Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (; 12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in
British comics
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. He is best known as the co-creator of ''
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...
''.
Biography
Early work
Born in
Ibdes
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Notable peo ...
,
province of Zaragoza
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,
Aragon
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, Ezquerra started his career drawing westerns and war stories for Spanish publishers. In 1973, he got work in the UK market through agent Barry Coker, drawing for girls' romance titles such as ''
Valentine'' and ''
Mirabelle
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'', as well as westerns for
Thorpe & Porter's ''Pocket Western Library'', and a variety of adventure strips for
D. C. Thomson & Co.'s ''
The Wizard''. Despite the UK being a convenient market for artists living in Spain as the exchange rate meant the work paid well, Ezquerra decided to move to London to be near the work,
[Michael Molcher, "Interrogation: Carlos Ezquerra" part 2, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #301, 14 September 2010, pp. 16–22] settling in
Croydon
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with his wife.
[Michael Molcher, "Interrogation: Carlos Ezquerra" part 3, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #302, 12 October 2010, pp. 16–23]
''Battle'' and ''2000 AD''
In 1974, on the strength of his uncredited work for ''The Wizard'',
Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...
and
John Wagner headhunted him, through Coker, to work for the new
IPC
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* Intellectual Property Committee, a coalition of US corporations with intellectual property interests
* International Panorama Council, an international network of specialists in ...
title ''
Battle Picture Weekly
''Battle Picture Weekly'' (at various times also known as ''Battle and Valiant'', ''Battle Action'', ''Battle Action Force'', ''Battle'' and ''Battle with Storm Force'') was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 ...
''. He drew "Rat Pack":
[David Bishop, "Blazing Battle Action" part 1, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #209, 16 September 2003, pp. 73–78] inspired by the film ''
The Dirty Dozen
''The Dirty Dozen'' is a 1967 war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Ralph Meeker, ...
'', the strip, written by
Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, in Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Career
He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the ...
, featured a gang of criminals recruited to carry out suicide missions. But his commitments elsewhere meant he could not draw it full-time, and other artists were also used.
In 1976 ''Battle'' editor Dave Hunt convinced him to commit himself to the title, offering him the laid-back anti-hero "Major Eazy", written by
Alan Hebden. Ezquerra drew nearly 100 episodes in the next two and a half years,
basing the character's appearance on the actor
James Coburn
James Harrison Coburn III (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an American film and television actor who was featured in more than 70 films, largely action roles, and made 100 television appearances during a 45-year career.AllmoviBi ...
.
He was asked to visualise a new character, future lawman
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...
, for the science fiction weekly ''
2000 AD'', prior to its launch in 1977. His elaborate designs displeased the strip's writer,
John Wagner, but impressed editor
Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...
, and his cityscapes persuaded Mills to set the strip further into the future than initially intended.
But Wagner (temporarily) quit over ownership issues,
[David Bishop, ''Thrill Power Overload'', Rebellion, 2002–2009] and Ezquerra followed him when the first published appearance of the character was drawn by another artist,
Mike McMahon.
He returned to ''Battle'', where he once again teamed up with Alan Hebden to create "El Mestizo", a black gun-for-hire who played both sides against the middle during the American Civil War.
In 1978 he and Wagner created "
Strontium Dog
''Strontium Dog'' is a long-running British comics series starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter who lives in Earth's future. The series was created in 1978 by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezquer ...
", a science fictional western about a bounty hunter in a future where mutants are an oppressed minority forced into doing such dirty work, for ''
Starlord'',
a short-lived sister title to ''2000 AD'' with higher production values.
''Starlord'' was later merged into ''2000 AD'', bringing "Strontium Dog" with it.
[David Bishop, "John Wagner: The Quiet American", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #250, 17 October 2006, pp. 24–30] Ezquerra was almost the only artist to draw the character, until 1988, when writer
Alan Grant decided to kill him off in a storyline called "The Final Solution". Ezquerra disagreed with the decision, and refused to draw the story, which was instead illustrated by
Simon Harrison and
Colin MacNeil.
[Michael Molcher, "Interrogation: Carlos Ezquerra" part 1, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #300, 17 August 2010, pp. 16–22] In 2000 Wagner and Ezquerra revived "Strontium Dog" based on a treatment Wagner had written for an abortive TV pilot.
Initially, stories were set before the character's death in a revised continuity, but 2010's "The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha" brought Johnny back from the dead.
Other ''2000 AD'' strips he drew included ''
Fiends of the Eastern Front'' (1980), a vampire story set in
World War II
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, written by
Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, in Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Career
He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the ...
