Editing Carlos Ezquerra

{{Short description|Spanish comics artist (1947–2018)}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image         = Art robot Carlos Ezquerra.jpg
| caption       = Ezquerra in 2005
| birth_name    = Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1947|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Ibdes]], [[Province of Zaragoza]], Spain
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2018|10|1|1947|11|12|df=y}}
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| alias         = L. John Silver
| notable works = ''[[Judge Dredd]]''<br />''[[Strontium Dog]]''<br />''[[Just a Pilgrim]]''<br />''[[The Stainless Steel Rat]]''
| awards        = [[Inkpot Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot/|title=Inkpot Awards}}</ref><br />[[National Comics Awards]]
| children      = 2<ref>Obituary by Karl Stock, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #402 (cover date 18 December 2018), p. 36</ref>
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'''Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra'''<ref>Jarman, Colin M. and Peter Acton (1995) ''Judge Dredd: The Mega-History'', Lennard Publishing, {{ISBN|1-85291-128-X}}, p. 20</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ə|s|ˈ|k|ɛər|ə}};<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DJUVjLSO0 "Carlos Ezquerra Panel - Enniskillen Comic Fest 2019"]<!--at 0:21--></ref> 12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/carlos-ezquerra-dead-creator-judge-dredd-dies-aged-70-1148295/|title=Carlos Ezquerra, Comic Book Artist and Co-Creator of ‘Judge Dredd,’ Dies at 70|first=Graeme|last=McMillan|date=October 1, 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/01/judge-dredd-co-creator-carlos-ezquerra-dies-aged-70|title=Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra dies aged 70|first=David|last=Barnett|date=October 1, 2018|via=The Guardian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/cultura/2018/10/01/muere-dibujante-zaragozano-carlos-ezquerra-46734021.html|title=Muere el dibujante zaragozano Carlos Ezquerra, cocreador de 'Judge Dredd'|first=SANDRA|last=ALQUÉZAR|date=October 1, 2018|website=El Periódico de Aragón}}</ref>) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in [[British comics]]. He is best known as the co-creator of ''[[Judge Dredd]]''.

==Biography==

===Early work===
Born in [[Ibdes]], [[Zaragoza (province)|province of Zaragoza]], [[Aragon]], 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 (comics)|Valentine]]'' and ''[[Mirabelle (comics)|Mirabelle]]'', 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 (comic)|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,<ref name=INT2>Michael Molcher, "Interrogation: Carlos Ezquerra" part 2, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #301, 14 September 2010, pp. 16–22</ref> settling in [[Croydon]] with his wife.<ref name=INT3>Michael Molcher, "Interrogation: Carlos Ezquerra" part 3, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #302, 12 October 2010, pp. 16–23</ref>

===''Battle'' and ''2000 AD''===
In 1974, on the strength of his uncredited work for ''The Wizard'', [[Pat Mills]] and [[John Wagner]] headhunted him, through Coker, to work for the new [[IPC Media|IPC]] title ''[[Battle Picture Weekly]]''. He drew "Rat Pack":<ref name=BBA1>David Bishop, "Blazing Battle Action" part 1, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #209, 16 September 2003, pp. 73–78</ref> inspired by the film ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'', the strip, written by [[Gerry Finley-Day]], 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.<ref name=INT2 /> 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,<ref name=BBA1 /> basing the character's appearance on the actor [[James Coburn]].<ref name=INT2 />

[[File:Judge Dredd by Carlos Ezquerra 1977.jpg|thumb|right|Judge Dredd in the first panel of Ezquerra's first published ''Judge Dredd'' story, "Krong", in ''2000 AD'' #5, March 1977.]]
He was asked to visualise a new character, future lawman [[Judge Dredd]], for the science fiction weekly ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'', prior to its launch in 1977. His elaborate designs displeased the strip's writer, [[John Wagner]], but impressed editor [[Pat Mills]], and his cityscapes persuaded Mills to set the strip further into the future than initially intended.<ref name=INT3 /> But Wagner (temporarily) quit over ownership issues,<ref name=TPO>David Bishop, ''Thrill Power Overload'', Rebellion, 2002–2009</ref>{{rp|pp. 12–13}} and Ezquerra followed him when the first published appearance of the character was drawn by another artist, [[Mike McMahon (comics)|Mike McMahon]].<ref name=INT3 /> 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.

