Charlie Adlard is a British comic book artist who is best known for his works; The Walking Dead, Savage, and Codeflesh. Charlie Adlard was born on the eighth of April, 1966. He grew up in Shrewsbury, England where he enrolled Maidenstone Art College to study film and video. Three years later after earning a BA he went on through London to join a rock n’ roll band. His BA was not very useful in the technical industry so for Adlard finding a job under that catagory proved difficult for him, but he was playing the drums in his band so that seemed to be the best option to follow for earning money. A month passed and Adlard ends up back in Shrewsbury looking for what to do next, the rockstar life just didn’t work out for him. He started going into the comic book business, he thought it would be a good idea, but he struggled getting into the industry. Two years later he succeeded getting a job in the industry thanks to Fleetway. Adlard began his work in the UK on White Death with Robbie Morrison and 2,000 A.D. series including Judge Dredd and Armitage. He continued working for them with the series Savage. In the United States he is best known for his work on The X-Files, Astronauts in Trouble, and The Walking Dead. He’s been the primary artist on The Walking Dead since 2004. Adlard’s other works include Mars Attacks, The Hellfire Club, and Warlock. Adlard has also worked for Marvel comics such as; Batman Gotham Knights, and The Green Lantern/Green arrow. He worked on DC comics as well incuding; White Death, Les Cartoonistes Dangereux , Blair Witch, Dark treatments, and Codeflesh. He illustrated the graphic novel, Playing the Game, written by Nobel Prize winner Dori Lessing. Adlards career was going well for him.
Charlie Adlard