1. Carlos Pacheco Perujo was a Spanish comics penciller.
21 Facts About Carlos Pacheco
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Carlos Pacheco 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.
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Carlos Pacheco Perujo was born 14 November 1961 in San Roque, Spain.
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Carlos Pacheco was studying biology in Seville when he began working in comics, his first work being in Spanish-language editions of Marvel Comics published under the Comics Forum imprint at Planeta De Agostini.
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Carlos Pacheco primarily drew covers, posters and pin-ups for Spanish translated editions of Marvel Comics, published at the time by Planeta under the imprint called Comics Forum.
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Carlos Pacheco first got attention in the United States for his work as penciller on Dark Guard, a four-issue Marvel UK title, and the first book he fully drew by himself, That assignment teamed him with writer Dan Abnett and inker Oscar Jimenez.
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Carlos Pacheco was joined by writer Terry Kavanagh and was again inked by Cam Smith.
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Shortly after this Carlos Pacheco became penciller on Marvel's Fantastic Four for two issues, where he worked with writer Tom DeFalco as the title wrapped up in preparation for the "Heroes Reborn" storyline.
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Carlos Pacheco wrote, again with co-writer Rafael Marin, a return to the Fantastic Four, with vol.
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In 2003 Carlos Pacheco reunited with his Avengers Forever collaborator Kurt Busiek for the creator-owned fantasy war series Arrowsmith, published by WildStorm.
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Later that year at DC, Carlos Pacheco shared alternate monthly pencilling duties with Ethan Van Sciver on the new Green Lantern series written by Geoff Johns.
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In February 2009, Comic Shop News announced that Carlos Pacheco signed an exclusive contract with Marvel.
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Carlos Pacheco was one of the artists on the Age of Ultron limited series in 2013 and collaborated with writer Rick Remender on the Captain America series later that year.
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In 2001 Carlos Pacheco received the award for Best Spanish Cartoonist at the Granada Comic Fair.
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Carlos Pacheco was lauded for his accomplished in the town and country of his birth.
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In 2001 Carlos Pacheco he recognized as by the Mayor of San Roque, where he was born.
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Carlos Pacheco explained that this was the reason why he was unable to complete his Fantastic Four assignment.
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In September 2022, Carlos Pacheco announced on his Facebook page that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS.
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Carlos Pacheco died at La Linea Hospital in La Linea de la Concepcion, on 9 November 2022, at around 7.30pm CET, at the age of 60.
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Carlos Pacheco was grateful that the City Council put up an avenue in his name, that he was named the town's Favourite Son and that, in his honour, there is a contest named after him.
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Journalist Heidi MacDonald noted that one of Carlos Pacheco's final tweets was a set of lyrics from the song "And When I Die", re-recorded by Blood, Sweat and Tears, which MacDonald felt served as a fitting obituary for the artist:.