Chris Bachalo

He attended the California State University at Long Beach, where he majored in graphic art and illustrated a few underground comics.

Although before working on that issue, DC had already hired him as the regular artist for Shade, the Changing Man, an older property revived as an adult-oriented series by writer Peter Milligan.

Bachalo's early work shows strong influence from Sam Kieth, Bill Sienkiewicz and Michael Golden.

After working at Marvel (below), Bachalo briefly returned to DC in 1999 for The Witching Hour miniseries with writer Jeph Loeb for Vertigo.

Based on the success and fanfare from X-Men Unlimited #1, in 1994, Bachalo ended his stint on Shade and began working for Marvel Comics.

Generation X became a hit with the series' namesake due to Lobdell's realistically cynical and emotionally immature teen characters and Bachalo's atypical artwork.

Heavily influenced by Joe Madureira, Bachalo's characters became more cartoony and manga-like, with large eyes, heads and hands.

In 1997, Bachalo left Generation X for Uncanny X-Men, arguably the comic book industry's most popular title, remaining until the end of 1998.

The series was criticized for Bachalo's overly detailed pencils, small panels and muddy dark coloring, which sometimes made it difficult to discern what was happening.

In an attempt to humanize Steve Rogers, the pair managed to split fans' opinions fairly resoundingly,[citation needed] with both creators leaving the title — Morales ten issues short of his intended contract for the series.

Starting with New Avengers #51, Bachalo provided variant covers for the creative team of Brian Michael Bendis and Billy Tan for the "Who will be the next Sorcerer Supreme?"