Cedric Nocon
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Cedric Nocon is a Filipino
comic book artist
with credited work at Marvel Entertainment
, DC Comics
, Top Cow Productions
, Wildstorm Productions, Extreme Studios, Boom! Studios
, Maximum Press, and Digital Webbing
.
and Flare published by Heroic Publishing.
. During his 3-year tenure at the company, he was a regular series artist for the comic book title Supreme
and was credited for various cover and interior artworks on Deathmate
, Team Youngblood, Youngblood Strikefile, Youngblood Battlezone, Extreme Sacrifice., Youngblood Battlezone, Brigade
, and Brigade Sourcebook.
Maximum Press, a subsidiary publishing company of Extreme Studios, also published Nocon's work on special comic book issues of Avengelyne
and Glory
.
. He started as guest artist on the title The Grifter, and later as a regular artist on Wetworks
, a comic book series created by Whilce Portacio
. That same year, he was credited on X-Men
, The Uncanny X-Men, and The Beast
published by Marvel Entertainment
, as well as DCU Holiday Bash published by DC Comics
. His artwork briefly appeared in a limited crossover comic book series called Judgment Day published by Awesome Entertainment, a media venture company founded by Rob Liefeld
.
, an entertainment and publishing company founded by Marc Silvestri
. His creative work appeared in the pages of such titles as The Darkness, Tales Of The Darkness, Tales Of The Witchblade, Cyberforce
, Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter, and Weapon Zero
.
and the video game tie-in Bloodrayne
by Digital Webbing
.
.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
comic book artist
Comic Book Artist
Comic Book Artist was an American magazine founded by Jon B. Cooke devoted to anecdotal histories of American comic books, with emphasis on comics published since the 1960s...
with credited work at Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC , formerly Marvel Enterprises and Toy Biz, Inc., is an American entertainment company formed from the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and Toy Biz, Inc....
, DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
, Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...
, Wildstorm Productions, Extreme Studios, Boom! Studios
Boom! Studios
BOOM! Studios is an American comic book company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The "BOOM!" in BOOM! Studios is always capitalized by the company.-History:BOOM! was founded June 22, 2005 with Zombie Tales #1....
, Maximum Press, and Digital Webbing
Digital Webbing
Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.-History:Digital Webbing's core publication, Digital Webbing Presents, begun in 2001, is a 32- to 56-page anthology title featuring stories from new creators generally culled from Digital Webbing's website community...
.
Heroic Publishing
Cedric Nocon began his comic book professional career in 1993 at the age of 18. His early works include cover and interior art for such titles as League of ChampionsLeague of Champions
The League of Champions is super hero team based in San Francisco and published by Heroic Publishing.The group first appeared in a six issue mini-series published by Eclipse Comics in 1986 called simply "Champions", written by Dennis Mallonee with pencils by Carol Lay and Chris Marrinan...
and Flare published by Heroic Publishing.
Extreme Studios and Maximum Press
In 1994, he joined Extreme Studios, a comic book production company founded by Rob LiefeldRob Liefeld
Rob Liefeld is an American comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium....
. During his 3-year tenure at the company, he was a regular series artist for the comic book title Supreme
Supreme (comics)
Supreme is a fictional superhero created by Rob Liefeld and first published by Image Comics, then Maximum Press, and later by Awesome Entertainment...
and was credited for various cover and interior artworks on Deathmate
Deathmate
Deathmate was a six-part comic book crossover between Valiant Comics and Image Comics published in 1993 and 1994. Designated by color rather than issue numbers plus two book-end issues, Deathmate Prologue and Deathmate Epilogue,as well as Preview issues collected with comic products, the four main...
, Team Youngblood, Youngblood Strikefile, Youngblood Battlezone, Extreme Sacrifice., Youngblood Battlezone, Brigade
Brigade (comics)
Brigade is a comic book published by Image Comics and later by Awesome Entertainment, created, plotted, and originally written by Rob Liefeld and first illustrated by Marat Mychaels as a spin-off to the then-popular series...
, and Brigade Sourcebook.
Maximum Press, a subsidiary publishing company of Extreme Studios, also published Nocon's work on special comic book issues of Avengelyne
Avengelyne
Avengelyne [uh-venj-ah-leen] is a fictional comic book character co-created by Rob Liefeld and Cathy Christian, and originally published in 1995 by Maximum Press. By the end of the 1990s, Avengelyne had a stint at Awesome Entertainment and enjoyed a short stint at Avatar Press. Avengelyne returned...
and Glory
Glory (comics)
Glory is a fictional character originally from Image Comics, and later on from the Awesome Comics comic book series created by Rob Liefeld. The character's full name is Gloriana Demeter, a half-Amazonian, half-Demon warrior.- Rob Liefeld's Glory :...
