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He eventually became a star of the Filipino comics scene, so famed that a periodical bore his name, the ''Alcala Komiks Magasin''. In 1963 he created the comic book ''Voltar'' whose titular character predated [[Frank Frazetta|Frazetta]]'s interpretation of [[Conan the Barbarian]] which bore a more than passing resemblance. ''Voltar'' became an award winning success at home and eventually abroad. Alcala's mature artistic style reflected his interest in the woodcuts and etchings of Renaissance master [[Albrecht Dürer]] and the drawings of Australian illustrator Walter Jardine and U.S. illustrator [[Franklin Booth]] which bore the look of engravings. He has also cited the work of British artist [[Frank Brangwyn]] as a major influence.
Fellow cartoonist [[Tony DeZuniga]] was the first Filipino artist to relocate to the United States to work for [[DC Comics]] in 1970, followed by [[Nestor Redondo]]. In 1971 Alcala began a decade of work for both DC and [[Marvel Comics]] on horror and fantasy titles,<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Alfredo+Alcala|title= Alfredo Alcala}}</ref> eventually moving to New York City in 1976.<ref name="Evanier" /> He was one of the artists on the [[Brand licensing|licensed]] movie tie-in series ''[[Planet of the Apes (comics)|Planet of the Apes]]''<ref>{{cite book|last = Sanderson|first = Peter|authorlink = Peter Sanderson|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 166|isbn =978-0756641238|quote= Marvel launched a new black-and-white magazine based on Twentieth Century Fox's ''Planet of the Apes'' movies in August [1974]. Doug Moench was the principal writer, and artists included Mike Ploog, Tom Sutton, Alfredo Alcala, and George Tuska.}}</ref> and also helped recruit up-and-coming Filipino artists such as [[Alex Niño]] to U.S. publishers. In 1975, Alcala and writer [[Jack Oleck]] created ''[[Kong the Untamed]]'' for DC Comics.<ref>{{cite book|last=McAvennie|first= Michael|last2=Dolan|first2=Hannah, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010 |location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 164|quote = Writer Jack Oleck and artist Alfredo Alcala focused on a primitive, powerful theme with which to depict the prehistoric warrior Kong in his debut issue: a growing son's bond with his mother.}}</ref> Later that year, Alcala drew ''[[Adaptations of The Wizard of Oz|Marvel Treasury of Oz]]'', a comics adaptation of ''[[The Marvelous Land of Oz]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Abramowitz|first = Jack|title = The Secrets of Oz Revealed|journal= [[Back Issue!]]|issue = 61|pages = 29–32|publisher= [[TwoMorrows Publishing]]|date = December 2012|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> Alcala joined [[Warren Publishing]] in 1977 and drew 39 stories for that publisher from 1977–1981. His series ''Voltar'' was reprinted in issues #2–9 of ''[[The Rook (comics)|The Rook]]''.<ref name="GCD" /> Alcala executed 12 five panel comic strips for the men's magazine ''Adam''. The strip, Terra O'Hara, was written by ''Don Glut'' and they appeared in 12 successive issue of ''Adam'' from December 1979, through November 1980. In the early 1980s he penciled the ''[[Star Wars comics|Star Wars]]'' newspaper strip<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-comic-books|title= From World War to ''Star Wars'': Comic Books|first= Cole|last= Horton|date= July 17, 2015|publisher= StarWars.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150929122422/http://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-comic-books|archivedate= September 29, 2015|deadurl= no|quote= While comic fans know him for his legendary speed at drawing a page, ''Star Wars'' fans might be more familiar with his work on ''Han Solo at Stars' End'', a syndicated strip adaptation of Brian Daley’s novel. The strip with Alcala’s art ran in newspapers in 1980 and 1981.}}</ref> and inked comic books such as ''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' over [[John Buscema]]'s pencils and inked [[Don Newton]]'s pencil artwork in ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]''.<ref name="GCD" />
With the failure of DC's and Warren's horror titles in the 1980s, many of the Filipino contributors turned to the field of [[animation]] in California, and in the 1990s Alcala followed suit. He also illustrated the novel ''[[Daddy Cool (novel)|Daddy Cool]]'' written by [[Donald Goines]]. His last work in comics was for [[Paradox Press]]' ''[[The Big Book Of|The Big Book of Thugs]]'' in 1996.<ref name="GCD" />
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