The Walking Dead (franchise)
First issued in 2003 by publisher Image Comics, the series was created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore (who was later replaced by Charlie Adlard from issue #7 onward, though Moore continued to do the covers through issue #24.) "The Walking Dead" received the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series at San Diego Comic-Con International.
Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer best known for creating "The Walking Dead", "Invincible", "Tech Jacket", "Outcast" and "Oblivion Song" for Image Comics, in addition to writing "Ultimate X-Men", "Irredeemable Ant-Man" and "Marvel Zombies" for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series "Haunt". He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders.