Artist catalog & profile

David Nakayama

A cover illustrator, concept artist, and art director with experience in both comics and mobile games.

Artist Profile

A career in context

David Nakayama is an illustrator whose Marvel cover work includes X-Men, Deadpool, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Rocket Raccoon. His professional background also includes concept art and freelance assignments for companies such as Hasbro and Upper Deck.

As an art director at Jam City, Nakayama led art teams for Marvel Avengers Academy and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. His comics bibliography includes work collected in Planet of the Nerds. Together, these projects show a practice extending from a single cover image to the visual direction of interactive worlds.

CoverLineage noteLockjaw #3 is Nakayama’s entry in the Amazing Fantasy #15 archive. It is a useful reminder that the lineage is defined by visual relationships, even when the subject is far removed from Spider-Man.

Catalog connections

Across the archive

This artist appears in 2 indexed catalogs. Explore the lineages below, then open individual covers for edition details and credited roles. The Dungeon Crawler Carl title catalog can overlap with the composition catalogs.