John Sears | November 11, 2011
Very sad news indeed: Max Brooks’s zombie novel World War Z has surpassed the million copies sold mark. The book, which was publishing by Random House’s Crown imprint in hardcover in September 2006, has sold over 1 million copies in all formats combined: hardcover, paperback and digital. Apparently his previous work of Living Supremacism, ‘The [...]
John Sears | November 11, 2011
I realized recently that I never got around to reviewing the Dark Carnival Film Festival’s various Zombie related films from last month, in part due to ZombieWriMo! Let’s correct that now, shall we? ‘A Chance in Hell’ This indie take on the perennial ‘Nazi-Zombie’ motif is interesting on a number of levels. Shot in murky [...]
John Sears | November 8, 2011
For those scholars of influential Anti-Zombie films it appears that the ‘More Brains!’ documentary is insightful and quite in-depth; the ZRC will have to view it, especially once the ZombieWriMo rush is over. In the meantime you can see some thoughts on the film and the art of making Anti-Zom propaganda in the 80s here.
John Sears | November 8, 2011
As it happens, I’m not the only one battling Michelle Hartz for the soul of ZombieWriMo, and a very good short story entitled ‘The Living Corpse, posted online recently, helps to illustrate the harrowing perils of irresponsible, reckless necromancy. I suggest you all read it and keep these issues in mind when considering the use [...]
John Sears | November 8, 2011
I keep forgetting to post this, but for those of you involved in NanoWriMo, you can easily see my progress at this link. As of right now, I am at 9992 words and settling in for a bit of late night writing. It’s Zombie Friendly, I promise.
John Sears | November 7, 2011
Why must so many of those trained in the various healing arts be so indifferent toward the plight of the Differently Animated? Well, ‘Walking Dead’ isn’t helping: The AMC hit zombie show, “The Walking Dead,” recently added a veterinarian to the cast of characters and he’s working on saving a kid who was shot, because, [...]
John Sears | November 7, 2011
Even though this is ZombieWriMo month and I’m slaving away to try and catch Michelle Hartz (Imagine me saying it like Kirk in ‘Wrath of Khan’: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRTZZZZZZZZZ’) I still follow the news feeds and look into leads from Twitter. Sometimes, the stupid, it burns. Case in point, where one of those random question/answer columnists fields [...]
John Sears | November 4, 2011
The ZRC has to take issue with the above graphic from Very Small Array on a number of levels. First, regardless of where you live, Zombies are not ‘coming to get you’. Quite frankly, the whole world doesn’t revolve around Living people, and Zombies don’t just exist to ‘get’ them. Zombies are a diverse lot [...]
John Sears | November 4, 2011
I appreciate an attempt to delve into ‘Zombie Culture’ but I think this video misses the mark and instead hits the Zombie Cosplay segment of the horror community (a practice also known at least under some circumstances as ‘Greenface’): In reality, Zombie Culture is about so much more than just scaring people. It’s a diverse [...]
John Sears | November 4, 2011
From Merriam-Webster: scha·den·freu·de noun, often capitalized \ˈshä-dən-ˌfrȯi-də\ Definition of SCHADENFREUDE : enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others Example: The film version of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies really just cannot catch a break. From having countless director and lead actress woes since it was first announced that it was going to be getting the [...]