Our best to you and yours at this joyous time … Merry Christmas from us and Andrew Lincoln!

(Screenshots taken from this “Love Actually” clip!)

I’m not going to spoil last night’s gut-wrenching* episode of “The Walking Dead” for you, but let’s just say that next time we spot Andrew Lincoln at the Emmys can he please be giving a heartfelt speech onstage?

* no pun intended

(Images via AMC)

And thus the long-awaited Andrew Lincoln press onslaught begins.

It’s ABOUT FREAKING TIME someone put the “Walking Dead” star on the cover of a major U.S. magazine (as himself, not just as character Rick Grimes*). Way to go, Men’s Health! Looking good!

We’ve been obsessed with the “Walking Dead” star since the show first blew minds — zombie and human — when it debuted nearly two years ago. Of course, like most ‘mericans, I first noticed Lincoln as the creepy but hot guy who wouldn’t leave Keira Knightley alone in “Love, Actually.” And I fell hard after seeing him as pretty much the only sane character in the Tom Hardy version of “Wuthering Heights” … and his natural British accent was in FULL EFFECT, y’all. HAWT.

Knowing that his day job — or whatever you wanna call it — is killing zombies makes him just that much hotter. This new “Walking Dead” poster has got me FIRED UP for the new season:

Bring on the zombies — and more Andrew Lincoln!

See more images from his October 2012 Men’s Health spread at Boy Culture! Read the article online at Men’s Health.com.

* As pissed as I am that Entertainment Weekly sent me the Michonne cover instead of the Rick one, I did receive the correct “Magic Mike” collector’s cover (Joe Manganiello, of course) … let’s consider it even for now, EW.

Previously:

Andrew Lincoln Is Dead Sexy
‘Walking Dead’ Season 2 Promo Images
We’re Happy To See You Too, Andrew Lincoln