John Sears | August 8, 2011
We talk a lot on the ZRC blog about the tendency for Anti-Zombie prejudice to lead people to classify anything or anyone they personally dislike as a ‘Zombie’. A lot. We even have a tag for it, ‘Don’t Use the Zed Word‘, here on the blog. However we’ve rarely seen a case this brazen: One [...]
John Sears | August 7, 2011
We like to highlight public events featuring Zombies participating peacefully in civic discourse, or even just the Living dressing as Differently Animated citizens, in some circumstances. The ZRC remains wary and vigilant against exploitation and defamation of the Differently Animated community at these protests, however, and unfortunately we sometimes see just that: Those in Downtown [...]
John Sears | August 7, 2011
I am continually saddened by the level of community support for this awful project: Filming in Cornwall of Brad Pitt’s latest blockbuster was nearly brought to a halt for lack of sustenance – until a local delicacy saved the day. The 47-year-old Hollywood superstar is in Cornwall filming scenes for zombie action film World War [...]
John Sears | August 7, 2011
We’ve had our issues with, well, most of the mainstream press here at the ZRC. That’s why I’ve got searchable tags for Journamalism *and* Mainstream Media, after all. Still, the New York Times seems to want to make a name for itself with narrow-minded Anti-Zombie vision, and this latest take on recent Zombie literature is [...]
John Sears | August 6, 2011
Sigh. The number of Hollywood stars who’ve decided to let their Anti-Zom flag fly and sign on for World War Z is depressing sometimes. Case in point: Bryan Cranston – who has shown his diversity as an actor in AMC’s incredible “Breaking Bad” – is in negotiations to join Paramount’s World War Z, a post-apocalyptic [...]
John Sears | August 6, 2011
No, this isn’t one of those obnoxious ‘vs’ competitions where Zombies are forced to fight some fictional villains for sport, but rather, a comparison of the treatment of two sets of ‘villains’ by the public. Zombies, as we’ve documented, get demagogued and fearmongered against by libraries, directing this miseducation even at vulnerable children and impressionable [...]
John Sears | August 6, 2011
We brought you news here on the ZRC blog before about a Minnesota public library’s tragic decision to use its position in the community to spread Anti-Zombie prejudice to children. That was a ghastly story and quite shocking. Horrifyingly, it seems to be only one instance.. of a trend: There have been unconfirmed reports of [...]
John Sears | August 4, 2011
Given the explosion of Anti-Zombie and outright Living Supremacist fiction over the last few years, it was probably inevitable that we would see publishing imprints dedicated explicitly to publishing more attacks on the Differently Animated. And so it has come to pass with ‘Print is Dead’: Print Is Dead is up and shambling, keeping us [...]
John Sears | August 4, 2011
BuyZombie pointed us to this video cover/parody of the song ‘Zombie’ by The Cranberries: Zombie (The Undead) arranged and performed by Lizzie Pyxx parodying The Cranberries song “Zombie” Edited by Alex Gamble Clips from ‘Night of the Living Dead’, ‘Vengeance of the Zombies’, ‘Oasis of the Zombies’ were used as projecting material. The video itself, [...]
John Sears | August 2, 2011
I mean, geez: For many, playing Doublesix’s arena shooter Burn Zombie Burn was as satisfying as watching your old high school go up in flames (screw that place). And if you loved the game like so many others, then hot dog do we have good news for you: Game Set Watch has announced that Doublesix [...]