Eric Michael Esquivel (born 1987) is a Latino American

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writer and journalist, known for the 2018 series ''Border Town'', which was cancelled following allegations that he had sexually and emotionally abused a female friend.

Early life

Eric Esquivel was born on February 10, 1987, in

Gurnee, Illinois Gurnee ( ) is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 30,706 as of the 2020 census. It borders the city of Waukegan, and is a popular tourist attraction within the Chicago metropolitan area. Best known for being t ...

. He is of Irish and Mexican ancestry.

Career

Esquivel has worked as a journalist and critic, writing for such websites as

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, Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, and ''

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''. He has worked as a comics writer for publishers including Archie Comics,

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, Dynamite, Frederator Books, Heavy Metal, IDW,

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, Scholastic, Starburns Industries Press, and Zenescope. In 2018, Esquivel began writing ''Border Town'', a magic realist comics series with art by Ramon Villalobos, at the center of a relaunch of DC's

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imprint. The series dealt with immigration and Latino identity, for which Esquivel received death threats in advance of its publication. 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. 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. DC cancelled the unpublished issues, and accepted retailer returns of those that had been published. DC also cancelled plans for Esquivel to take over writing their superhero '' Nightwing'' series. In 2020, Esquivel announced Alternate Empire, a publishing venture with Eddie Berganza, who had been terminated by DC in 2017 following sexual harassment allegations.

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

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) *''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

) *''

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'' #13 *''BOO!'' #3 *''

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'' #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)

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