Mariano Benitez Chapo is an Argentinian penciller who started his career in film. Benitez Chapo worked in art as an assistant of production for film companies and an art director in Argentina. For eight years he did freelance illustrations and storyboards for comic projects in Buenos Aires. By 2019, he had moved to the States where he started lettering for Ghost Glyph Studios and Zenescope Entertainment. After attending the Kubert School, Benitez Chapo started working for Dynamite Entertainment where he pencilled issues featuring characters like Vampirella and cover work for Ablaze Publishing's Lovecraft adaptation for the Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.