Blasphemy

No, I haven''t watched the show since they first met Hershel. To many things annoyed me. I'm all for altering things especially since the transition from a comic to film would be very difficult and yes maybe even boring.

That doesn't, however, translate to remove key themes and fill the remainder with over dramatic fluff. The pacing is far to slow and the amount of detail that helps build a character is somehow loss when it should be a hell of a lot easier to do with film.

Carl from what I understand didn't kill Shane or something about that event was altered. THAT'S a huge mess up. Carl is probably the single most important character in the comics and watching him cope with his surrounding much faster than Rick almost makes him the rational thinker in the group. His character in the show is a major disappointment.

You need to keep in mind Kirkland loss creative control to the writers who fit it for the AMC audience. He has spoken out about the issues with the show such as how the visit to the center of disease control goes against his whole philosophy and was added without his consent. Kirkman is still an amazing writer but the show is not him and he knows it. I believe it's 2 issues old now but he even spoofed himself by making a villain in Invincible called the walking dread who refers itself as a sell out. I will always love Kirmans work but the show is garbage and at this point I'm glad it's so drastically different.

I understand what you're saying. I've read every single issue and I too thought it was strange when Carl didn't kill Shane, but if you watch the rest of the show it still plays out well and Carl is one of the more developed characters. I agree some of season 2 is boring but nearly everyone regards season 3, where the prison arc is covered, as one of the best seasons of any show on television so far. I just think you should give the show another chance by skipping ahead to the beginning of season 3.