.
Wildstorm, Marvel, DC Comics, and Awesome Entertainment
In 1997, Nocon began working for Wildstorm Productions, a comic book publishing company founded by Jim LeeJim Lee
Jim Lee is a Korean-American comic book artist, writer, editor and publisher. He first broke into the industry in 1987 as an artist for Marvel Comics, illustrating titles such as Alpha Flight and Punisher War Journal, before gaining a great deal of popularity on The Uncanny X-Men...
. He started as guest artist on the title The Grifter, and later as a regular artist on Wetworks
Wetworks
Wetworks is an American comic book series created by comic book artist Whilce Portacio and writer Brandon Choi. It ran for four years before ending in 1998...
, a comic book series created by Whilce Portacio
Whilce Portacio
William "Whilce" Portacio is a Filipino-American comic book writer and artist. Noted for his work on such titles as The Punisher, X-Factor, and the Uncanny X-Men. Portacio was also one of the seven co-founders of Image Comics, though he did not become a partner in the company.-Early life:Portacio...
. That same year, he was credited on X-Men
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
, The Uncanny X-Men, and The Beast
The Beast
- Fictional character :* The Beast is the imagined monster in William Golding's Lord of the Flies* The Beast , a fictional demon in the TV series Angel* Beast , a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe...
published by Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC , formerly Marvel Enterprises and Toy Biz, Inc., is an American entertainment company formed from the merger of Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc. and Toy Biz, Inc....
, as well as DCU Holiday Bash published by DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
. His artwork briefly appeared in a limited crossover comic book series called Judgment Day published by Awesome Entertainment, a media venture company founded by Rob Liefeld
Rob Liefeld
Rob Liefeld is an American comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium....
.
Top Cow Productions
From 1998-2000, Nocon created comic book art for Top Cow ProductionsTop Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...
, an entertainment and publishing company founded by Marc Silvestri
Marc Silvestri
Marc Silvestri is an American comic book artist, creator and publisher. He currently acts as the CEO for Top Cow Productions.-Early life:Marc Silvestri was born in Palm Beach, Florida.-Career:...
. His creative work appeared in the pages of such titles as The Darkness, Tales Of The Darkness, Tales Of The Witchblade, Cyberforce
Cyberforce
Cyberforce is an Image Comics super-hero team created by artist Marc Silvestri and writer Eric Silvestri in 1992. Silvestri would begin performing both the plotting and pencilling chores, but the series was subsequently drawn by other artists, including David Finch...
, Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter, and Weapon Zero
Weapon Zero
Weapon Zero is a science fiction/superhero comic book series created by Joe Benitez and Marc Silvestri. It was published by Top Cow Productions in the 1990s. The production changed hands after issue #4.-Publication history:...
.
Independent Publishers
Cedric Nocon continues to freelance for numerous independent publishers. He has produced work for a variety of comic books such as North Wind published by Boom! StudiosBoom! Studios
BOOM! Studios is an American comic book company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. The "BOOM!" in BOOM! Studios is always capitalized by the company.-History:BOOM! was founded June 22, 2005 with Zombie Tales #1....
and the video game tie-in Bloodrayne
BloodRayne
BloodRayne has received mostly mixed to positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Xbox version 73.53% and 76/100, the GameCube version 68.88% and 73/100, the PlayStation 2 version 68.87% and 75/100 and the PC version 65.78% and 65/100.-External links:*...
by Digital Webbing
Digital Webbing
Digital Webbing is an American comic book publishing company founded by Ed Dukeshire.-History:Digital Webbing's core publication, Digital Webbing Presents, begun in 2001, is a 32- to 56-page anthology title featuring stories from new creators generally culled from Digital Webbing's website community...
.
Creator-Owned Projects
Cedric Nocon is currently producing, writing, and illustrating various comic book projects under his own creative studio company Cedric Nocon Productions. His first creator-owned comic book project in development for publishing and licensing is a science fiction series titled XeonXeon
The Xeon is a brand of multiprocessing- or multi-socket-capable x86 microprocessors from Intel Corporation targeted at the non-consumer server, workstation and embedded system markets.-Overview:...
.
External links
- Cedric Nocon at ComicBookDB.com