Carrillo

Antonio Pérez Garcia (Carrillo) got his interest in comics around 1942, by reading Flechas y Pelayos and Chicos. He began his own artistic career ten years later, doing several 'Sucesos' and 'Cuadernos Ilustrados de Sucesos' for Espejo publishers. There, he created the character of 'Diego el Marino'. He also produced several 'Aventuras del FBI', before he joined the publishing house Bruguera in 1956. At Bruguera, he proved to be a versatile artist of romantic comics. In 'Las Chicas de Carrillo', he showed a talent in drawing sensual women, often considered provocative at the time. The series didn't satisfy him though, since he had to work with other people's scripts.

In the following years, he worked on a variety of series, such as 'Claro de Luna', 'Martita y su Papuchi', 'Brigada Secreta' and 'Espionaje'. His work appeared in a variety of magazines, among which Can Can, DDT and Pulgarcito. He created the 'Gora Gopal' series in the early 1970s, which he continued for several years. Carillo always enjoyed drawing comics about adventurous sailors, and he did many during his career: 'Diego el Marino' (1952), 'El Capitán Pantera' (1954), 'El Tiburón' (1969), 'El Javenés' (1971), 'Mares de China con el Capitán Rowe' (1976) and 'Margie y Mark' (1977).