Charlie Adlard Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a 2014 Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Writing in a Drama Series for 2010's "The Walking Dead" along with others involved in the project
• Was nominated for a Squiddy Award for Best Inker in 2001
• Graduated from Maidstone Art College with a degree in Film and Video
• His first comic book art credits were "Judge Dredd" and "Warheads: Black Dawn․"
• Quote: "I'm sure all writers will laugh at this, but it's so easy to write, The army comes over the hill," but it's not so easy to draw it․""
• Quote: "The violence in [The Walking Dead"]․․․is fine because there's a reason for it․․․it's there to shake the reader out of his/her complacency and to show them that the world the characters are living in is truly horrific․""
• Best known as the primary artist of "The Walking Dead" comic book series
• Played drums for a rock band in London before focusing on comic books
• Was on set for the pilot of "The Walking Dead," which felt strange to him because it was based on the six issues of the comic that he wasn't involved with
• Was one of the artists who illustrated an alternate cover for "The Walking Dead" #100, which was released at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con