Fascist Spain meets British punk: the subversive genius of Judge Dredd | Ian Dunt

Carlos Ezquerra, who died this week, created twisted worlds not far from our own. The message? Don’t trust figures of authority

It’s a mark of honour for the British comic book industry that its most instantly recognisable icon is also its most subversive. That achievement is down in great part to Carlos Ezquerra, the Spanish artist who co-created Judge Dredd and died on Monday at the age of 70.

Ezquerra started his career drawing war comics in Barcelona before moving to the UK and working for the anthology 2000AD and others. He brought the iconography of fascist Spain to Dredd’s extremely weird and vivid design and combined it with his experiences of living in Croydon through the 70s and 80s: the punk movement on his doorstep and TV images of policemen charging striking miners.

Related: Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra dies aged 70

Continue reading...

via Science fiction books | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2QmhfKq