Charlie Adlard

Charles "Charlie" Adlard (born 1966) is a British comic book artist and penciller.

He is best known for providing art for The Walking Dead and Savage.

Biography
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 is currently the regular penciller on The Walking Dead.

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.

Adlard's style has evolved from what was originally fully painted artwork on Armitage, through increasing confidence as a monochrome artist, to his recent work, which uses large blocks of black ink on the page to create shadow effects much more bold than are commonly seen in comics art.

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 will be re-released as a limited edition in September 2008 through Ghostwriter Publications.

On The Walking Dead
Robert Kirkman stated:
 * "My dream artist is Charlie Adlard...When it came time to replace Tony I looked at a few artists before I settled on Charlie simply because I didn't think Charlie would do it. Just to be sure, I offered him the gig and was shocked when he accepted."
 * "Charlie's art is much more gritty and dark than Tony Moore's I think it's a much better fit for what I wanted to do and where I wanted to go with the book."

Covers

 * FutureQuake #5 (cover artist, Winter 2005)

Interviews

 * A Chat With ...Charlie Adlard - Part 1, Incoherentboy , October 14, 2012
 * 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.)
 * Exhuming "The Walking Dead" With Charlie Adlard, Comic Book Reader (May 30th, 2012.)