[[File:Carlos Ezquerra's last published Judge Dredd.jpg|thumb|right|Final image of Judge Dredd in Ezquerra's last published ''Judge Dredd'' story, "Get Jerry Sing", 40 years later in ''2000 AD'' #2023, March 2017.]]
In 1978 he and Wagner created "[[Strontium Dog]]", 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 (comics)|Starlord]]'',<ref name=QA /> a short-lived sister title to ''2000 AD'' with higher production values.<ref name=TPO />{{rp|pp.39–41}} ''Starlord'' was later merged into ''2000 AD'', bringing "Strontium Dog" with it.<ref name=QA>David Bishop, "John Wagner: The Quiet American", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #250, 17 October 2006, pp. 24–30</ref> Ezquerra was almost the only artist to draw the character, until 1988, when writer [[Alan Grant (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 (comics)|Simon Harrison]] and [[Colin MacNeil]].<ref name=INT1>Michael Molcher, "Interrogation: Carlos Ezquerra" part 1, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #300, 17 August 2010, pp. 16–22</ref> In 2000 Wagner and Ezquerra revived "Strontium Dog" based on a treatment Wagner had written for an abortive TV pilot.<ref name=TPO />{{rp|p. 211}} 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.<ref>Tony Ingram, [http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/p/detail/mutant-mayhem-in-milton-keynes-the-life-and-death-of-johnny-alpha-strontium-dog/ Mutant Mayhem in Milton Keynes: The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha, Strontium Dog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128022428/http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/p/detail/mutant-mayhem-in-milton-keynes-the-life-and-death-of-johnny-alpha-strontium-dog |date=2012-01-28 }}, Broken Frontier, 19 August 2011</ref>

Other ''2000 AD'' strips he drew included ''[[Fiends of the Eastern Front]]'' (1980), a vampire story set in [[World War II]], written by [[Gerry Finley-Day]], and adaptations of [[Harry Harrison (writer)|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 (Judge Dredd story)|Necropolis]]" in 1990, "[[Origins (Judge Dredd story)|Origins]]" in 2006–07, and many others.

His son Hector inked and coloured in his pencil work for ''Strontium Dog'' between 2008 and 2012.<ref>''2000 AD'' prog 1617</ref>

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]] on ''[[Bloody Mary (Helix)|Bloody Mary]]'', ''[[Adventures in the Rifle Brigade]]'', ''[[War Stories (comics)|War Stories]]'', ''[[The Boys (comics)|The Boys:]] [[The Self-Preservation Society]]'', a ''[[Hitman (DC Comics)|Hitman]]'' annual, two ''[[Preacher (comics)|Preacher]]'' specials (''The Good Old Boys'' and ''The Saint of Killers'' miniseries) for [[DC Comics]], and ''[[Just a Pilgrim]]'' for Black Bull Entertainment.

Ezquerra occasionally used the [[pen name]] [[Long John Silver|"L. John Silver"]] for work such as ''2000&nbsp;AD'''s ''"The Riddle of the Astral Assassin!"'' prog 118, and ''[[ABC Warriors]]'', progs 134–136.

===Awards===
*[[National Comics Awards]] for Best Artist in Comics Today, 2001<ref name="awards">{{Cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/searchNew/?q=Carlos+Ezquerra&selected_facets=facet_model_name_exact:received%20award|title=comics.org}}</ref>
*[[Inkpot Award]], 2015<ref name=awards/>

===Death===
In later life Ezquerra moved to [[Andorra]]. He died of lung cancer on 1 October 2018, at the age of 70.<ref>Obituary in ''2000 AD'' #2103 (cover dated 17 October 2018), p. 9</ref><ref>[https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/10/01/actualidad/1538404325_207931.html ''Muere el dibujante de cómics Carlos Ezquerra, cocreador del Juez Dredd''] at Elpais.com</ref> He never retired, and his uncompleted final work, "Spector," was published posthumously in June 2019 by ''2000 AD''.{{efn|The story was later completed by another artist and published in 2023–24.}}

