John Sears | June 4, 2011
Yes I know this story came out months ago… I think we were told about it in February. Still, news of the day often takes precedence, and besides, I foolishly wondered, how much more could Max Brooks really contribute to the canon of Living Supremacist fiction? As it turns out, quite a bit. The premise [...]
John Sears | June 4, 2011
Talk about selling people on a Tiger Rock. Yeesh: It’s reasonable to think that cell phones would survive the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. We’ll call “immediate aftermath” one week. Suspend disbelief with us and assume all cell sites and wireless networks wouldn’t dissolve simultaneously, because it’s an apocalypse brought on by zombies, and [...]
John Sears | June 3, 2011
I’ve talked previously about how the Zombie Rights Movement could take inspiration, if not exactly tactical advice, from the world of comic book superheroes the ‘X-Men’. How perhaps the best method for those who are Different to change the minds of the general fearful mass of humanity might be to simply, and visibly, do good [...]
John Sears | June 2, 2011
Here at The ZRC we produce a lot of Zombie Friendly, positive imagery of the Zombie Community to help further peaceful coexistence and mutual understanding between the Undead and the Living. Some others out there have very different goals, however. Witness this vicious Anti-Zombie propaganda poster from bizarre alternate history site LostZombies.com: Odious, isn’t it? [...]
John Sears | June 2, 2011
Oh, ‘Shaun of the Dead’, also known as Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright’s gushing love letter to George Romero, has long been a thorn in the Zombie Community’s side for the way it trivializes and mocks the plight of the modern Zombie, as well as for the way it added fuel to the resurgence of [...]
John Sears | June 2, 2011
Here at the ZRC we support Zombies staying in peak Undead shape, although I believe many varieties of the Undead don’t actually need exercise to do so; Baron Mardi stays in top physical condition with a rigorous alcohol poisoning regimen, for example. Still, Zombies vary widely, and for those of you who do require exercise [...]
John Sears | June 1, 2011
We mentioned this rumor earlier, and even talked about this confirmation on Twitter but with the interview and the server migration I forgot to put up official notice until now: Oscar winner Jeff Bridges will play a Zombie cop in an upcoming film! The Wrap reports that Bridges will play a veteran police officer named [...]
John Sears | June 1, 2011
Author and alleged ‘Zombie expert’ Scott Kenemore has kept busy over the last few years putting out books about Zombies. Well, kind of, anyway. He’s most famous for ‘The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead’, one of the first books I actually bought for the ZRC. Longtime readers may be aware that it’s [...]
John Sears | June 1, 2011
You know, it’s hard enough to stomach cruelty directed at the Differently Animated from the usual suspects: rednecks, independent film directors, Max Brooks. But when a supposed voice for tolerance and open-mindedness defames Zombies in the very midst of a piece on how society should be less judgmental, it takes your breath away. If, you [...]
John Sears | May 31, 2011
Well this sounds very promising and is definitely going on the ZRC’s Amazon wishlist: If you’re expecting the traditional zombie genre canon, you won’t find it here. Robert Swartwood’s Dishonored Dead describes a world in which zombies roam the relatively undead inhabited planet, live in cities, have families, drive cars and human’s, those that remain, [...]