Charlie Adlard

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Charlie Adlard
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Charlie Adlard at Lucca Comics & Games 2016
BornCharles Adlard
(1966-08-04) 4 August 1966 (age 58)
Shrewsbury, England
Area(s) Penciller
Notable works
The Walking Dead
Savage
Codeflesh
Awards Inkpot Award (2012) [1]
Official website

Charles Adlard (born 4 August 1966) is a British comic book artist known for his work on books such as The Walking Dead and Savage .

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Career

Adlard began his work in the UK on White Death with Robbie Morrison and 2000 AD series including Judge Dredd , and Armitage . He has continued working for them with the series Savage .[ citation needed ]

In the United States he is best known for his work on The X-Files (for Topps), Astronauts in Trouble (for AiT/Planet Lar) and The Walking Dead [2] (for Image Comics).

He has been the penciller on The Walking Dead since 2004. [3]

Other work includes: Mars Attacks! (also for Topps); The Hellfire Club and Warlock [4] for Marvel Comics; Batman: Gotham Knights and Green Lantern/Green Arrow for DC Comics; White Death for Les Cartoonistes Dangereux; Blair Witch: Dark Testaments and Codeflesh for Image; Shadowman for Acclaim Comics; and The Establishment for Wildstorm, among many others.[ citation needed ]

He illustrated a graphic novel, Playing the Game, written by Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing. In 1992, he collaborated with best-selling horror writer, Guy N. Smith Crabs' Fury. The one-shot was re-released as a limited edition in September 2008 through Ghostwriter Publications[ citation needed ].

In 2012, Adlard was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #100, which was released 11 July at San Diego Comic-Con. [5]

Bibliography

Covers

References

  1. Inkpot Award
  2. Contino, Jennifer (7 September 2004). "Charlie Adlard Pt 2 The Walking Dead". Comicon.com . Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. "Walking Dead Artist Charlie Adlard Fashions Own Survival of the Dead Poster". dreadcentral.com . 5 April 2010. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. Contino, Jennifer M. (9 February 2004). "Adlard Warlock & Walking Dead Pt 1". Comicon.com . Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2004.
  5. Logan, Michael (4 June 2012). "Exclusive First Look: The Walking Dead Comic Hits 100". TV Guide . CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. That Heavy Feeling: Casey & Adlard's "Rock Bottom", Comic Book Resources, 22 August 2006.

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