, and adaptations of
Harry Harrison's ''
Stainless Steel Rat'' novels, with the title character once again resembling James Coburn. In 1982 he returned to "Judge Dredd" to draw "
The Apocalypse War", a seven-month epic which he drew in its entirety. He continued to draw the character semi-regularly, handling the whole of "
Necropolis
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The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...
" in 1990, "
Origins
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Comics and manga
* ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
* ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...
" in 2006–07, and many others.
His son Hector inked and coloured in his pencil work for ''Strontium Dog'' between 2008 and 2012.
The character of Stogie from the long-running 2000 AD strip ''
Robo-Hunter'' was given the full name Carlos Sanchez Robo-Stogie in tribute to Ezquerra.
Other work
Ezquerra collaborated numerous times with writer
Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born 16 January 1970) is a Northern Irish-American comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series ''Preacher'' with artist Steve Dillon, his nine-year run on Marvel Comics' ''Punisher'' franchise, and '' The Boys'' with artist Dar ...
on ''
Bloody Mary'', ''
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade'', ''
War Stories'', ''
The Boys: The Self-Preservation Society'', a ''
Hitman
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'' annual, two ''
Preacher
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'' specials (''The Good Old Boys'' and ''The Saint of Killers'' miniseries) for
DC Comics
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, and ''
Just a Pilgrim'' for Black Bull Entertainment.
Ezquerra occasionally used the
pen name
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"L. John Silver" for work such as ''2000 ADs ''"The Riddle of the Astral Assassin!"'' prog 118, and ''
ABC Warriors
''ABC Warriors'' is a feature in the UK comic-book series ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' written by Pat Mills. It first appeared in program (issue) 119 in 1979 and continues to run as of 2018. Art for the opening episodes was by Kevin O'Neill ( ...
'', progs 134–136.
Awards
*
National Comics Awards for Best Artist in Comics Today, 2001
*
Inkpot Award
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, 2015
[
]
Death
In later life Ezquerra moved to Andorra
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. He died of lung cancer on 1 October 2018, at the age of 70. He never retired, and his uncompleted final work, "Spector," was published posthumously in June 2019 by ''2000 AD''.
In May 2023 the government of Zaragoza
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voted to name a street after him.
Bibliography
Comics
Comics work includes:
*''Rat Pack'' (with Gerry Finley-Day
Gerry Finley-Day (born 1947, in Broughty Ferry, Dundee) is a Scottish comics writer, prolific from the 1960s to the 1980s, best known as the creator of "Rogue Trooper".
Career
He began his career at D.C. Thomson & Co., before becoming the ...
, in ''Battle Picture Weekly
''Battle Picture Weekly'' (at various times also known as ''Battle and Valiant'', ''Battle Action'', ''Battle Action Force'', ''Battle'' and ''Battle with Storm Force'') was a British weekly boys' war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 ...
'', 1975, collected in ''Volume 1'', 128 pages, Titan Books
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, September 2010, )
*''Major Eazy'' (with Alan Hebden, in ''Battle Picture Weekly'', 1976–1978, collected in ''Volume 1'', 120 pages, Titan Books, November 2010, )
*''El Mestizo'' (with Alan Hebden, in ''Battle Picture Weekly'', 1977)
*''Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of the British weekly anthology Comic book, comic ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977). He is the magazi ...
'' (1977–2017):
** "Krong" (with Malcolm Shaw, in ''2000 AD'' #5, 1977)
** "Robot Wars Robot Wars may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Robot Wars'' (film), 1993
** ''Robot Wars'' (soundtrack)
* ''Robot Wars'' (TV series), a British TV competition, 1998–2004 and 2016–2018
** '' Nickelodeon Robot Wars'', a U.S. TV game show ...
" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #10, 1977)
