RIPs

[IAMTHESYSTEM]

Very moving image dancornwell. I'm sure Carlos would have enjoyed it!

[The Legendary Shark]

Just got in from work, been operating inside a dark cloud all day since I heard the terrible news. Now, at last, I let the tears out.

I feel so honoured to have spent so much time with him. They say you should never meet your heroes but meeting Carlos was an absolute joy and the memory of that afternoon with him will be with me forever. A true gentleman.

Utterly gutted.

[DrRocka]

Dan, that's BEAUTIFUL!

[Colin YNWA]

Heart breaking news and my thoughts are with Carlos' friends and family.

[flip-r mk2]

Gutted. Literally just coming on here to write a message about the terrible news about Carlos when I heard that an uncle of mine has just collapsed and died unexpectedly. Feeling very... hollow.

Sorry to hear about your Uncle, Dark Jimbo.


filippo

[von Boom]

Gutted. Literally just coming on here to write a message about the terrible news about Carlos when I heard that an uncle of mine has just collapsed and died unexpectedly. Feeling very... hollow.

Very sorry for your loss Jimbo.

[The Legendary Shark]

I'm so sorry, Jimbo.

[Dark Jimbo]

Thanks chaps. Think I've got my head around it now, but all in all a very strange day. Like most here, I was feeling pretty off-kilter at the Carlos news and more shaken than I would have thought. Then came the double-whammy and it was all a bit much. That's life sometimes, I suppose.

[HdE]

Beyond sad to hear of Carlos Ezquerra's passing. I can remember reading 2000AD as a kid and thinking 'I wish this guy drew ALL the strips.'

As it turns out, he may not have, but with such a titanic output you'd be forgiven for thinking that he might at least be trying.

An absolute legend.

[-Dunk!-]

Gutted by the passing of Carlos Ezquerra.

The backbone of 2000ad and the artist on so much magic down the years.

I thank him for the childhood thrills and for being the childhood hero it was a pleasure to meet and interact with.

He leaves a huge gulf here in 2000ad fandom and nothing will fill it.

Respect, Dunk!

[Hawkmumbler]

Didn't someone coral all of 2000ADs artists page counts and King Carlos was the raining champ by some margin? It almost feels unreal today, a 2000AD without him doesn't feel right.

[Frank]

Didn't someone coral all of 2000ADs artists page counts and King Carlos was the raining champ by some margin?

3 years ago, board treasure Alex F reckoned Rey Carlos had contributed a little over 1000 strips and covers.

That put Ezquerra 6th on the list of all contributors (including editorial), the only artist amid a sea of typists, with Massimo Belardinelli and Ian Gibson far behind on 490 and 421, respectively, and unlikely to increase their counts (for different reasons).

At that time, current MVP Henry Flint was struggling by on 359. I sincerely hope Flint gets the chance to chase the King's tally, but the title belongs to Carlos forever.

[AlexF]

By my latest count, Ezquerra is up to 1075, still well over double any other artist, and even prodigious pensmith Dan Abnett is a way off catching that score. Plus I fully hope/dream/believe that there's more from the King that hasn't seen print yet.

I've put up a hasty tribute, of sorts, to the 42 years of Carlos Ezquerra on 2000AD here:
http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.com/2018/10/king-carlos-hero-of-heroes.html

[rogue69]

 actor Scott Wilson dies of complications from leukemia at age 76.He's  best known as Pa Angel & Hershel Greene in the Walking Dead

[JayzusB.Christ]

Saddened to hear that.  Never realised he was Pa Angel too.