Nick Manabat

{{short description|Comic artist}}

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{{Infobox person

| birth_name = Nicholas Anthony Manabat

| name = Nick Manabat

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1972|9|2}}

| birth_place = British Hong Kong

| death_date = {{nowrap|{{Death date and age|1995|11|5|1972|9|2}}}}

| education =

| occupation = Comic book artist

| known_for = Cybernary

| years active = 1992–1995

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Nicholas Anthony Manabat (2 September 1972 – 5 November 1995) was a Filipino comic book artist, best known for co-creating Cybernary.{{cite web |author1=Gerry Alanguilan |url=http://alanguilan.com/museum/nickmanabat/aboutnick.html |title=About Nick|website=alanguilan.com |access-date=18 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005201226/http://alanguilan.com/museum/nickmanabat/aboutnick.html |archive-date=5 October 2008}}

Early life

Manabat was born in British Hong Kong. He was raised and educated in Brisbane, Australia from 1983 to 1990.

Career

Manabat co-created Cybernary with writer Steve Gerber in 1992 for Wildstorm Productions. His illustration technique was marked by bold use of blacks in a heavy metal style. Cybernary was launched as a back-up story to Jim Lee's hugely successful Deathblow comic series.

Death

Manabat died after losing his battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1995.{{Cite magazine |magazine=Wizard: The Comics Magazine |page=20 |language=en-US |title=In Memoriam |issue=56 |date=April 1996 |department=Wizard News}}

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