** "Bank Raid" (with Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...
and John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1981''), 1980
** " The Apocalypse War" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #245–270, 1982)
** "Meka City" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #271–272, 1982)
** "Fungus" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #275–277, 1982)
** "The Big Itch" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1983'', 1982)
** "Behold the Beast" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1983'', 1982)
** "It's Happening on Line 9" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1983'', 1982)
** "Destiny's Angels" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #281–288, 1982)
** "The Executioner" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #291–294, 1982)
** "The Night of the Rad Beast" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #296–297, 1982)
** "The Prankster" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #308, 1983)
** "The Starborn Thing" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #309–314, 1983)
** "Condo" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #319–321, 1983)
** "The Other Slab Tynan" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1984'', 1983)
** "Halloween" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1984'', 1983)
** "Beat the Devil" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1984'', 1983)
** "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #331–334, 1983)
** "The Big Bang Theory" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1985'', 1984)
** "Tarantula" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1985'', 1984)
** "The Eat of the Night" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1985'', 1984)
** "John Brown's Body" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1986'', 1985)
** "Crazy R Raiders" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1986'', 1985)
** "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #438–439, 1985)
** "Costa del Blood" (with John Wagner and Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1989'', 1988)
** "Kirby's Demon" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #638, 1989)
** "The Amazing Ant Man" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #640, 1989)
** "Young Giant" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #651–655, 1989)
** "By Lethal Injection" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #669–670, 1990)
** "Rights of Succession" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #671, 1990)
** "Dear Annie" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #672–673, 1990)
** "Necropolis
A necropolis (: necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'' ().
The term usually implies a separate burial site at a distan ...
" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #674–699, 1990)
** "Death Aid" (with Garth Ennis
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, in ''2000 AD'' #711–715 & #719–720, 1990–1991)
** "Return of the King" (with Garth Ennis, in ''2000 AD'' #733–735, 1991)
** "Judgement Day
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Christianity considers the Second Coming of Jesus, Jesus Christ to entail the final judgment by God in Abrahamic religions, God of a ...
" (with John Wagner and Garth Ennis, in ''2000 AD'' # 788–799, 1992)
** "The Taking of Sector 123" (with Garth Ennis, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine
''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One.
Content
L ...
'' vol. 2 #10–11, 1992)
** "Christmas With Attitude" (with Garth Ennis, in ''2000 AD'' #815, 1992)
** " Inferno" (with Grant Morrison
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, in ''2000 AD'' #842–853, 1993)
** "I Hate Christmas" (with Mark Millar
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, in ''2000 AD'' #867, 1993)
** "Frankenstein Division" (with Mark Millar, in ''2000 AD'' #868–871, 1994)
** "Could You Be Judge Dredd?" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Poster Prog'' #2, 1994)
** "The Time Machine" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #889–890, 1994)
** "The Tenth Planet" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol.2 #58–62, 1994)
** " Wilderlands" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #904–914, 1994)
** "Parting Shots" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #915, 1994)
** "The Candidates" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #917, 1994)
** "Voting Day" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #918, 1994)
** "The Neon Man" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #951, 1995)
** "Megalot" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #952, 1995)
** "Bad Frendz" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #955–959, 1995)
** "Awakening of Angels" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #958, 1995)
** " The Pit" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #970–977, 1995–96)
** "The Pit: Unjudicial Liaisons" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #987–989, 1996)
** "The Pit: Bongo War" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #996–998, 1996)
** "Beyond the Call of Duty" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1101–1110, 1998)
** "Sector House" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1215–1222, 2000)
** "Helter Skelter" (with Garth Ennis, in ''2000 AD'' #1250–1257 & 1260–1261, 2001)
** "Leaving Rowdy" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1280, 2002)
** "The Girlfriend" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #4.15, 2002)
** "Phartz!" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #201, 2003)
** "Sturm und Dang" (with Gordon Rennie
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In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate ...
, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #211–212, 2003)
** "Brothers Of The Blood" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1378–1381, 2004)
** "The Monsterus Mashinashuns of P.J. Maybe" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #231–234, 2005)
** "Matters Of Life And Death" (with Gordon Rennie, in ''2000 AD'' #1452, 2005)
** "Origins
Origin(s) or The Origin may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Comics and manga
* ''Origin'' (comics), a Wolverine comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics in 2002
* ''The Origin'' (Buffy comic), a 1999 ''Buffy the Vampire Sl ...
" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1505–1519, #1529–1535 and #2007, 2006–2007)
** " Tour of Duty: Mega-City Justice" (with John Wagner and Hector Ezquerra, in ''2000 AD'' #1687–1693, 2010)
** "The Adjudicators" (with Si Spurrier, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #323–324, 2012)
** "Block Judge" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1900–1909, 2014)
** "El Maldito" (with Gordon Rennie, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #361–364, 2015)
** "Ladykiller" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1991–1998, 2016)
** "From the Ashes" (with Michael Carroll, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #374, 2016)
** "By Private Contract (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #2000, 2016)
** "Get Jerry Sing" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #2023, 2017)
*''Strontium Dog
''Strontium Dog'' is a long-running British comics series starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter who lives in Earth's future. The series was created in 1978 by writer John Wagner (under the pseudonym T. B. Grover) and artist Carlos Ezquer ...
