Wade Wainio

Wade Wainio is a struggling artist/musician/college graduate/UFO cult leader operating in a humble, vast wasteland called The Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He likes pizza, certain movies and TV shows, and plans to expand his writing career and abilities. His nonsense musical moniker is Grandpa Helicopter. He also DJs occasionally at WMTU 91.9 FM Houghton.
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The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead: Remembering Shane Walsh, a wannabe ruler

by Wade Wainio
The Walking Dead often follows a longstanding premise in politics: When someone with power leaves or dies, their leadership position will soon be...
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead and how 'The Cell' examined torture

by Wade Wainio
The Walking Dead gave us Daryl's (Norman Reedus) new hell with "The Cell," as we see him routinely taunted by Dwight (Austin Amelio) until he agrees...
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead episode 702 flashback: The Kingdom

by Wade Wainio
Let's flashback to Episode 702  of The Walking Dead, and remember how "The Well" introduces another new group of survivors, "The Kingdom." When...
Opinion

The Walking Dead - Dale's quotes - 10 of the best!

by Wade Wainio
Yes, you read that right: This is about Dale from The Walking Dead, not Daryl! Played by Jeffrey DeMunn, Dale Horvath often acted as the good...
Opinion

The Walking Dead season 7 premiere flashback: Glenn is dead!

by Wade Wainio
In assessing the strengths of the season 7 opener of The Walking Dead, I'll say it clarifies its new villain exceptionally well (we had barely seen...
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead: Last Day on Earth's brutality

by Wade Wainio
"Last Day on Earth," the season 6 finale of AMC's The Walking Dead, sure seems to live up to its title. Granted, there are little sprinkles of hope...
Carol Peletier

The Walking Dead: Carol's big choice sets "East" apart

by Wade Wainio
Even before season 6 of The Walking Dead, some doubted the series had anything new to say. Yes, there are walkers here and there, new hostile humans,...
Eugene Porter

The Walking Dead: Twice as Far, a big moment for Eugene

by Wade Wainio
"Twice as Far" is the season 6 episode of The Walking Dead where Denise, Rosita, and Daryl head off to steal medical supplies but (of course) find...
The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead: The Same Boat highlighted Carol's skillset

by Wade Wainio
Background: By season 6 of The Walking Dead, there were enough crazy events. It's tough even to remember everything. Remember when Daryl and Carol...
The Walking Dead

TWD: Not Tomorrow Yet made Alexandrians the Governor?

by Wade Wainio
Episode 612 of The Walking Dead duels with other episodes for being among the most intense action-oriented episodes. Because of this, it's not the...
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