #11, 2008) ** "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven: Round 5" (with David Aja and

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, in #12, 2008) ** "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven: Round 6" (with David Aja and

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, in #13, 2008) ** "The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven: Round 7" (with Tonči Zonjić and

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, in #14, 2008) ** ''The Origin of Danny Rand'' (2-page lead-in to a re-printing of the first two Iron Fist comics, one-shot, 2008) ** "Li Park, the Reluctant Weapon vs. the Unstoppable Forces of Evil" (with

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, in #24, 2009) *'' Dead of Night Featuring Man-Thing'' #1 (of 4) (with

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (born 1973) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series '' Glee'', '' Big Love'', '' Riverdale'', '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' ...

and Nick Percival, Marvel, 2008) *'' Avengers Classic'' #11: "Along Came a Spider!" (with Tom Beland, co-feature, Marvel, 2008) *'' Noir'': "The Last Hit" (with Chris Offutt, anthology

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, Dark Horse, 2009) *'' Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter'' #1-3 (with

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, Marvel, 2009) *'' The Invincible Iron Man'' (with Matt Fraction): ** ''Iron Man: Requiem'' (framing sequence in one-shot, 2010) ** "The New Iron Age: Ginny Stark" (in #500, co-feature, 2010) *''

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'' #1-3 (of 5) (with Fred Van Lente, Marvel, 2010) *'' Iron Man 2.0'' #1-3, 7.1 (with

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, Marvel, 2011) *''

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'' vol. 4 #10: "Vows" (with

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, DC Comics, 2012) *'' Daredevil'' vol. 3 #8: "Devil and the Details, Part Two" (with Mark Waid, Marvel, 2012) *''

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'' vol. 5 (with

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(except for #0), DC Comics): ** "To Monsters" (with

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, in #0, 2012) ** "Urban Jungle/This Green Hell" (in #19-20, 2013) ** "The Whisky Tree" (with

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, in #22-23, 2013) ** "Lessons Learned" (with Javier Piña, in ''Annual'' #2, 2013) *'' Quantum and Woody'' vol. 2 #9-10 (with

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, Valiant, 2014) *'' The Delinquents'' #1-4 (with James Asmus and Fred Van Lente, Valiant, 2014) *''

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'' #25: "Unity Begins with You" (with

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, co-feature, Valiant, 2015) *'' Book of Death: The Fall of Harbinger'': "Endings" (with

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, one-shot, Valiant, 2015) *''

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Annual'' #1: "The Silver Lake Slasher" (with

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, co-feature, Valiant, 2016) *'' Quantum and Woody'' vol. 3 #1-5 (with Daniel Kibblesmith, Valiant, 2017–2018) *'' Livewire'' #5-8 (with Vita Ayala, Valiant, 2019) *'' The Life and Death of Toyo Harada'' #5-6 (with Joshua Dysart and

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, Valiant, 2019)

Covers only

*'' Superman'' vol. 2 #161 (

, 2000) *'' Adventures of Superman'' #583 (DC Comics, 2000) *'' Superman: The Man of Steel'' #105 (DC Comics, 2000) *''

'' #779, 783 (DC Comics, 2001) *'' Quantum and Woody'' vol. 2 #11 ( Valiant, 2014) *'' Quantum and Woody Must Die!'' #3 (Valiant, 2015) *''

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'' #4-7, 9 (Valiant, 2015) *''

'' #19-21 (Valiant, 2015) *''

'' #5, 7, 14, 0 (Valiant, 2015–2017) *'' Book of Death: The Fall of Ninjak'' #1 (Valiant, 2015) *'' Book of Death'' #2 (Valiant, 2015) *'' Ivar, Timewalker'' #12 (Valiant, 2015) *'' Wrath of the Eternal Warrior'' #2, 11 (Valiant, 2015–2016) *''

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'' vol. 1 #1 and vol. 2 #1, 7-9, 11-12 (Valiant, 2016–2017) *'' Ninjak'' vol. 3 #11 (Valiant, 2016) *'' A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong'' #1-8, 11-12 (Valiant, 2016–2017) *''

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'' vol. 3 #47-49, 50 (jam cover) (Valiant, 2016) *'' Harbinger Renegade'' #1-2, 8 (Valiant, 2016–2017) *''

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'' #1 (Valiant, 2016) *'' Bloodshot U.S.A.'' #1 (Valiant, 2016) *'' Divinity III: Stalinverse'' (Valiant): ** '' Komandar Bloodshot'' #1 (Valiant, 2016) ** '' Aric, Son of the Revolution'' #1 (Valiant, 2017) ** '' Escape from Gulag 396'' #1 (Valiant, 2017) *'' Bloodshot's Day Off!'' #1 (Valiant, 2017) *'' Rapture'' #1-2 (Valiant, 2017) *''

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'' #0 (Valiant, 2017) *'' War Mother'' #1 (Valiant, 2017) *'' Ninja-K'' #11-14 (Valiant, 2018) *'' Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome'' #2 (Valiant, 2018) *'' The Forgotten Queen'' #1-4 (Valiant, 2019)

Notes

References

*
Kano
at Lambiek's Comiclopedia

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kano Spanish comics artists Living people Pseudonymous artists 1973 births Artists from Barcelona