'':
:All stories written by John Wagner unless otherwise stated.
**"Max Quirxx" (''Starlord'' #1–2, 1978)
**"Papa Por-ka" (''Starlord'' #3–5, 1978)
**"No Cure For Kansyr" (''Starlord'' #6–7, 1978)
**"Planet of the Dead"(''Starlord'' #8–10, 1978)
**"Two-Faced Terror!" (''Starlord'' #12–15, 1978)
**"The Ultimate Weapon" (''Starlord'' #21–22, 1978)
**"The Galaxy Killers" (''2000 AD'' #86–94, 1978)
**"Journey Into Hell" (''2000 AD'' #104–118, 1979)
:All stories below written by John Wagner and Alan Grant writing in partnership, unless otherwise stated.
**"Death’s Head" (''2000 AD'' #178–181, 1980)
**"The Schicklgruber Grab" (''2000 AD'' #182–188, 1980)
**"Mutie’s Luck" (''2000 AD'' #189, 1980)
**"The Doc Quince Case" (''2000 AD'' #190–193, 1980–81)
**"The Bad Boys Bust" (''2000 AD'' #194–197, 1981)
**"Portrait Of A Mutant" (''2000 AD'' #200–206, 210–221, 1981)
**"The Gronk Affair" (''2000 AD'' #224–227, 1981)
**"The Kid Knee Caper" (''2000 AD'' #228–233, 1981)
**"The Moses Incident" (''2000 AD'' #335–345, 1983)
**"The Killing" (''2000 AD'' #350–359, 1984)
**"Outlaw!" (''2000 AD'' #363–385, 1984)
**"The Big Bust Of ’49" (''2000 AD'' #415–424, 1985)
**"The Slavers Of Drule" (''2000 AD'' #425–436, 1985)
**"Max Bubba" (''2000 AD'' #445–465, 1985–86)
**"Smiley’s World" (''2000 AD'' #466–467, 1986)
**"Rage" (''2000 AD'' #469–489, 1986)
**"Incident on Mayjer Minor" (''2000 AD'' #490–496, 1986)
**"Warzone!" (''2000 AD'' #497–499, 1986)
**"The Beast of Milton Keynes" (written by Alan Grant; ''2000 AD'' Annual 1986)
**"Bitch" (''2000 AD'' #505–529, 1987)
**"The Royal Affair" (''2000 AD'' #532–536, 1987)
**"The Rammy" (''2000 AD'' #544–553, 1987)
**"The Stone Killers" (written by Grant alone; ''2000 AD'' #560–572, 1988)
**"Incident On Zeta" (written by Grant alone; plot suggested by Carlos Ezquerra; ''2000 AD'' #573, 1988)
**"Complaint" (''2000 AD'' Annual 1988)
:All stories below written by John Wagner alone.
**"The Kreeler Conspiracy" ''2000 AD'' #2000, 1174–1180, 1195–1199 (1999–2000)
**"The Sad Case" ''2000 AD'' #2001 (2000)
**"Roadhouse" ''2000 AD'' #1300–1308 (2002)
**"The Tax Dodge" ''2000 AD'' #1350–1358 (2003)
**"The Headly Foot Job" ''2000 AD'' #1400–1403 (2004)
**"Traitor To His Kind" ''2000 AD'' #1406–1415 (2004)
**"A Shaggy Dog Story" ''2000 AD'' #2006, 1469–1472 (2005–06)
**"The Glum Affair" ''2000 AD'' #2008, 1567–1576 (2007–08)
**"Blood Moon" (inking and colours by Hector Ezquerra from episode 2) ''2000 AD'' #2009, 1617–1628 (2008–09)
**"The Mork Whisperer" (inking and colours by Hector Ezquerra) ''2000 AD'' #1651–1660 (2009)
**"The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha" (inking and colours by Hector Ezquerra) ''2000 AD'' #1689–1699 (2010)
**"The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: The Project" (inking and colours by Hector Ezquerra) ''2000 AD'' #2012, 1764–1771 (2011–12)
**"What If...? Max Bubba Hadn't Killed Wulf," written by Alan Grant. ''2000 AD'' #1772 (2012)
**"The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: Mutant Spring" ''2000 AD'' #2013, 1813–1821 (2012–13)
**"The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha: Dogs of War" ''2000 AD'' #2014, 1862–1870 (2013–14)
**"The Stix Fix" ''2000 AD'' #1924–1933 (2015)
**"Repo Men" ''2000 AD'' #1961–1971 (2015–2016)
**"The Son" ''2000 AD'' #2073–2081 (2018)
*'' Rick Random'' (in ''2000 AD'' #118, 1979)
*'' Tharg the Mighty'':
**"A Close Encounter of the Fatal Kind!" (in ''2000 AD'' #102, 1979)
**"A Day in the Life of the Mighty Tharg" (in ''2000 AD'' #129, 1979)
**Tharg The Mighty (in ''2000 AD'' # 145-46, 1979)
**Tharg the Mighty (in ''2000 AD'' # 155 & 162, 1980)
**Tharg the Mighty (in ''2000 AD'' # 176-77 & 180-82, 1980)
**Tharg the Mighty (in ''2000 AD'' # 304, 1983)
**Tharg the Mighty (in ''2000 AD'' # 435-36, 1985)
**Tharg the Mighty (in ''2000 AD'' # 443, 1985)
**Tharg the Mighty (in ''2000 AD Winter Special'' # 3, 1990)
*''ABC Warriors
''ABC Warriors'' is a feature in the UK comic-book series ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' written by Pat Mills. It first appeared in program (issue) 119 in 1979 and continues to run as of 2018. Art for the opening episodes was by Kevin O'Neill ( ...
