Charlie Adlard has joined the charity Anthology project ‘Tales From The Quarantine’ from Red Cabin Comics – The internationally famous artist of The Walking Dead, will be contributing to the charitable project, teaming with Creator Frazer Brown, to help launch Red Cabin Comic’s fundraising initiative. All profits will be distributed evenly amongst LAST YEARS RENT, CBLDF and the NHS, to help ease financial hardship, for those in the Visual Arts due to COVID-19 lockdowns, and contribute to the on-going heroic efforts of front line NHS staff.
The Comic will launch via Kickstarter, initially as a Digital Comic, but the option to order a physical copy will be available. The Digital Comic will be available in June with physical copies shipping after the lockdown has ended.100% of the proceeds will be sent to Charity – Red Cabin will not keep any profits from sales (there will be an amount used to create physical copies) no staff or creatives will be taking a fee for the projects duration.
CHARLIE ADLARD: “Sitting here in my studio during the lockdown where, for me, life hasn’t changed much at all – for so many other people life has changed dramatically – the feeling of guilt and “what can I do?’ start to really come to the fore. So, doing something like this hopefully in some small way will give something back to all those people who are suffering or going above and beyond. I’m really looking forward to contributing towards Tales. I’m always on the lookout to do new and interesting things, and something like this gives me the platform to do so. I’ve known Frazer for quite a while now and the prospect of collaborating with him on this fills me with great excitement.”
FRAZER BROWN (PUBLISHER AND EIC): “Charlie Adlard joining the project is a dream come true. His work on THE WALKING DEAD is world-renowned. — I’ve always had the utmost respect for his oeuvre – he is one of the only artists on the planet to hold the record for such a long and unbroken run on a book, joining an elite club alongside Dave Sim, Erik Larsen and a handful of others, dedicated above and beyond to their art form. His work since THE WALKING DEAD concluded continues to showcase what a truly versatile talent he is – VAMPIRE STATE BUILDING is a particular favourite of mine. A fan of the European illustration aesthetic, he is currently producing some of the most beautiful work out there, alongside his books of life art. I can’t wait to see what he’ll bring to TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE.”
The support has been amazing – our initial call for donations currently has over half a million views thanks partly to industry folk retweeting and helping draw attention to it, people such as Nic Nemeth (WWE WRESTLER) Harvey Guillen (WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS) Frazer Hines (OUTLANDER) Jeremy Piven, Tony Todd (CANDYMAN) Tracy Ann Oberman (DOCTOR WHO) Nicholas Vince (Hellraiser) Joe Aaron Reid (DREAMGIRLS) Siobhan Dillon (Sunset BLVD) the list goes on..and so many theatre folk are lending vocal support and offering to help raise the profile through their own initiatives. It’s been incredibly moving.
ABOUT CHARLIE ADLARD: Charlie has been a “veteran” of the comic industry for over 25 years. He’s spent the majority of his time since 2003 working on The Walking Dead, which finished in 2019, and has received many industry awards for his work on the series culminating in winning the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art in 2019. In his time as a cartoonist he has worked on many other projects as far reaching as Mars Attacks, The X-Files, Judge Dredd, Savage, Batman, X-Men, Superman etc. and creator owned projects closer to his heart like Astronauts In Trouble, Breath Of The Wendigo, Codeflesh, Rock Bottom, Vampire State Building, and White Death.
TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE IS ONE OF THE FIRST ‘BRAND NEW’ COMICS TO BE CREATED IN THE CURRENT WORLDWIDE LOCKDOWN!
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Published in various websites, Philip is a reviewer who is best known for his interviews and media coverage of independent projects including; films, books, theatre and live events. Always on the lookout for something different to cover!
