Cary Nord is a Canadian Comic Book artist and writer, born in Calgary, Canada and who spent most of his youth drawing. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design he began to submit his work to Marvel and DC Comics. One of those letters along with some original artwork was sent into the editors of Marvel Comics's Marvel Comics Presents, who were so impressed, they awarded him with a professional job penciling a Shang Chi serial. Cary Nord eventually became the regular artist on Marvel's Daredevil series. He continued work on various Marvel and DC titles and is best known as the first artist for the new Conan the Barbarian series (written by Kurt Busiek) at Dark Horse. In 2004, Cary Nord was awarded the industry’s top honor for his work on Conan the Barbarian, taking home the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Single Issue.

Cary Nord departed Dark Horse, and 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 would be '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, Cary Nord signed with Valiant Entertainment to become the publisher's first exclusive creator.[2] His Valiant Comics debut was alongside writer Robert Venditti for the newly re-launched X-O Manowar series in May 2012. Diligence and hard work paid off, and work on single issues grew into longer fan favorite stories with beloved characters.  Throughout his career Cary has drawn virtually every major character in comics, having worked on Superman, Wolverine, Mutant X, Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, Thor, and Star Wars. After working on the Daredevil franchise, as well as some DC titles, Nord worked on Marvel's "Ultimate Human" and "Secret Invasion: X-Men" titles. 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, Cary Nord signed with Valiant Entertainment to become the publisher's first exclusive creator. His Valiant Comics debut was alongside writer Robert Venditti for the newly re-launched X-O Manowar series in May 2012 where he is still the artist. Cary Nord is currently credited with some or all of the artwork in 250 separate Comic Book issues.