'' (with Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...
):
** "Golgotha" (in ''2000 AD'' #134–136, 1979)
** "The Shadow Warriors Book I" (in ''2000 AD'' #1336–1341, 2003)
*'' The Stainless Steel Rat'' (with Kelvin Gosnell, tpb, 208 pages, July 2010, ):
** "The Stainless Steel Rat" (in ''2000 AD'' #140–151, 1979–1980)
** "The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World" (in ''2000 AD'' #166–177, 1980)
** "The Stainless Steel Rat for President" (in ''2000 AD'' #393–404, 1984–1985)
*'' Fiends of the Eastern Front'' (with Gerry Finley-Day, in ''2000 AD'' #152–161, 1980; tpb )
*''Third World War
World War III, also known as the Third World War, is a hypothetical future global conflict subsequent to World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). It is widely predicted that such a war would involve all of the great powers, l ...
'' (with Pat Mills):
** Book 1 (in ''Crisis
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'' #1–6 and 9–14, 1988)
** "Back in Babylon" (in ''Crisis'' #17, 1989)
** Untitled (in ''Crisis'' #18, 1989)
** "All about Eve" (in ''Crisis'' #20–21, 1989)
*'' Anderson: Psi Division'': "The Random Man " (with Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #657–659, 1989)
*'' Durham Red'':
** "Island of the Damned" (written by Alan Grant, in ''2000 AD'' #762–773, 1991)
** "The Golden Mile" (written by Alan Grant, in ''2000AD Yearbook 1993'')
** ''The Scarlet Apocrypha:'' "Red Menace" (written by Dan Abnett
Daniel P. Abnett ( ; born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and has worked on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since ...
, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 4 no. 17, 2002)
** "The 'Nobody Wants This Job' Job" (written by Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #1785–1790, 2012)
** "The Judas Strain" (written by Lauren Beukes and Dale Halvorsen, in ''2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special'', 2017)
*'' Al's Baby'' (with John Wagner):
**Al's Baby (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol.1 # 4–15 1991)
**Al's Baby (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol.2 # 16–24 1992–93)
**Al's Baby (in ''2000 AD'' # 1034–1044, 1997)
*''Armageddon'': "The Bad Man" (with Alan Grant, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 2 #1–7, 1992)
*''Purgatory
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'' (with Mark Millar, in ''2000 AD'' #834–841, 1993)
*'' Janus: Psi-Division'': "Will o' the Wisp" (with Grant Morrison, in ''2000 AD Winter Special 1993'', 1993)
*'' Bob, the Galactic Bum'' (with Alan Grant and John Wagner, 4-issue mini-series, DC, 1995)
*'' Bloody Mary'' (with Garth Ennis, Vertigo
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, tpb, 2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
):
** "Bloody Mary" (DC/Helix, 4 issue mini-series, 1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
)
** "Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty" (DC/Helix, 4 issue mini-series, 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
)
*''Hitman
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'' (with Garth Ennis, in ''Pulp Heroes Annual'' #1, DC Comics, 1997)
*'' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' #101 (with John Wagner, December 1997)
*''Preacher
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'' (with Garth Ennis, Vertigo, included in ''Preacher, Volume 4: Proud Americans'', tpb, March 1998, ):
** ''Preacher Special: Saint of Killers'' #3 (4-issue mini-series, October 1996, included in ''Preacher, Book 3'', hardcover, December 2010, )
** ''Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys'' ( one-shot, August 1997, included in ''Preacher, Book 4'', hardcover, June 2011, )
*''Mara Jade
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'': By the Emperor's Hand (with Timothy Zahn
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and Michael A. Stackpole, Dark Horse
