John Sears | March 17, 2011
First of course, Mr. Grahame-Smith got the ball rolling on the entire genre of ‘Mix public domain work with Zombies’, for which literature itself owes him a sound thrashing. Yes, we can lay the lion’s share of the blame for an entire subgenre of lazy, relatively unimaginative Anti-Zombie fiction at his feet, even if, of [...]
John Sears | March 3, 2011
Due to constantly changing plans, I didn’t get down to the Capitol until late, but had a great time hanging out for a few hours in the bitter, bitter cold. I almost frostbit my index finger using the camera, I think. The set of last night’s pictures is here. I didn’t get that many, but, [...]
John Sears | February 22, 2011
Hey, ZRC fans. I’m reporting to you live from the second floor of the Capitol building; the crowds here are considerably larger than yesterday, and the unions are out in force. Meanwhile, as we speak, the Assembly session is being broadcast live over the PA system; Rep. Tamara Grigsby is actually leading the crowd in [...]
John Sears | February 18, 2011
Recently, ZRC Facebook pal and conversationalist Deneen Melody linked to the official trailer for one of her upcoming projects, ‘As Night Falls’. She also warned us that the ZRC would probably not be pleased with the result, for it features violence against the Differently Animated. On the other hand she has also assured us that [...]
John Sears | February 10, 2011
We reviewed MadWorld here at the ZRC totally by accident; I had no idea there were Zombies involved when I purchased the game. (The ZRC determined that the blood-soaked and ludicrously violent game was neutral on the Differently Animated, as it treated them precisely the same as the Living: badly.) Still I have to say [...]
John Sears | February 5, 2011
In the midst of all this constant arguing and occasional banhammering, I missed out on an important milestone yesterday: it was George Romero’s birthday! Unfortunately, this annual event is typically celebrated with a healthy dose of Anti-Zombie rhetoric: Today the man who launched a thousand zombie films with his 1968 classic Night of the Living [...]
John Sears | January 29, 2011
I’m sure our dedicated and socially conscious readership is aware of the tumultuous events occurring as we speak in Egypt, but for background I’ll attempt to provide a brief summary: -The dictatorial government of Tunisia, headed by Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, recently collapsed in a sudden and largely unexpected revolution spurred by economic concerns [...]
John Sears | January 28, 2011
Just take a look at this bizarre and colorful cake featuring Zombies, a robot AND a unicorn: I mean, it has a Robot and a Zombie riding a Unicorn. Awesome, right? Well.. look closer at the front of the cake: Isn’t that tragic? Everyone else on the cake is off having fun and this poor [...]
John Sears | January 27, 2011
Honestly, after the Hardy Boys thing I had thought myself truly prepared for the utter dearth of taste to be found in the current ‘Shove Zombies in Anything’ trend, but this just goes to show you that there’s no such thing as ‘too cynical’: If you download a game called “Farts Vs Zombies,” you probably [...]
John Sears | January 20, 2011
Ever wonder what The Postman would be like with less David Brin (or Kevin Costner) and more Zombies (i.e., any)? Well, wonder no longer, because “The Last Mailman: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Zombies” by Kevin Burke mixes post-apocalyptic mail service with Zombie scaremongering: Four-year degree in business. Trained in hand-to-hand combat. Works well with [...]