 He also worked as a magazine editor before he entered the comic book industry.One day, he saw an ad in "The New York Times" for DC Comics editors and thought it would be fun to interview, never thinking he would actually be offered a job, though he ended up being hired by the publisher.Alonso's first published work for DC Comics was "Doom Patrol" #80 and "Animal Man" #73, which were published in July 1994, the latter of which was part of the company's Vertigo line, which publishes books in genres such as horror and fantasy aimed at mature readers.