By and photos copyright Owen Quinn
When my family and i went to the Walker Stalker conventions in the Excel Centre in London a few years ago, we walked past Cooper Andrews and saw him at his table as a double act for King Ezekiel, Khary Payton. Their relationship was integral to the show with the introduction of the Kingdom.
Jerry was the everyman of the show, getting married and having kids despite the zombie hordes. He was the Miles O’Brien of The Walking Dead and survived to the very end. So finally getting to meet and chat with him weas great.
i learned we both bad at maths and hate it. Cooper’s mum went to MIT so he didn’t inherit her gift for numbers. We discussed his favourite parts of the show with both of loving season one as fans and the character of Jerry. he fought them all and at the heart of it was to keep his King, friends and family safe.
And he did something different for each photo rather than the standard smile ones. He did the epic movie pose and creeping through dark corridors pose. He makes each fan feel welcome and speaks to them as people whom he is genuinely interested in learning about. Although Jerry was not in the comics, I was delighted to add him to the collection.
Let’s hope that this is not his last visit to Ireland.
The something is coming. It’s do or die time pose.
The be careful, there could be a zombie at any moment pose.
The Time Warriors and Beyond 