<P> The Walking Dead debuted in 2003 , published by Image Comics , with art by Tony Moore for the first six issues and Cliff Rathburn shading the art after issue five . Charlie Adlard took over as artist on issue # 7 , after he was approached by Kirkman . Moore also did the cover art for the first twenty - four issues and the first four trade paperbacks . The remainder were done by Adlard . </P>
when do the walking dead comics come out
2003