Carlos Pacheco
Spanish comics artist and penciller (1961–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carlos Pacheco Perujo (14 November 1961 – 9 November 2022) was a Spanish comics penciller. After breaking into the European market doing cover work for Planeta De Agostini, he gained recognition doing work for Marvel UK, the England-based branch of Marvel Comics, for his work on the Spider-Man magazine Dark Guard.[1] He then began doing work for the American-based Marvel and DC Comics, where he was one of the first Spanish-born artists to make a major impact in that country,[2] attaining popularity for his work on Avengers Forever, JLA/JSA: Virtue and Vice, X-Men: Legacy, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, and Captain America.[3][4] He contributed to some high-profile storylines published by the Big Two, including 2009's "Final Crisis" at DC and 2013's "Age of Ultron" at Marvel.[4]
Carlos Pacheco | |
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Born | Carlos Pacheco Perujo (1961-11-14)14 November 1961 San Roque, Spain |
Died | 9 November 2022(2022-11-09) (aged 60) La Línea de la Concepción, Spain |
Area(s) | Penciller, inker, writer |
Notable works | Avengers Forever Fantastic Four vol. 3 Superman |
Outside of corporate-owned comics, he reunited with his Avengers Forever collaborator, writer Kurt Busiek, to produce through WildStorm the 2003 creator-owned fantasy series Arrowsmith, which reimagines World War I in a world in which magic and dragons exist.[2][5][6] That series garnered positive reviews,[7] and an Eisner Award nomination for Best Limited Series. In 2022, Pacheco and Busiek produced a sequel, Arrowsmith: Behind Enemy Lines,[2] which was also positively received, and was one of Pacheco's last published works.[8]