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Here is Pat Mill's tribute that he recently posted on Facebook

Carlos - a tribute

We heard the news this afternoon here in Prague and we walked around stunned.

We had last hung out with Carlos and Conchita late last Summer in Marbella. It was a wonderful memory. It was so obvious how much they were into each other and clearly adored each other.

Today, still frozen with shock, we wandered into a jazz club, Agharta. The band were world class: Emil Viklicky Trio. And as the music flowed, our tears finally flowed, too.

That's where I'm writing this. Somehow it seems appropriate to write a tribute to Carlos Ezquerra, 2000AD's greatest artist, in a top jazz club. Because the music is cool, slinky and hip, just like his artwork. And just like great jazz, it will never, ever date.

Watching the keyboard player and drummer improvise and riff on each other reminds me how we as writers would give Carlos some crazy script and he would riff and improvise on it, taking it to a new height and always surprising us. He would never know what we might dream up next and we would never imagine what he would dream up in response. But it would invariably top us. Judge Dredd being a case in point.

And just like these jazz players, whenever we talked, there was always that mischievous glint in his eye. Fans who have met Carlos will know just what I mean!

So as the music plays on and gets ever wilder, we raise our glasses in tribute to you,Carlos.

We will all miss you so much. You made a difference to all our lives.

Cheers, my friend.

Our thoughts are also with you, Conchita.

Love from Prague

Pat and Lisa

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