John Sears | August 21, 2012
The practice of calling things you don’t like ‘Zombie’ has long bothered the ZRC. Recently there has been a veritable epidemic of such namecalling about the study of our sickly honeybee population; bees wander off and die, for various reasons. Obviously this is a bad thing, at least if you like honey or eating fruits [...]
John Sears | August 17, 2012
The talented and vigilant Michelle Hartz forwarded us this disturbing story from Ohio, which the ZRC visited just this spring and clearly need to patrol a bit more often: The Shoot Extreme gun range in West Chester, Ohio, is drawing crowds with so-called Zombie Hunts, where customers can take down flesh-eating imposters. Shoot Extreme provides [...]
John Sears | August 13, 2012
I have to say, while this ParaNorman teaser spreads some unfortunate misunderstandings about Zombies (like that they all eat Living humans, let alone exclusively), it still, in a strange way, feels sympathetic toward the Zombies even as it misunderstands them: I’m wary of the ‘humorous fat sidekick’ kid as well as the Zombie-bashing, but that’s [...]
John Sears | August 9, 2012
We’re not ones to shy away from the big issues here at The Zombie Rights Campaign. Mummies? We back them. Deadites? We’re there for them. The upcoming Flashback Weekend, starting tomorrow in Chicago, presented us with a unique opportunity and quandry, however. There’s going to be a once-in-a-lifetime sort of event, a 30th Anniversary Screening [...]
John Sears | August 9, 2012
I think that no one thing shows the Anti-Zombie bias of the press quite as vividly as their penchant for labeling any negative phenomenon ‘Zombie’ of late. Case in point, and a new one on the ZRC: ‘Zombie Debt Collections’, referring to debt being collected, seemingly erroneously, on behalf of a company that doesn’t exist [...]
John Sears | August 7, 2012
We’ve talked a lot about ParaNorman here on the ZRC blog, and I still feel that the final movie is shaping up to be pretty Anti-Zombie. What with the protagonists fighting Zombies and all. Still, sometimes there’s still a hint of Zombie Friendliness, or just plain tolerance. These Olympics themed ads are all right, especially [...]
John Sears | August 4, 2012
Friends, it seems that some additional incentive is needed to support the ‘Zombie Bohemia – The Series’ Kickstarter campaign. Frankly I’m not sure why, but then I got to see the short film on the big screen so I’m a bit biased. Maybe people need a taste of what they’d be supporting? Well fortunately for [...]
John Sears | August 2, 2012
This is more of a ‘cool stuff for H.P. Lovecraft fans’ thing than a Zombie story per se; at least, I believe the (allegedly) ‘Evil’ Clergyman is more like a ghost than a Zombie. Or maybe a time traveler. Still, the movie might have gone with more of an Undead route and the Art Director’s [...]
John Sears | August 2, 2012
We’ve come down with the cold to end all colds here at the ZRC Compound so it might be affecting my cognitive reasoning. I grant that. Still, I can’t see the point of this at ALL: Better Run, Better Run! These Zombies are hungry and their ready to eat that stick family on the back [...]
John Sears | July 30, 2012
You know, Zombies catch an awful lot of flack from the usual suspects in the press: stereotypes about brain-devouring, Living-slaughtering and a (supposed) lack of intelligence and humanity. But, I’ll have you point out, they don’t go around picketing funerals, like the, ahem, people from the Westboro Baptist Church. Who’ve become justifiably infamous as, well, [...]