Eric Michael Esquivel is an American comic book writer and journalist.
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Personal life
Esquivel was born in Gurnee, Illinois on February 10, 1987. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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Career
Comics
Esquivel is known for a brand of writing that includes references to popular culture as well as sociopolitical commentary.
Esquivel participated in Jon Morris' blog Cornered with an illustration of Marvel Comics' Captain Mar-Vell character. The piece was inked, colored, and lettered by Hannah Nance Partlow (letterer of Boom Studios' Adventure Time: Candy Capers).
Esquivel was a presenter at the 2012 Bleeding Cool Awards, presenting the award for Best Fight Scene of The Last Twelve Months.
Original Characters
Esquivel is the co-creator (Along with artist James Fry) of the Sonic The Hedgehog Villain "The War Walrus", and the co-creator (along with artist Carl Scacchitano)of the Mega Man villain "Dubstep Man".
Prose
Esquivel is the author of the G.I. Joe novella "Storm Shadow: 21st Century Boy", featuring the popular characters Storm Shadow, and Snake Eyes.
He is the co-creator and author the Roberto Roberto eBook series for Frederator Books.
Journalism
Esquivel has worked as a journalist and critic, writing for such websites as Bleeding Cool, Fox News Latino, Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, and The Tucson Citizen.
Awards
Esquivel's book Thor: Unkillable Thunder Christ received a 9.8 rating from Multiversity Comics.
Bravest Warriors #13 received a 4 out of 5 from Comic Bastards.
Freelancers #2 received a 'Rama Rating of 8 out of 10 on Newsarama, scoring higher than that week's issue of Avengers, and Wonder Woman. It currently holds a 4 out of 5 stars rating on Comixology.
Unite and Take Over: Stories Inspired By The Songs of The Smiths, an anthology series Esquivel contributed to, was named Best Comic Book Inspired by a Band in the 2012 "Best Of" issue of The Phoenix New Times.
Esquivel himself was named "One of The Best People In Tucson" by The Tucson Weekly in 2011
In popular culture
British hip-hop artist Akira The Don named his record Unkillable Thunderchrist after Esquivel's book Thor: Unkillable Thunder Christ.
Calabrese's music video for "The Dead Don't Rise" features references to Poppa Rock, a character created by Esquivel for the Calabrese comic book series, published by Spookshow records.
Esquivel was drawn into Boom Studios' Regular Show #7 by regular series artist Allison Strejlau.
Bibliography
- Childish Delusions of Grandeur and Superiority #1-#2
- The Adventures of Bikini Automatic #1 (one-shot)
- Calabrese! #1, #2
- Horrible Little People (OGN)
- Reasons Why Superman is Better Than God (mini-comic)
- Awesomenaut (OGN)
- Zombies vs. Cheerleaders #3 (collected in Zombies vs. Cheerleaders Volume One TPB), #4, #5, #7, Volume II #2
- Robot <3 Kaiju (one-shot)
- Girl Scouts in Space (one-shot)
- The Golden Age: Blackest Terror (mini-comic)
- The Golden Age: The Owl (mini-comic)
- Blackest Terror (one-shot)
- Normal #1 ('zine)
- Unite And Take Over: Stories Inspired By The Songs of The Smiths Volume Two (OGN Anthology)
- Thor: Unkillable Thunder Christ (one-shot)
- American History Z (OGN Anthology)
- Electric Youth #1 (one-shot)
- Freelancers #2-#6
- Autobiographical-Erotic Asphyxiation (a comic strip, appearing in The Tucson Weekly)
- The Legend Of Oz: The Wicked West Volume Two, #6-#8
- The In Crowd #1-#4
- The Spider's Web #3
- Smell Ya Later (An ongoing comic strip, appearing in the Tucson Weekly)
- Bravest Warriors #13
- BOO! #3
- Adventure Time #27 & #28
- Loki: Ragnarok And Roll #1-#4
- Grimm Fairy Tales: Wonderland #22-#25, Age Of Darkness one-shot
- Grimm Fairy Tales: The Dark Queen (one-shot)
- Sonic the Hedgehog #265
- Mega Man #41-#44
- Roberto Roboto Volume One, "Domo Arigato!"
- G.I. Joe - Storm Shadow: 21st Century Boy
- Super Sonic Digest #11
References
External links
- Official website
- Facebook fan page
- Twitter account
Print interviews
- "New/Old Heroes to Challenge 'White, Right' Status Quo". Newsarama
- "Eric M. Esquivel Speaks on The Blackest Terror". Ghetto Manga
- "Eric Esquivel And His Unkillable Thunder Christ". Bleeding Cool
- "Atomic Interrogation: Eric M. Esquivel". Atomic Comics
- "An Interview With The Unkillable Eric M. Esquivel". Comic Book Therapy
- "Freelancers Are Taking Over". Broken Frontier
- "Kabooooom Quickies: Eric M. Esquivel". Kabooooom
- "Esquivel and Gaylord Bring on the Metal Apocalypse in "Loki: Ragnarok and Roll" for BOOM! Studios (Exclusive)". Multiversity Comics
Video interviews
- "Eric M. Esquivel At PhoCo 2012". Comic Book Therapy
- "A Comic Show Interview with Eric M. Esquivel - Phoenix Comic Con 2012". A Comic Show
- "Invest Comics Interviews Eric Esquivel". Invest Comics
- "LBCHC 2013 Eric Esquivel: Eric talks about the upcoming series, LOKI: RAGNAROK AND ROLL at Boom! Studios.". Comic Vine
Audio interviews
- Steve Bryant & Digital Debates With Brion Salazar, Jeffery Simpson, Eric Esquivel & Dave Baker Word Balloon
- Issue 123 - Mythology of 2 Straight Dudes in Love Comic Book Queers
- JAVILAND: Episode 21 Javiland
- JAVILAND: Episode 36 Javiland
- The Fred And Jeff Show: Phoenix Comicon 2013 The Fred And Jeff Show
- Ep. #010 The 'PREVIEWS' Party Podcast feat. Eric M. Esquivel & Janelle Asselin Fanboy Comics
- We Be Geeks Episode 55: And Starring Eric M. Esquivel As Aquaman We Be Geeks
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