John Sears | July 23, 2011
I strongly deny the implication that violence in the media directly leads to violence in real life, whether from videogames, film or books; to say the evidence is weak would be the understatement of the century. Even if there was a correlation, it is obviously arguable that freedom of expression is worth some risk to [...]
John Sears | July 23, 2011
A spinoff book. A set of ridiculously creepy busts. An Anti-Zombie board game. Yes, ‘The Walking Dead’ is descending on Comic-Con like a plague of ravenous locusts, determined to destroy all compassion toward the Differently Animated as well as, perhaps, all of Western Civilization. They’re ambitious that way. AMC is helpfully even providing you with [...]
John Sears | July 23, 2011
I’ve been waiting to make this announcement for a long time, and today’s the day we officially unveil our Zombie Organ Donor Drive here at The Zombie Rights Campaign. What’s that? Well, you can read all about it here, but the short story is: Zombies. Sometimes they have special dietary requirements, and unfortunately, that leads [...]
John Sears | July 22, 2011
Yes, that’s right; a tv series itself based on a long-running comic is getting its own, separate book publishing arrangement. Thankfully, perhaps, for the state of literature itself, these are neither the sort of genre pulp churned out to complement certain videogame/film franchises nor are they novelizations of the show, but rather they appear to [...]
John Sears | July 22, 2011
Well, more details are now available on the no-doubt-soon-to-be-infamous ‘Walking Dead’ board game, personally approved by ZRC Nemesis Robert Kirkman himself, and it’s not good: Featuring original art by Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, the game allows you to play as either Rick, Tyreese, Glenn, Shane, Dale or Andrea as you attempt to be the [...]
John Sears | July 22, 2011
Light spoilers below in the io9 interview excerpts, proceed with caution: You know, when I click an io9 link about Zombies I honestly grimace a bit. Going to their site to read anything about the Differently Animated is usually the mental equivalent of smacking myself in the hand with a hammer. Yet of course, I [...]
John Sears | July 21, 2011
Judging by this atrocious review over at 148apps, ‘Thorn: Zombie Dungeon Survival’ is an awful Anti-Zombie game that also has the benefit of making absolutely no sense: Most people, upon discovering a dark, dank zombie infested dungeon would do everything they could to stay out of there. Not Thorn. This brave little viking wades into [...]
John Sears | July 21, 2011
You know, there are few depths to which I’m surprised to see Living Supremacists stoop these days, but something about this promo video for ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 and the cast appearance at Comic-Con still managed to offend me: Is it just me, or is there a serious subtext in this video of mocking [...]
John Sears | July 20, 2011
Uggghh. This story makes me vaguely nauseous: Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment imprint has joined forces with legendary make-up effects wizard Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead, Grindhouse) to produce a line of products based on Kirkman’s long-running undead comic and other Skybound titles. … The first fruit of that collaboration is the Nicotero-designed, [...]
John Sears | July 20, 2011
You’ve probably heard of the Trekkie/Anti-Zombie crossover, ‘Night of the Living Trekkies’, by now. You may be aware that there’s a Star Wars Anti-Zombie book as well, ‘Death Troopers’. Given the presence of such high-profile genre staples getting down in the gutter, you might assume that nerds had enough to read and could leave Zombies [...]