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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''.{{cn|date=August 2019}} The strip, ''Terra O'Hara'', was written by [[Donald F. Glut|Donald (Don) F. Glut]] and it appeared in 12 successive issues of ''Adam'' from December 1979, through November 1980.{{cn|date=August 2019}} 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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