Charlie Adlard reflects on time as Comics Laureate in new Podcast

By John Freeman on February 19, 2019

Walking Dead artist and UK Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard is back chatting with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team this week.

Charlie helped kick off the Podcast almost two years ago with his involvement in the very first episode and he’s back to discuss his term as UK Comics Laureate, a role he took on from Dave Gibbons, and hands over to Hannah Berry on 1st March.

Charlie looks at the role and what it initially went leading to how he felt he has made a difference over the two years.

Podcast hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates also review Batman TMNT Volume One, while Mike Williams looks at translated comics from around the world, starting with a French SF fantasy.

Featured in the podcast: the Festival’s Traces of the Great War teaching resources, the Laydeez Do Comics Award Long List, Graphic Medicine‘s upcoming conference in Brighton in July, and news of Lyndon White‘s upcoming Kickstarter for his latest project, The Call of Cthulhu.

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.