Born in
Madrid, Spain, The team additionally drew stories based on the U.S.
television series Star Trek for issues #74-105 of
City Magazines' 1969-1971 weekly British magazine
TV21. At the recommendation of artist
Gray Morrow, then editing then
Archie Comics' imprint
Red Circle Comics, American publishers began using Alcazar's work in the mid-1970s. Alcazar quickly became a regular freelancer for Archie, Marvel, Warren, and soon
DC Comics and
Charlton Comics, primarily drawing horror stories but also
sword-and-sorcery (drawing the cover and inking penciler
Val Mayerik's "Thongor! Warrior of Lost Lemuria" feature in Marvel's
Creatures on the Loose #27, Jan. 1974);
war comics (DC's
Star-Spangled War Stories #178 (Feb. 1974); and
science fiction (the
Larry Niven short story adaptation "...Not Long Before The End" in Marvel's black-and-white comics magazine
Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #3, May 1975; and stories in Charlton's similar
Space: 1999 #6-8, Aug.-Oct. 1976). Writer Shaqui Le Vesconte said of Alcazar's
Space: 1999, "His style was very Gothic and experimental, using a variety of techniques that could be described as 'monochrome psychedelic', and matching the nightmarish feel of episodes like '
Missing Link', '
End of Eternity' and '
Dragon's Domain'". After inking penciler
Ernie Chan on DC's
Jonah Hex #8 (Jan. 1978), he became that
Western series' regular penciler and inker beginning with #12 (May 1978), working with writer
Michael Fleisher. He continued through #22 (March 1979) and additionally drew #27 (Aug. 1979). which won the 2012 award for Best Comic Book at the
Burbank International Film Festival. He did some work for Archie Comics'
Afterlife with Archie in 2014, and the following year began drawing for the
D. C. Thomson & Co. series
Commando. ==References==