Carlos Ezquerra

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Carlos Ezquerra

Ezquerra in 2005
Born November 1947
Zaragoza
Nationality Spanish
Area(s) artist
Notable works Judge Dredd
Strontium Dog

Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (born November 1947, in Zaragoza), who has also worked under the alias L. John Silver, is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra. He is best known as the co-creator of Judge Dredd.

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[edit] Biography

In the 1970s he worked for Battle Picture Weekly, drawing such strips as Rat Pack, Major Eazy and El Mestizo.

During the development of 2000 AD he created the visual designs for the characters, cityscapes, and technologies for writer John Wagner's character Judge Dredd. Despite creating the character, Wagner and Ezquerra’s original Judge Dredd strip was passed on by editor Pat Mills in favor of a more introductory story by another creative team for the character’s debut, and their original strip would not be used until years later in an annual. Upset with management disputes, like his and Wagner’s Judge Dredd story being passed on for someone else’s work on a character he helped create, Ezquerra left 2000 AD to return to work for Battle Picture Weekly in 1977.

Carlos Ezquerra and John Wagner also created the character Strontium Dog for Starlord in 1978; the strip would later transfer to 2000 AD when Starlord folded. Other 2000 AD strips he drew included Fiends of the Eastern Front and adaptations of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat novels. He would later return to Judge Dredd to draw one of the most infamous mega epics, the Apocalypse War, and would go on to draw some of his most memorable adventures. Always a fan favorite, Ezquerra still draws Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog from time to time.

Ezquerra has also collaborated numerous times with writer Garth Ennis on Bloody Mary, Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, War Stories, a Hitman annual with artist Steve Pugh, and two Preacher specials (The Good Old Boys and The Saint of Killers miniseries) for DC Comics, and Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Entertainment.

He recently provided the art for the Judge Dredd epic Origins in 2000 AD.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Comics

Comics work includes:

  • Rat Pack (in Battle Picture Weekly, 1975)
  • Major Eazy (in Battle Picture Weekly, 1976-78)
  • El Mestizo (in Battle Picture Weekly, 1977)
  • Judge Dredd:
    • "Krong" (with Malcolm Shaw, in 2000 AD #5, 1977)
    • "Robot Wars" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #10, 1977)
    • "The Apocalypse War" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #245-270, 1982)
    • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD #279-72, 275-77, 281-88, 291-94 & 296-97, 1982)
    • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD #309-314, 319-321 & 331-334, 1983)
    • "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (with John Wagner/Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #438-39, 1985)
    • "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" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #674-699, 1990)
    • "Death Aid" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #711-715 & #719-720, 1990-1991)
    • "Return of the King" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #733-735, 1991)
    • "Judgement Day" (with John Wagner/Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD # 788-799, 1992)
    • "The Taking of Sector One-Two-Three" (with Garth Ennis, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 10-11, 1992)
    • "Christmas With Attitude" (with Garth Ennis, in 2000 AD #815, 1992)
    • "Inferno" (with Grant Morrison, in 2000 AD #842-853, 1993)
    • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 867-871 & 889-890, 1994)
    • Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 58-62, 1994)
    • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 904-915 & 917-918, 1994)
    • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 951-952 & 955-959, 1995)
    • "The Pit" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #970-977, 1995)
    • Judge Dredd (in 987-989 & 992-999, 1995-1996)
    • "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)
    • Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 1250-1257 & 1260-1261, 2001)
    • "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, 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" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD # 1505-1519 and 1529-1535, 2006-2007)
  • Strontium Dog:
    • Strontium Dog (in Starlord # 1-10, 12-15 & 21-22, 1978)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 86-94 & 104-118, 1978-79)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 178-197, 200-206, 210-221 & 224-233, 1980-81)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 335-345, 350-359 & 363-385, 1983-84)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 416-434, 1985)
    • Strontium Dog (in 1986 2000 AD Annual, 1985)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 445-467 & 469-499, 1985-86)
    • "Bitch" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #505-529, 1987)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD #532-536, 1988 2000 AD Annual & # 544-553, 1987)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 560-573, 1988)
    • "The Stone Killers" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #560-572, 1988)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD prog 2000, # 1174-1180 & 1195-1199, 1999-2000)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD Prog 2001, 2000)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 1300-1307, 2002)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 1350-1358, 2003)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD # 1400-1403 & 1406-1415, 2004)
    • Strontium Dog (in 2000 AD Prog 2006 & # 1469-1472, 2005-06)
  • Rick Random (in 2000 AD # 118, 1979)
  • Tharg the Mighty:
    • 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 (with Pat Mills):
    • "Golgatha" (in 2000 AD #134-136, 1979)
    • "The Shadow Warriors Book I" (in 2000 AD #1336-1341, 2003)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat (with Kelvin Gosnell:
    • "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)
  • Third World War (with Pat Mills):
    • "Hamburger Lady" (in Crisis #1-2, 1988)
    • "Sell out" (in Crisis #13-14, 1989)
    • "Back in Babylon" (in Crisis #17, 1989)
    • Untitled (in Crisis #18, 1989)
    • "All about Eve" (in Crisis #20-21, 1989)
  • Durham Red (with Alan Grant):
    • "Island of the Damned" (in 2000 AD #762-773, 1991)
    • "The Golden Mile" (in 2000AD Yearbook 1993)
  • 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" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 1-7, 1992)
  • Purgatory (in 2000 AD # 834-841, 1993)
  • Hitman ( in Pulp Heroes Annual #1, DC Comics, 1997)
  • 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 #240-144, 2006)

[edit] Collections

Some of his Dredd and Cursed Earth Koburn work has been collected into one volume:[1]

  • Judge Dredd: Carlos Ezquerra Collection (224 pages, Rebellion, ISBN 1905437358)

[edit] Toys

He drew the artwork on the header cards for Corgi model's range of X-Ploratron Die-cast models. (Diecast Collector Magazine, September 2006 issue, page 38)[2]

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"

It is unknown if Ezquerra was given full details on the function of each X-Ploratron model or the abilities, or was simply just sent the models and asked to draw a short, four panel comic strip about them, as on some he appears to have added extra powers / features not present in the actual models themselves.[citation needed]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Judge Dredd: Carlos Ezquerra Collection
  2. ^ Piggot, Mike. (September 2006). "Corgi X-Ploratrons" article in Diecast Collector Magazine. (Warners Group Publications).

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Interviews

  • Interview - by Paul Ens (Ghent) from theForce.net