Varför ersatte Charlie Adlard Tony Moore?

Moore hade problem med deadlines

Enligt en intervju med Kirkman :

Q: You and artist Tony Moore are longtime friends and collaborators. You created The Walking Dead comic together. What prompted Tony to leave the series? Any drama, I hope?

A: Well, there’s always drama when people as close as Tony and I work together. So, you know, sure. My favourite response to this question is that Tony got pregnant and had to leave the book, because that leaves things interesting and mysterious which is the best way to leave them.

The real answer is much more boring. We were very adamant about scheduling early on, and Tony—fantastic artist though he is—is much more the type that works best on a variety of projects, rather than a single, constant deadline, so we decided it would be best if we went our separate ways for the time being. So, at that time, I contacted Charlie Adlard, who is a fantastic artist, and we’ve been working together ever since.

Adlards mörkhet kan ha bättre anpassat serien

Det finns två andra möjliga bidragande faktorer.

Robert Kirkman, skapare av Walking Dead , har uttalade att Adlards stil passar bättre för att fånga "mood" och "eeriness" i serien.

When asked about the artistic switch from Tony Moore to Charlie Adlard, Kirkman replied:

"Tony and Charlie both do a great job portraying the characters emotions and expressions, as well as drawing some mighty cool zombies, Tony especially—I think that guy kills people and keeps them in his basement for reference. Charlie, I think, adds an additional layer of mood and eeriness that Tony wasn't really bringing to the plate. This book just keeps getting darker and darker and I think Charlie came on the book at the right time for that. I think Charlie's stuff makes the book seem more "serious" somehow. Both artists do a great job, though. Tony's covers are spectacular and Charlie blows me away with every issue he turns in."

Medan detta anges när det gäller Adlard "kommer in vid rätt tidpunkt" för en skiftande ton, får något av språket mig att misstänka att detta var en av orsakerna för att få honom på . Till exempel:

"...an additional layer of mood and eeriness that Tony wasn't really bringing to the plate."

Kirkman och Moore kan ha haft en utfallande

Enligt Kirkman , i en intervju med Marc Maron:

Kirman: “Yeah, it’s definitely an unfortunate thing but I think like, uh, I don’t know. I still love the guy. If he called today and said he needed a kidney, like, there’s a history there. It’s like real, you know? But yeah, we definitely drifted apart. So, you know.”

Maron: “Over the show?”

Kirkman: “Over the comic. That six issue break was a pretty, uh, defining moment in both of our lives.”

Moore lämnade senare en kostym och hävdade att han (som medskapare till The Walking Dead ) hade blivit lurad att ge upp sin andel i arbetet. Trots att dräkten inte arkiverades fram till 2012, från vad Kirkman säger i föregående citat, kan "driva ifrån varandra" ha hänt tidigare, under serietidningen. Detta är givetvis inte inkonsekvent med tanken på att Kirkman bedömde Moores konststil att vara olämplig för den riktning som komiken gick.

Som bevis för att anställning av Adlard själv var sannolikt akrimonisk, en intervju med Moore :

Q: If you were on a boat with Kirkman and Charlie Adlard and you and Adlard fell out of the boat and were drowning, who do you think Kirkman would save?

A: Charlie is clearly much more useful to him. I'd wager I was pushed out of the boat in the first place.