John Sears | December 21, 2010
Well, not quite. If you read the article, what they’re really talking about, yet again, isn’t Zombies, or a religious component to Zombiism, or even the spiritual beliefs or lack thereof of the Zombie Community. Rather, here again, it’s Zombies as a symbol. In this case, a symbol of spiritual emptiness: Murphy, the author of [...]
John Sears | December 20, 2010
I can’t think of any other particularly good explanation for his continued abuse of the term ‘Zombie’ in talking about whatever persistent untruths are bugging him (today) about his chosen profession, Economics. A field which seems to be slightly less scientific than, say, Baron Mardi’s magic sombrero ritual to raise the dead. We’ve previously seen [...]
John Sears | December 19, 2010
Just a quick update to show that the bright sun is having a rather deleterious effect upon all the neighborhood snowmen, including our Zombie individual. As you can see, he’s developing a rather serious… slant. I guess dark, sunlight absorbing coloration might have been a bad move. Huh. Next time maybe a powder blue-grey Zombie [...]
John Sears | December 19, 2010
Our worthy adversaries over at Zombie Universe alerted the ZRC to this distasteful and highly disturbing image: Wow, huh? In case of Zombies you need a handful of guns, knives, utensils and Spam? The first thing that strikes me about this tableau is that it’s hateful, fearful and offensive. The idea of greeting Zombies with [...]
John Sears | December 19, 2010
I’m not entirely sure what to make of this site describing Plants vs. Zombies PVC figurines. First, are these things actually authorized, or is this some kind of bootleg? Google results seem inconclusive. The selection of Plants and Zombies is somewhat odd, too. Gargantuars I get, Squash have a fun character design, sure… but no [...]
John Sears | December 18, 2010
You really do have to see the pictures to believe it. A creative and yet sadly misinformed individual out there did a Zombie Apocalypse themed gingerbread house, right down to the vehicular mayhem, angry hordes of Zombies and Living people defending themselves with whatever’s to hand. And according to the baker in question, it’s almost [...]
John Sears | December 17, 2010
Popular webcomic and apparently Zombophobe site Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal recently posted a comic (or series of charts, depending on your definition of ‘comic’) simplifying the ‘Zombie Movie’ genre into chart form while glibly passing on the usual stereotypes about the Differently Animated. You know the ones I mean. “Zombies eat brains. Zombies are a [...]
John Sears | December 17, 2010
Google has alerted me to the filming of a new and supposedly more socially-conscious Zombie movie being shot now in Georgia: MACON, Ga. — First “The Walking Dead” swarmed Atlanta. Now the zombie apocalypse is infecting Macon. Shooting is underway in Macon for the film “Followed,” a socially concious monster movie in which zombies symbolize [...]
John Sears | December 16, 2010
We here at the ZRC believe strongly in journalistic integrity, so we can’t grant a full review (and righteous kicking) to these products yet since we haven’t purchased any of them. Though I’d sincerely like to. Instead, just know that in this festive time of year there are still lots of people looking to cash [...]
John Sears | December 16, 2010
Hooray! Now I can get back to feeling my index fingers. Sorry about the pictures being dark; days are very short up here at this time of year and I keep forgetting it gets dark in this neighborhood (due to houses and trees to the West) at about 3:30. Ooops. I’ll snag some daytime shots [...]