In May 2023 the government of [[Zaragoza]] voted to name a street after him.<ref>[https://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/zaragoza/2023/05/11/calle-homenaje-laura-gomez-lacueva-87193890.html "La calle en homenaje a Laura Gómez-Lacueva estará junto a la avenida Cataluña"], ''El Periódico de Aragón'', 11 May 2023 [https://www-elperiodicodearagon-com.translate.goog/zaragoza/2023/05/11/calle-homenaje-laura-gomez-lacueva-87193890.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp (English translation)]</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Comics===
{{incomplete-section|date=October 2018}}
Comics work includes:

*''Rat Pack'' (with [[Gerry Finley-Day]], in ''[[Battle Picture Weekly]]'', 1975, collected in ''Volume 1'', 128 pages, [[Titan Books]], September 2010, {{ISBN|1-84856-035-4}})
*''Major Eazy'' (with [[Alan Hebden]], in ''Battle Picture Weekly'', 1976–1978, collected in ''Volume 1'', 120 pages, Titan Books, November 2010, {{ISBN|1-84856-441-4}})
*''El Mestizo'' (with Alan Hebden, in ''Battle Picture Weekly'', 1977)
*''[[Judge Dredd]]'' (1977–2017):
** "Krong" (with Malcolm Shaw, in ''2000 AD'' #5, 1977)
** "[[The Robot Wars|Robot Wars]]" (with [[John Wagner]], in ''2000 AD'' #10, 1977)
** "Bank Raid" (with [[Pat Mills]] and John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Annual 1981''), 1980
** "[[The Apocalypse War]]" (with John Wagner and [[Alan Grant (writer)|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 (Judge Dredd story)|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 (Judge Dredd story)|Judgement Day]]" (with John Wagner and Garth Ennis, in ''2000 AD'' # 788–799, 1992)
** "The Taking of Sector 123" (with Garth Ennis, in ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'' vol. 2 #10–11, 1992)
** "Christmas With Attitude" (with Garth Ennis, in ''2000 AD'' #815, 1992)
** "[[Judge Grice#Judge Dredd: Inferno|Inferno]]" (with [[Grant Morrison]], in ''2000 AD'' #842–853, 1993)
** "I Hate Christmas" (with [[Mark Millar]], 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)
** "[[Mechanismo|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 (Judge Dredd story)|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]], in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #211–212, 2003)
** "Brothers Of The Blood" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1378–1381, 2004)
** "The Monsterus Mashinashuns of [[PJ Maybe|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 (Judge Dredd story)|Origins]]" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1505–1519, #1529–1535 and #2007, 2006–2007)
** "[[Tour of Duty (Judge Dredd story)|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 (Irish writer)|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]]'':
: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,<ref>In December 1999 the issue after #1173 was numbered 2000, after the New Year. Another issue #2000 followed issue #1999 in September 2016.</ref> 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]]'' (with [[Pat Mills]]):
** "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, {{ISBN|1-906735-51-4}}):
** "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 {{ISBN|1-904265-64-2}})
*''[[Third World War (comics)|Third World War]]'' (with Pat Mills):
** Book 1 (in ''[[Crisis (Fleetway)|Crisis]]'' #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)
*''[[Judge Anderson|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]], 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)
*''[[Judge Grice|Purgatory]]'' (with Mark Millar, in ''2000 AD'' #834–841, 1993)
*''[[Judge Janus|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 (Helix)|Bloody Mary]]'' (with Garth Ennis, [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]], [[Trade paperback (comics)|tpb]], [[2005 in comics|2005]] {{ISBN|1-4012-0725-1}}):
** "Bloody Mary" (DC/Helix, 4 issue mini-series, [[1996 in comics|1996]])
** "Bloody Mary: Lady Liberty" (DC/Helix, 4 issue mini-series, [[1998 in comics|1998]])
*''[[Hitman (DC Comics)|Hitman]]'' (with Garth Ennis, in ''Pulp Heroes Annual'' #1, DC Comics, 1997)
*''[[Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' #101 (with John Wagner, December 1997)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/issue/61061/#305343|title=Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (DC, 1992 series) #101|website=www.comics.org}}</ref>
*''[[Preacher (comics)|Preacher]]'' (with Garth Ennis, Vertigo, included in ''Preacher, Volume 4: Proud Americans'', tpb, March 1998, {{ISBN|978-1-56389-405-3}}):
** ''Preacher Special: [[Saint of Killers]]'' #3 (4-issue mini-series, October 1996, included in ''Preacher, Book 3'', hardcover, December 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-4012-3016-6}})
** ''Preacher Special: The Good Old Boys'' ([[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]], August 1997, included in ''Preacher, Book 4'', hardcover, June 2011, {{ISBN|978-1-4012-3093-7}})
*''[[Mara Jade]]'': By the Emperor's Hand (with [[Timothy Zahn]] and [[Michael A. Stackpole]], [[Dark Horse Comics|Dark Horse]], tpb collects ''Star Wars: Mara Jade – By The Emperor's Hand'' #1–6, 1999 {{ISBN|1-56971-401-0}})
*''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 in comics|2004]]: {{ISBN|1-4012-0353-1}}):
**"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]], 2009, {{ISBN|1-60690-003-X}}) collects:
**''Just a Pilgrim'' (Black Bull, 5 issues, 2001, tpb, 2001 {{ISBN|1-84023-377-X}})
**''Just a Pilgrim: Garden of Eden'' (Black Bull, 4 issues, 2002, tpb, [[2003 in comics|2003]] {{ISBN|1-84023-590-X}})
*''[[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 in comics|2005]], tpb, 2006, {{ISBN|1-4012-0990-4}})
**''A Man Called Kev'' (5-issue mini-series, [[2006 in comics|2006]], June 2007, {{ISBN|1-4012-1324-3}})
* ''[[Battlefields (comics)|Battlefields]]'' (with Garth Ennis, Dynamite Entertainment):
** ''Tankies'' (3-issue mini-series, April–July 2009, tpb, 88 pages, September 2009, {{ISBN|1-60690-057-9}}, included in ''The Complete Battlefields, Volume 1'', hardcover, 268 pages, December 2009, {{ISBN|1-60690-079-X}})
** ''The Firefly and His Majesty'' (3-issue mini-series, March–May 2010, tpb, 80 pages, August 2010, {{ISBN|1-60690-145-1}}, included in ''The Complete Battlefields, Volume 2'', hardcover, 200 pages, July 2011, {{ISBN|1-60690-222-9}})
* ''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:<ref>[https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB303 2000ad.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203849/https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB303 |date=2021-06-24 }} (Retrieved 23 June 2021)</ref>

