Charlie Adlard, most widely recognised as the artist behind the culturally impactful Walking Dead series and more recently the brilliant Damn Them All, is joining us for a very special signing on Saturday 24th January 2026 from 1pm, celebrating his new comic Altamont!With more than 20 years experience in the comics industry, Charlie is a seasoned artist whose work is beloved by many, including all of us at Gosh! With a strong passion for music, Altamont is a comic Charlie has wanted to do for a while and we can't wait to read it. We approached Charlie a while back to do an exclusive bookplate for this and it looks incredible, so we're excited to finally have this on our shelves very soon! Originally printed in France in 2023, Altamont makes its way to us with this English reprint by Image Comics. Here's what they say about it:
"After the peace & love of Woodstock, the fury and disaster of Altamont...
December 1969. Woodstock and the Flower Power wave have swept the East Coast and in response, the West Coast turns up the decibels with a festival of their own on the Altamont racetrack in Northern California. The biggest bands are booked, The Rolling Stones are headlining, and 300,000 people are expected for this peace, love, and rock'n'roll event.
Jenny and her friends hop in their Volkswagen van and road trip from Los Angeles, the smell of marijuana trailing behind them, the promise of good music and good times ahead of them. Shortly after their arrival, tensions rise, a fight breaks out in the crowd, and pandemonium ensues. Hired to ensure security and paid in beer, the Hells Angels begin moving the crowd away from the stage with bats and chains, but the poorly organized event quickly spirals out of control and the dream of a 'Woodstock West' takes a deadly turn.
Altamont follows the story of Jenny and each of her friends as they navigate love, friendship, and their own personal demons all while trying to make it out of the concert alive. It was supposed to be a beautiful, free festival—a celebration of love and sharing. Instead, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival became the symbol of the end of an era.
Illustrated by the artist of The Walking Dead in a vintage style borrowed from pop art of the 1960s, Charlie Adlard and Herik Hanna mix fact with fiction as they explore this infamous moment in cultural history by giving us a disenchanted portrait of a free and dreamy youth, marked by the Vietnam War."
Meet Adlard and grab a signed copy when he signs here at Gosh! on Saturday 24th January, from 1pm. Charlie made us an exclusive bookplate to accompany Altamont too! You can pre-order the signed bookplate from our website for mail-order or collection.
Event Venue
1 Berwick Street, W1F 0DR London, United Kingdom, 28 Peter Street, London, W1F 0AL, United Kingdom
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
