Charles "Charlie" Adlard (born April 8, 1966) is a British comic book artist, known for his work on books such as The Walking Dead and Savage.
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.
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 (for Image Comics). He has been the primary artist on The Walking Dead since 2004.
Other work includes: Mars Attacks! (also for Topps); The Hellfire Club and Warlock 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, amongst many others.
He has received recognition for his work, including a nomination for the Squiddy Award for Best Inker in 2001.
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.
In 2012, Adlard was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #100, which was released July 11 at the San Diego Comic-Con.
Bibliography
- Judge Dredd:
- "The Hand of Fate" (with Alan Grant, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 1 #18, March 1992)
- "War Games" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1153-1159, Julyâ"September 1999)
- "Endgame" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1160-1164, Septemberâ"October 1999)
- "The Satanist" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1350-1356, Julyâ"September 2003)
- "Gulag" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1382-1386, 2004)
- Warheads: Black Dawn (pencils, with writer Craig Huston and inks by James Hodgkins, 2-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, 1992)
- Armitage (with Dave Stone):
- "Influential Circles" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 2 #10-18, 1992)
- "Flashback" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 2 #19-21, 1993)
- "Flashback II" (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 2 #31-33, 1993)
- Judge Hershey: "Hershey & Steel - Degenomancer" (with Dave Stone, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol. 2 #35-36, 1993)
- Rogue Trooper (Friday): "Angels" (with Steve White, in 2000 AD #950-52, 1995)
- The X-Files #1-16, 18-19, 22-23, and 27-29 (with Stefan Petrucha and John Rozum, Topps Comics, 1995â"1997)
- Shadowman #5-15 (with Jamie Delano, Acclaim Comics, 1997â"1998)
- Hellblazer #108 (with Paul Jenkins, Vertigo)
- The Establishment #1-13 (with Ian Edginton, Wildstorm, 2001â"2002)
- Nikolai Dante (with Robbie Morrison):
- "The Full Dante" (in 2000 AD #1071, 1997)
- "Masque of Dante" (in 2000 AD #1125-1127, 1999)
- "Tour of Duty" (in 2000 AD #1131-1133, 1999)
- "Fists of Fury" (in 2000 AD #1141, 1999)
- "Last Dance of the Trans-Siberian" (in 2000 AD #1142-1143, 1999)
- White Death (with Robbie Morrison, 96 pages, Les Cartoonistes Dangereux, 1998, ISBN 1-902429-00-1, AiT/Planet Lar, 2002, ISBN 0-9709360-6-0, Image Comics, 2014, ISBN 978-1-63215-142-1)
- Pulp Sci-Fi: "Buzz Tycho's Last Stand" (with Gordon Rennie, in 2000 AD #1146, 1999)
- Astronauts in Trouble (with Larry Young, AiT/Planet Lar, 1999â"2000)
- Batman/Scarface (2001)
- Thunderbolts: Life Sentences #1 (Marvel, 2001)
- Codeflesh (with Joe Casey, in Double Image/Double Take #1-8, Image Comics, 2001â"2002, softcover, Codeflesh, 144 pages, AiT/Planet Lar, November 2003, ISBN 1-932051-15-5, hardcover, Codeflesh: The Definitive Edition, 128 pages, Image Comics, March 2009, ISBN 1-60706-077-9)
- Savage (with Pat Mills):
- "Savage Book I" (in 2000 AD #1387-1396, 2004)
- "Savage Book II" (in 2000 AD #1450-1459, 2005)
- "Savage Book III" (in 2000 AD #1526-1535, Februaryâ"May 2007)
- Warlock (vol. 5) (with Greg Pak, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2004)
- The Walking Dead #7- (with Robert Kirkman, Image Comics, 2004-ongoing)
- Rock Bottom (with Joe Casey, graphic novel, 112 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-932051-45-7)
- Le Souffle du Wendigo (Breath of the Wendigo) (with Mathieu Misoffe, Soleil Productions, February 2009, ISBN 2-302-00482-5)
- Playing the Game (graphic novel by Doris Lessing, 1995)
Covers
- FutureQuake #5 (cover artist, Winter 2005)
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
Interviews
- Incoherentboy Chats Withâ¦Charlie Adlard â" Part I, [1], October 14, 2012
- artINTERVIEWS with Charlie Adlard, artINTERVIEWS, 2010
- 2005 Interview with 2000ADReview
- Interview with Charlie Adlard about his works and comics in general
- Charlie Adlard: giving life to the zombies of the Walking Dead, The Times, July 6, 2009
- Exclusive interview, "Charlie Adlard" in {Imagine Daily}