Eric M. Esquivel

Eric Michael Esquivel (born February 10, 1987) is a Latino American comic book writer and journalist, known for the 2018 series Border Town, which was cancelled following allegations that he had sexually and emotionally abused a former partner.

Eric M. Esquivel
Esquivel with his book, The Blackest Terror, 2012 Phoenix Comic Con
Born (1987-02-10) February 10, 1987
Gurnee, Illinois, United States
NationalityAmerican
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Early life

Eric Esquivel was born in Gurnee, Illinois, of Irish and Mexican ancestry.[1]

Career

Esquivel has worked as a journalist and critic, writing for such websites as Bleeding Cool,[2] Fox News Latino,[3] Bookmans Entertainment Exchange,[4] and The Tucson Citizen.[5] He has worked as a comics writer for publishers including Archie Comics, Boom Studios, DC Comics, Dynamite, Frederator Books, Heavy Metal, IDW, Papercutz, Scholastic, Starburns Industries Press, and Zenescope.[6]

In 2018, Esquivel began writing Border Town, a magic realist ongoing comics series with art by Ramon Villalobos, at the center of a relaunch of DC's Vertigo imprint. The series dealt with immigration and Latino identity, for which Esquivel received death threats in advance of its publication.[1][7] The series was well-received by critics, and the first issue went to a second printing after its September 2018 release, to meet retailer demand.[1]

In December 2018, Esquivel was accused by a woman of subjecting her to ongoing sexual and emotional abuse several years previously; he disputed her account of their interaction. His creative collaborators on Border Town (of which four issues had been published) withdrew from the project.[8] DC cancelled the unpublished issues, and accepted retailer returns of those that had been published.[9][10] DC also cancelled plans for Esquivel to take over writing their superhero Nightwing series.[11][12]

In 2020, Esquivel announced Alternate Empire, a publishing venture with Eddie Berganza, who was terminated by DC in 2017 following sexual harassment allegations.[13][14]

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 (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
  • Border Town #1-6 (issues #5-6 not published)

Further reading

Video interviews

Audio interviews
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References
  1. "This Latino Writer Got Death Threats for 'Border Town,' a Comic Book About Healing Racial Tensions". Remezcla. 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  2. Johnston, Rich. "Journalism". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. Esquivel, Eric. "Free Comic Book Day in Tucson". Fox News Latino. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  4. Bookman, Bob. "Donald Glover Cast as Miles Morales in 'Spider-Man' Cartoon". Bookmans. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  5. Esquivel, Eric. "Time to bid adieu to readers, face 'film'-flam world". The Tucson Citizen. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  6. "Long Beach Comic Con is excited to announce Eric M. Esquivel will be coming to #LBCC2018!! – Long Beach Comic Con". Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  7. "Vertigo Writer Receives Veiled Death Threats Ahead of SDCC Appearance". CBR. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  8. Forrest Hollingsworth. "Artist and colorist leave DC Vertigo's 'Border Town' in response to abuse allegations against writer Eric M. Esquivel". Adventures In Poor Taste. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  9. "DC Cancels Hit Comic Book Series 'Border Town' After Abuse Claims". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  10. "BORDER TOWN #5-6 Cancelled, #1-4 Made Returnable". Newsarama. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
  11. "As Expected, Eric Esquivel Dropped by DC Comics From Nightwing". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  12. "Nightwing Co-Writer Eric Esquivel Removed From Issue #58". CBR. 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  13. "Eric M Esquivel and Eddie Berganza Launch New Comics Publisher. Yup". bleedingcool.com. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  14. "Eric Esquivel and Eddie Berganza Team Up for the New Publisher Alternate Empire". Graphic Policy. 2020-02-01. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
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