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.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
The "zombie idea" developed by George Romero does not exist in "The Walking Dead" universe; hence, of all the myriad terms used to describe the undead by different communities, the word "zombie" has been deliberately avoided. While it has been used extremely rarely in the comics, it has never been used in the television adaptation.