Charlie
Adlard, artist of The
Walking Dead zombie comics
and many more, has been appointed as the new comics laureate. The appointment
was announced at The
Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Charlie Adlard will take over the role from
Dave Gibbons in February next year.
The scheme was set up two years ago by The
Comics Literacy Awareness Trust (CLAW) and the purpose of the role is
to champion children’s literacy and encourage creativity.
The new laureate
believes that “the power of comics to encourage learning and develop literacy
shouldn’t be underestimated. Comics can connect with people who may never pick
up a normal book and really help encourage a love of reading”.
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| Graphic Novels in the WML |
We
have a growing collection of graphic novels in the War Memorial and Discovery
Libraries, including graphic novel versions of Charlie Higson and Eoin Colfer
books, Manga versions of Darren Shan and James Patterson novels and Marvel
Comic graphic novels. An example of Charlie Adlard’s work, Days Gone Bye, is available to borrow from the War
Memorial Library.
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