Fred Carrillo

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| birth_name = Wilfredo Limbana Carrillo

| birth_place = Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines

| death_date = August 2005 (aged 78 or 79)

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| birth_date = 1926

| nationality = Filipino

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Wilfredo Limbana "Fred" Carrillo (1926–August 2005){{cite web|url= http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CARRILLO%2c+FRED|title= Carrillo, Fred|first= Jerry|last= Bails|authorlink= Jerry Bails|date= n.d.|work= Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170102193231/http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CARRILLO%2C+FRED|archivedate= January 2, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}} was a Filipino comics artist.

Biography

Fred Carrillo was born in Kalibo, Aklan, Philippines.{{cite web|url= http://www.alanguilan.com/museum/fredcarrillo.html|title= Fred Carrillo|first= Gerry|last=Alanguilan |authorlink= Gerry Alanguilan|date= n.d.|publisher= Alanguilan.com|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160805011310/http://www.alanguilan.com/museum/fredcarrillo.html|archivedate= August 5, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} He began his career drawing propaganda material for the guerrilla movement in Panay during World War II.{{cite web|url= https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carrillo_fred.htm|title= Fred Carrillo|date= July 29, 2012|publisher= Lambiek Comiclopedia|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160707035723/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carrillo_fred.htm|archivedate= July 7, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}} After the war, he began his career as a professional artist. Carrillo studied fine arts and architecture at the University of Santo Tomas.

He worked for DC Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. He drew mystery titles such as Ghosts, Phantom Stranger, Secrets of Haunted House, The Unexpected, Weird War Tales, and The Witching Hour.{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Fred+Carrillo|title= Fred Carrillo}} After leaving the comics industry, he worked on various animation projects. Some of the television series with which he was involved include He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Transformers, and Bionic Six. Carrillo died in August 2005.

Bibliography

=Charlton Comics=

Tales of the Mysterious Traveler #14 (1985)

=DC Comics=

Action Comics Weekly #617, 631–634 (1988–1989)
DC Special Series #4 (1977)
Ghosts #23, 32, 36–37, 41–42, 49, 57–58, 64–66, 79, 85, 87, 99–100, 105–106, 109 (1974–1982)
G.I. Combat #188–189, 193, 196, 202–203, 210–211, 213, 215, 217, 220, 226, 236, 274, 276, 281 (1976–1986)
House of Mystery #215, 265, 289, 296–297, 305 (1973–1982)
House of Secrets #110, 145 (1973–1977)
Phantom Stranger vol. 2 #38–41 (1975–1976)
The Saga of the Swamp Thing #7–13 (Phantom Stranger backup stories) (1982–1983)
Secrets of Haunted House #15, 23–24, 28, 33, 35, 44, 46 (1979–1982)
Star Spangled War Stories #189 (1975)
Swamp Thing #24 (1976)
Time Warp #4–5 (1980)
The Unexpected #138, 141, 159, 163, 173–174, 181, 185–186, 189, 191–192, 217 (1972–1981)
Unknown Soldier #219–221, 226–228 (1978–1979)
Weird Mystery Tales #20, 23 (1975)
Weird War Tales #40, 58, 65, 90, 94–95, 97, 102, 104–105, 107, 113–121, 123–124 (1975–1983)
The Witching Hour #48, 50–51, 56, 58, 62–63, 66, 68, 74–75, 80, 83–85 (1974–1978)