[1] A self-taught artist, Alcatena began his career in the 1970s as an assistant of artista Chiche Medrano and working for the Argentine publisher Ediciones Récord; his first signed work, Bushido, appeared in Récord's anthology magazine Pif Paf in 1976.
Starting from the late 1970s, Alcatena also collaborate with British comics publishers, including DC Thomson.
English -language works by Alcatena include several historical magazines and the science fiction/fantasy series Starblazer.
Many of these collaborations were published directly in Italian by Eura Editoriale magazines Lanciostory and Skorpio.
[4] Among several other titles, he illustrated issues of Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, Adventures of Superman, Conan the Savage, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Predator vs. Judge Dredd vs. Aliens: Incubus and Other Stories.