*''Judge Dredd: The Carlos Ezquerra Collection'' (224 pages, Rebellion, {{ISBN|1-905437-35-8}})
* {{Cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Art-of-Carlos-Ezquerra/Carlos-Ezquerra/9781786185679 |title=The Art of Carlos Ezquerra |date=14 June 2022 |isbn=978-1-78618-567-9 |language=en}}

===Toys===

He drew the artwork on the header cards for [[Corgi Cars|Corgi]] model's range of X-Ploratron [[die-cast toy|die-cast]] models. (''Diecast Collector Magazine'', September 2006 issue, page 38)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.diecast-collector.com|title="Corgi X-Ploratrons" article in Diecast Collector Magazine|publisher=([[Warners Group Publications]])|first=Mike |last= Pigott|date=September 2006}}</ref>

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==
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==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

===Sources===
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*{{gcdb|type=credit|search=Carlos+Ezquerra}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=2368}}
*[http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=carlose Carlos Ezquerra] on Barney <!-- 2000 AD online's database moved to its own site -->
*[http://lambiek.net/artists/e/ezquerra_carlos.htm Carlos Ezquerra] on [[Lambiek]]'s Comiclopedia
*Corgi X-Ploratrons[https://mikepigottsdiecasttoysandmodels.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/corgi-x-ploratrons/] on Mike Pigott's Diecast Toys and Models
{{Refend}}

===Further reading===
* Interview, "Interrogation" in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #300–302, August – October 2010

== External links ==
*[http://www.comicvine.com/carlos-ezquerra/26-24043/ Carlos Ezquerra] at Comic Vine
*[http://2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=carlose Carlos Ezquerra] at 2000ad.org
*[https://www.comics.org/creator/1895/ Carlos Ezquerra] at Grand Comics Database
*{{IMDb name|0264338}}

===Interviews===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927193353/http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/ezquerra/carlos.shtml Interview by Paul Ens (Ghent)] from theForce.net
*[https://2000ad.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/inky-fingers-carlos-ezquerra-tribute-show/ Ezquerra interviewed in 2014] at 2000ad.wordpress.com

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