The Walking Dead (comic book)

Kirkman's 193-issue Image Comics series that started it all.

The Walking Dead is the zombie comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore and published by Image Comics. It began in 2003 and ran for 193 issues until Kirkman ended it unexpectedly in 2019. Moore drew the first six issues and Charlie Adlard drew the rest, mostly in black and white.

Quick Facts

Schedule

Monthly

Genre

Zombie apocalypse

Publisher

Image Comics

Issues

193

Writers

Robert Kirkman

Artists

Tony Moore (#1–6), Charlie Adlard (#7–193)

Letterers

Robert Kirkman (#1–19), Rus Wooton (#20–193)

Editors

Aubrey Sitterson (#55–70)
Sina Grace (#67–96)
Sean Mackiewicz (#97–193)

Lore & Background

It follows Rick Grimes, a Kentucky deputy who is shot on duty and wakes from a coma into a zombie apocalypse, and who gradually becomes the leader of a community struggling to survive. It won the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2007 and 2010, and AMC's 2010-2022 series loosely follows its storyline.