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, tpb collects ''Star Wars: Mara Jade – By The Emperor's Hand'' #1–6, 1999 )
*''War Story: Condors'' (with Garth Ennis, Vertigo, 2003; collected in ''War Stories volume 2'')
*'' Adventures in the Rifle Brigade'' (with Garth Ennis, Vertigo, tpb collects both mini-series, 2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
: ):
**"Adventures in the Rifle Brigade" (3 issue mini-series, 2000)
**"Operation Bollock" (3 issue mini-series, 2001)
*'' Just a Pilgrim'' (with Garth Ennis, complete hardcover, Dynamite Entertainment
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, 2009, ) collects:
**''Just a Pilgrim'' (Black Bull, 5 issues, 2001, tpb, 2001 )
**''Just a Pilgrim: Garden of Eden'' (Black Bull, 4 issues, 2002, tpb, 2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater.
In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
Demographic ...
)
*'' Cursed Earth Koburn'' (with Gordon Rennie):
** "Kuss Hard" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #221–223, 2004)
** "Burial Party" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #228, 2005)
** "The Assizes" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #239, 2005)
** "Malachi" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #240–244, 2006)
** "Going After Billy Zane" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #314–318, 2011)
** "The Law of the Cursed Earth" (written by Rory McConville, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #392–396, 2018)
* Kev Hawkins (with Garth Ennis):
**''The Magnificent Kevin'' (DC/Wildstorm, 5 issues, 2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
, tpb, 2006, )
**''A Man Called Kev'' (5-issue mini-series, 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
, June 2007, )
* ''Battlefields
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'' (with Garth Ennis, Dynamite Entertainment):
** ''Tankies'' (3-issue mini-series, April–July 2009, tpb, 88 pages, September 2009, , included in ''The Complete Battlefields, Volume 1'', hardcover, 268 pages, December 2009, )
** ''The Firefly and His Majesty'' (3-issue mini-series, March–May 2010, tpb, 80 pages, August 2010, , included in ''The Complete Battlefields, Volume 2'', hardcover, 200 pages, July 2011, )
* ''Spector'' (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD Sci-Fi Special'', June 2019)
Collected editions
Some of Ezquerra's more recent Judge Dredd and Cursed Earth Koburn work has been collected into one volume:
*''Judge Dredd: The Carlos Ezquerra Collection'' (224 pages, Rebellion, )
*
Toys
He drew the artwork on the header cards for Corgi
The Welsh Corgi ( or Corgi, plural Corgis, or occasionally the etymologically consistent Corgwn; ) is a small Dog type, type of herding dog that originated in Wales. The name ''corgi'' is thought to be derived from the Welsh language, Welsh w ...
model's range of X-Ploratron die-cast models. (''Diecast Collector Magazine'', September 2006 issue, page 38)
The four X-Ploratron models were;
*Corgi Model Number 2022; "X4 Scanotron"
*Corgi Model Number 2023; "X1 Rocketron"
*Corgi Model Number 2024; "X2 Lasertron"
*Corgi Model Number 2026; "X3 Magnetron"
Notes
References
Citations
Sources
*
*
Carlos Ezquerra
on Barney
on Lambiek
Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum
Bussum () is a commuter town and former municipality in the Gooi region in the south east of the prov ...
's Comiclopedia
*Corgi X-Ploratro
on Mike Pigott's Diecast Toys and Models
Further reading
* Interview, "Interrogation" in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #300–302, August – October 2010
External links
Carlos Ezquerra
at Comic Vine
Carlos Ezquerra
at 2000ad.org
Carlos Ezquerra
at Grand Comics Database
*
Interviews
Interview by Paul Ens (Ghent)
from theForce.net
Ezquerra interviewed in 2014
at 2000ad.wordpress.com
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1947 births
2018 deaths
Inkpot Award winners
Judge Dredd
People from Comunidad de Calatayud
Spanish comics artists
Spanish science fiction artists
20th-century Spanish artists
Artists from Zaragoza