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Biography

SHANNON ERIC DENTON is a veteran storyteller and artist with credits at Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., Riot Games, Showtime, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, NBC, Disney, Sony, LEGO, Marvel Entertainment, FoxKids, Paramount, CBS, Dimension Films, DC Comics, and Nickelodeon. Shannon Eric Denton was a storyboard artist on the Oscar-nominated feature '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' and directed the original commercial animations for the movie. He has written for Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. and Disney/Marvel and worked in live action on shows like Community, Con Man, Ally McBeal, ''

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''. In 1992, Shannon was an artist for Image Comic's Extreme Studios working with Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. From 1995-1999 Shannon contributed to the design and development of almost every animated action adventure show produced by the Fox Kids Network, including ''

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'' and the Annie nominated '' Silver Surfer'' series, as well as doing comic work for DC Comics, Dark Horse, Image Comics and Marvel on titles ranging from ''Deadpool'' to ''Star Wars''. He is featured in a section of the book ''Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning'' and contributed to the cover art. In 2000 he founded

Komikwerks {{Short description, Comic publisher Komikwerks is a comic publisher founded in 2000 by animation professional Shannon Denton and Internet design professional Patrick Coyle. History The website Komikwerks.com went live on March 5, 2001. The initia ...

, an independent comic publishing entity with partner Patrick Coyle, which has partnered with AOL and comics legend Stan Lee. Komikwerks has also launched a new line of illustrated children's action books under the Actionopolis imprint. He has worked for publishers Tokyopop, Desperado Publishing, Boom, AiT/Planet Lar, IDW, Dynamite and Image Comics. Shannon was also nominated for the 27th, 28th and 29th Annual ComicBuyersGuide Fan Awards for Favorite Editor. His book ''GRUNTS: War Stories'' is also nominated for the 29th Annual ComicBuyersGuide Fan Awards for Favorite Graphic Novel. He worked on the Eisner & Harvey Nominated ''OUTLAW TERRITORY'' from Image Comics. His book ''GRAVESLINGER'' was nominated for a 2010 Harvey Award. Shannon's co-creation, ''FLESHDIGGER'', was picked as an entrant in Image Comics/TopCow's 2011 Pilot Season project and he was featured on MTV. Shannon won the 2011 Shel Dorf Award for Editor Of The Year and was again nominated in 2012. Shannon is currently working with Alan Tudyk, Nathan Fillion and PJ Haarsma on their sci-fi epic ''SPECTRUM'' (spinning out of the Lionsgate/ComicCon HQ ''Con Man'' series) and overseeing production of the comic and animation. Shannon was a producer on Season 2 of ''CON MAN''. Shannon and Actionopolis are represented by Circle Of Confusion Shannon co-founded TV/film development company Monster Forge Productions with 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles. Monster Forge Productions is repped by APA

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *'' Supreme'' #24 (pencils, with writer Gary Carlson, other pencils by

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and inks by

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, 1995) *''

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'' #8-10, 12 (with writer Joe Kelly, other pencils by Ed McGuinness and inks by

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/ Nathan Massengill, Marvel Comics, 1997–1998) *'' Actionopolis'' #1 (with various artists, Antarctic Press, 2001) *'' Common Foe'' (with co-author

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and art by

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, Desperado Publishing, 2005–2006, tpb, 168 pages, December 2007, )) * '' Grunts'' (with co-author

and art by

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, 2006) * "Aces" (with co-author

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and art by Curtis Square-Briggs, in ''

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'' #7-10, Desperado Publishing, 2006–2007) *'' Graveslinger'' (with co-author

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and art by John Cboins and Nima Sorat, 4-issue mini-series,

, October 2007 – 2008) *'' Gutwrencher'' (with co-authors

/ Steve Niles and art by

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, 3-issue mini-series,

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, 2008)

Writer

* Airwolf: Airstrikes (2015) * Ash and the Army of Darkness (2013) * Big Game (1999) * Brother Bedlam (2006) * Common Foe (2005) * Country Ass-Whuppin': A Tornado Relief Anthology (2012) * DC Holiday Special '09 (2010) * Doc Savage (2013) * DoubleFeature: Action (2011) * Graveslinger (2007) * Grunts (2006) * Gutwrencher (2008) * Heavy Metal (1977) * Knight Rider (2013) * Knight Rider: Knight Strikes (2015) * Komikwerks (2003) * Komikwerks Presents: Nuts and Bolts (2004) * Komikwerks Presents: Rockets & Robots (2005) * Komikwerks Presents: Thrills & Chills (2005) * Lady Rawhide/Lady Zorro (2015) * The Lone Ranger (2012) * Negative Burn (2005) * Ninja High School (1986) * Notti & Nyce (2013) * Outlaw Territory (2009) * Pilot Season: Fleshdigger (2011) * The Revenant (2009) * Shannon Denton's Actionopolis (2001) * The Spider (2012) * Tabula Rasa (2006) * Tales from a Forgotten Planet (2006) * Vampirella (2010) * Vampirella Halloween Special 2013 (2013) * The X-Files Annual (2014) * Zapt! (2006)

