Daxiong Guo
Artist

United States

Daxiong Guo was born in Jilin Province, China and began drawing at a very young age. After graduating with a degree in Commercial Design from the Jilin Art Institute, he began teaching comic and cartoon illustration where he created material still used in Chinese classrooms today.

In 1999 Daxiong founded QiCartoon Studios (www.qicartoon.com) where he served as chief illustrator, producing over 100 publications. He is currently one of the most successful artists in Chinese and European comics and has received tremendous recognition for his work in the industry, including first place at the Shanghai Animation & Comic Competition, and top honors at the 33rd Annual Angouleme International Comics Festival.

Daxiong relocated to New York City in 2008 and founded Flag Studios, LLC. Since then he has done artwork in Top 10 Special #1 with DC/Wildstorm Productions, Dark Horse Comic’s Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes and "Superman and Doctor Light in Samurai" in DC's 80 Page Giant, Justice League of America written by Amanda Mcmurry.

Notable works

"Fairy Tales" Illustrator (Inner Mongolia Publications, 1996)

"A Thousand Phrases" Illustrator (Inner Mongolia Publications, 1996)

"10 Greatest Stories in the World" Illustrator (Jilin Publication, 1998)

"Chinese Ghost Stories" Illustrator (Northern China Publications, 2000)

"Philosophers" Illustrator (Jilin Entertainment, 2001)

"Water Margin Heroes" Illustrator (Shanghai People's Press, 2002)

"36 Tactics" Illustrator, 18 issues (Northern Press, 2003)

"Eight Chinese Kings (8 Issues, 2004)

"Turn the Devils into the Guardians of the Gods" (2005)

"Muowang" 46 page (France Soleil, 2007)

"Sir Apropos of Nothing #4" Alt Cover (IDW, 2008)

"TOP 10 SPECIAL #1" Illustrator (DC Comics, Wildstorm Productions, 2009)

"JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 80-PAGE GIANT" 10 Page, Superman and Dr. Light, Pencil, Ink, Color (DC Comics, 2009)

"Star Wars Adventures: Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes" Pencil, Ink, Color (January 20, 2010)

"FRINGE: TALES FROM THE FRINGE #2" Pencil, Ink, Color ( DC Comics July 2010)

"Star Wars Adventures: Boba Fett and the Ship of Fear" Pencil, Ink, Color (May , 2011)

www.flagstudios.com