A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION Alfredo Alcala art; illustration; 1981; image size 9" x 8"The Silver Surfer flying with Phoenix in this illustration created for the "Land of Oohs and Ahs" Comic Shop. Mixed Media on illustration board. Art is in excellent condition. Signed, dated, and inscribed by Alcala. Artist Information
Alfredo Alcala was a Filipino comic book artist known for his illustration in "Alcala Komix Magazine" and also his 1963 creation "Voltar", which led him to more international popularity. In 1971 Alcala began to work for both DC and Marvel Comics on horror and fantasy titles. He was one of the artists on the licensed movie tie-in series Planet of the Apes. In the early 1980s he penciled the Star Wars newspaper strip and inked comic books such as Conan the Barbarian over John Buscema's pencils and inked Don Newton's pencil artwork in Batman.