Charlie Adlard
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.
Charlie Adlard
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- Birth Name
- Charles Adlard
- Born
- 4 August 1966
- Birthplace
- Shrewsbury, England
- Awards
- Inkpot Award (2012)
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- comics artist
- Fields
- comic
- Education
- Kent Institute of Art & Design
- Known for
- The Walking Dead
- Honours
- Inkpot Award
- Languages
- English
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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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• Birth Name — Charles Adlard • Born — 4 August 1966 • Birthplace — Shrewsbury, England • Pencil — y • Notable Works — The Walking Dead Savage Codeflesh • Awards — Inkpot Award (2012) • Nonus — y
Career
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 penciller 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, among many others. 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 11 July at San Diego Comic-Con.
Covers
Covers
• Gen 13 Bootleg #20 cover artist July 1998 • FutureQuake #5 (cover artist, Winter 2005)
Links
Links
* * • Charlie Adlard at the Big Comic Book DataBase • Charlie Adlard at 2000 AD online • Comic Book Awards Almanac
Interviews
Interviews
• Incoherentboy Chats With…Charlie Adlard – Part I, incoherentboy.com, 14 October 2012 • artINTERVIEWS with Charlie Adlard, artinterviews.tumblr.com (2010) • 2005 Interview, 2000ADReview.co.uk (2005) • Interview with Charlie Adlard about his works and comics in general, web.archive.org; accessed 7 July 2017. • Charlie Adlard: giving life to the zombies of the Walking Dead, The Times, 6 July 2009. • Interview, imaginedaily.com; accessed 7 July 2017.
Charlie Adlard hard at work at the Bristol 2008 Comic Expo, by Simon Hedge. This photo was taken on May 11, 2008 using a Nikon D40.
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Comics artist Charlie Adlard hard at work at the Bristol 2008 Comic Expo, by Simon Hedge.
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Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1966
Charlie Adlard born at Shrewsbury.
Primary material
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scholarly publication
- [PDF/Kindle] The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 4 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn, 2026
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2026
- Charlie Adlard on art and adaptation Interview with Charlie Adlard, Studies in Comics, 2013
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2013
- The Walking Dead. Comic book series. Robert Kirkman (w); Charlie Adlard, et al. (a). Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, 2003-ongoing, MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, 2007
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2007
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1131865: Charlie Adlard
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Charlie Adlard”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Inkpot Award
- 2.Contino, Jennifer. Charlie Adlard Pt 2 The Walking Dead. Comicon.com. 7 September 2004.
- 3.Walking Dead Artist Charlie Adlard Fashions Own Survival of the Dead Poster. dreadcentral.com. 5 April 2010.
- 4.Contino, Jennifer M. Adlard Warlock & Walking Dead Pt 1. Comicon.com. 9 February 2004.
- 5.Logan, Michael. Exclusive First Look: The Walking Dead Comic Hits 100. TV Guide. CBS Interactive Inc. 4 June 2012.
- 6.That Heavy Feeling: Casey & Adlard's "Rock Bottom", Comic Book Resources, 22 August 2006.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 40
- 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, July–September 1999)
- "Endgame" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1160-1164, September–October 1999)
- "The Satanist" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #1350-1356, July–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)
- Playing the Game (graphic novel by Doris Lessing, 1995)
- 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, 1995–1997)
- The Crow: Wild Justice (with Jerry Prosser, Kitchen Sink Press, 1996)
- Shadowman #5-15 (with Jamie Delano, Acclaim Comics, 1997–1998)
- Hellblazer #108 (with Paul Jenkins, Vertigo)
- The Establishment #1-13 (with Ian Edginton, Wildstorm, 2001–2002)
- 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)
- "The BandyMan" ( with Stephan Petrucha and Jill Thompson Caliber Comics ,1996)
- White Death (with Robbie Morrison, 96 pages, Les Cartoonistes Dangereux, 1998, , AiT/Planet Lar, 2002, , Image Comics, 2014, )
- 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, 1999–2000)
- Batman/Scarface (2001)
- Thunderbolts: Life Sentences #1 (Marvel, 2001)
- Codeflesh (with Joe Casey, in Double Image/Double Take #1-8, Image Comics, 2001–2002, softcover, Codeflesh, 144 pages, AiT/Planet Lar, November 2003, , hardcover, Codeflesh: The Definitive Edition, 128 pages, Image Comics, March 2009, )
- 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, February–May 2007)
- Warlock (vol. 5) (with Greg Pak, 4-issue mini-series, Marvel Comics, 2004)
- The Walking Dead #7-193 (with Robert Kirkman, Image Comics, 2004–2019)
- Rock Bottom (with Joe Casey, graphic novel, 112 pages, 2006, ) That Heavy Feeling: Casey & Adlard's "Rock Bottom", Comic Book Resources, 22 August 2006.
- Le Souffle du Wendigo (Breath of the Wendigo) (with Mathieu Misoffe, Soleil Productions, February 2009, )
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scholarly publication
[PDF/Kindle] The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 4 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn, 2026Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Charlie Adlard on art and adaptation Interview with Charlie Adlard, Studies in Comics, 2013Crossref registry
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1131865: Charlie AdlardWikimedia Foundation
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