Penciller

* The All New Exiles (1995) * Big Bang Comics (1996) * Big Game (1999) * Deadpool (1997) * Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Comics Magazine (2001) * Hero Squared (2005) * Komikwerks (2003) * Komikwerks Presents: Nuts and Bolts (2004) * Komikwerks Presents: Thrills & Chills (2005) * Marvel Heroes (2010) * Marvel Mega (1997) * The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony (2007) * Outlaw Territory (2009) * Prophet (1995) * The Sakai Project: Artists Celebrate Thirty Years of Usagi Yojimbo (2014) * Scratch9 (2010) * Scratch9: Cat Tails (2013) * Shannon Denton's Actionopolis (2001) * Spawn (1992) * Supreme (1992) * Violator (1999) * Guinness World Record Attempt (2014)

Inker

* Big Bang Comics (1996) * Big Game (1999) * Dark Horse Presents (1986) * Deadpool (1997) * Heavy Metal (1977) * Hero Squared (2005) * Komikwerks (2003) * Komikwerks Presents: Nuts and Bolts (2004) * Komikwerks Presents: Thrills & Chills (2005) * The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony (2007) * Outlaw Territory (2009) * Scratch9: Cat Tails (2013) * Shannon Denton's Actionopolis (2001) * Star Wars: Luke Skywalker - The Last Hope for the Galaxy (2008)

Colorist

* Big Game (1999) * Outlaw Territory (2009) * Scratch9: Cat Tails (2013) * Shannon Denton's Actionopolis (2001)

Letterer

* Komikwerks (2003) * Komikwerks Presents: Thrills & Chills (2005) * Stan Lee's Alexa (2005)

Editor

* Airwolf: Airstrikes (2015) * Andre the Giant: Closer to Heaven (2015) * The Authority (2008) * The Authority: Prime (2007) * Chavo Guerrero's Warrior's Creed (2016) * Chuck (2008) * Free Realms (2009) * Garrison (2010) * Gears Of War (2008) * Gen13 (2006) * Ides of Blood (2010) * Knight Rider (2013) * Knight Rider: Knight Strikes (2015) * Miami Vice Remix (2015) * Night Trap (2013) * Night Trap (2016) * Prototype (2009) * Rampage Jackson: Street Soldier (2015) * Resident Evil (2009) * Spectrum (2016) * Stormwatch: P.H.D. (2007) * Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom (2010) * Wetworks: Mutations (2010) * WildCats (2008) * Wolf Moon (2014) * The X-Files (2008) * The X-Files/30 Days of Night (2010)

Cover Artist

* Dark Horse Presents (1986) * Komikwerks Presents: Rockets & Robots (2005) * Komikwerks Presents: Thrills & Chills (2005) * The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony (2007) * Shannon Denton's Actionopolis (2001) * Deadpool

Screenwriting

* ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2008-2009) * '' Justice League Action'' (2017) * '' Ben 10'' (2017) * '' Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2017) * '' Avengers Assemble'' (2017) * ''

'' (2019)

Animation

* X-Men: The Animated Series * Detention * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles * Jimmy Neutron *

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* Teen Titans * Silver Surfer * Justice League * Avengers * Spider-Man * Ally McBeal * Las Vegas * Con Man *

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* United States of Tara * Dan Dare * He-Man * G.I. Joe * Community * Stillwater * Samurai Rabbit * The Simpsons * Crossing Swords * Army of the Dead * Batman * Scooby Doo *

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* The Life and Times of Juniper Lee

Video games

* Final Fantasy VII * League Of Legends * Wild Rift * Legends of Runeterra * Valorant * God Of War * Kingdoms of Amalur * Neo-Pets * Overwatch * Diablo * Hearthstone * Warcraft * StarCraft

Toys

Toy company work includes: * Hasbro * Lego * Marvel

Notes

References

External links

*
Denton's concept portfolio website

Komikwerks.com
* *http://www.actionopolis.com/ *http://www.agentofdanger.com/ * https://www.monsterforgeproductions.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Denton, Shannon American comics artists Comic book editors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American storyboard artists