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Heavens no. Should be "Escherian". When in comes to names, the suffix "-esque" is a faute-de-mieux stopgap that should be reserved for cases where "-ian" doesn't work (as in Kafka) or already has another meaning ("Arabesque" vs. "Arabian").
On the other point, if one were to say, disapprovingly, that somebody has "a Kafka-like mind", my reaction would be the same, for the same reason.
Well, Escherian has the unfortunate connection with E.Coli, the usually harmless bacterium that gets a lot of bad press.
Adjective connected to the bacterium would be Escherichian.