The Walking Dead is an ongoing black-and-white American comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore. It focuses on Rick Grimes, a sheriff who is shot in the line of duty awakening from a coma in the zombie apocalypse. He finds his wife and son, and meets other survivors, gradually taking on the role of leader among a group and later a community. First issued in 2003 by publisher Image Comics, the comic is written by Kirkman with art by Moore (issues No.