John Sears | March 30, 2012
Although it’s often overlooked these days, Anti-Zombie prejudice in America was long associated with Zombies of a supernatural or religious origin rather than the Zombiism of a biological or chemical nature that so paralyzes the public consciousness lately. Zombies were supposedly a symptom of the dangerous Other, a spiritual or cultural affliction, one that presumably [...]
John Sears | March 29, 2012
There was a bit of a drought of Zombie anime since last spring, and now all of a sudden it’s back in a big way. And, thank the Lovecraftian gods, none of it is more ‘High School of the Dead’! Anime News Network has their Spring Spotlight out, and lo and behold, this time around [...]
John Sears | March 29, 2012
Fear Net has a review up of a new Anti-Zombie game for the 3DS called ‘Zombie Slayer Diox’, and it’s not pretty: Zombie Slayer Diox, on paper, sounds like a hell of a lot of fun: a portable title for the Nintendo 3DS that casts you as a headbanging hunter of the hungry dead that [...]
John Sears | March 28, 2012
Going to a convention for the ZRC isn’t just about outreach, of course – we also use these opportunities to gather vital intelligence on the Anti-Zombie movement, its propaganda and popularity, as well as search for other Zombie Friendly products and potential allies. We really had a great haul in this regard from Horrorhound Columbus: [...]
John Sears | March 19, 2012
At The Zombie Rights Campaign we believe in creating as broad a coalition, and being as inclusive as possible in our quest for Zombie Rights and, even more expansively, toward Undead Equality. One of the questions we get asked most at conventions, on Twitter, via website comments or anywhere else is whether we stand for [...]
John Sears | March 18, 2012
ZRC pal Michelle Hartz, author of ‘Brains for the Zombie Soul’ (which you’ll be able to buy at Horrorhound in ONE WEEK), sent us a link to this webseries featuring a mortician answering questions about death, and, here, about Zombies: I have to say, this is a truly unfortunate mishmash of fact and prejudice. Zombies [...]
John Sears | March 16, 2012
The Zombie Rights Campaign is particularly proud of the solid working relationships that we have fostered over the years with artists, filmmakers, bloggers, journalists and authors, all in an attempt to promote a more Zombie Friendly and enlightened view of the Undead Community, both here and abroad. One of the most fruitful of these relationships [...]
John Sears | March 15, 2012
We got passed the trailer for ‘The Dead Mile’ a while ago on Twitter and I’ve been remiss in not mentioning it before now, so here, take a look and be suitably outraged: What’s going on here? Well, the film’s About page has some clues. Essentially we’re talking about a Zombie Apocalypse movie whose ‘outbreak’, [...]
John Sears | March 15, 2012
We at The Zombie Rights Campaign have long believed that Zombies should have, and must demand (peacefully of course) a place at the table when it comes to politics. Showing solidarity with their fellow Undead, Zombie Walks for particular causes, meetings with public officials and vote-seekers, all are appropriate methods for the Differently Animated to [...]
John Sears | March 14, 2012
The Zombie Research Society has some of their usual fearmongering about the ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ up, today concerning the potential utility of dogs and cats in sniffing out (and persecuting) the soon-to-revive-as-Zombies: There’s little question that the transformation caused by a zombie infection could be easily picked up by any number of common and exotic animals. [...]