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, [...]
John Sears | May 31, 2011
We talked previously about this bizarre sounding independent Zombie period piece before on the ZRC blog; now more information is available: Sir Ian will play the role of the narrator in The Curse Of The Buxom Strumpet, an 18th-century zombie romp. The film was developed from a short made last year — E’gad Zombies! Like [...]
John Sears | May 31, 2011
There’s been a distinct trend of advertising in the last year or so that’s not Unfriendly to the Differently Animated. Case in point, a Doritos ad from a little while ago that the BuyZombie crew pointed us toward: I don’t know how we missed that. It plays with the stereotypical ‘scary Zombie’ tropes quite well, [...]
John Sears | May 30, 2011
Since I know that some people appreciate these updates about the wildlife of the ZRC Compound, here’s another one. As the backyard is allowed to revert to a state with more wildflowers and less grass (and I keep the dandelions under control with trimming) the rabbits in the area are spending more and more time [...]
John Sears | May 30, 2011
Here’s a contest our readers might well be interested in: With the news of the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention finally arming up in preparation for a zombie attack, it’s a great time for The A.V. Club’s Editor Keith Phipps to join Chicago comedians Dan Telfer and Adam Burke in a night of undead [...]
John Sears | May 30, 2011
The ZRC was linked to this video on Twitter and it provoked mixed reactions. It’s basically catchy pop-culture infused nerd rap-rock and quite easy to listen to, and Zombie Ninjas are at least somewhat novel. However, in spite of these fictional Zombies from the song apparently being stealthy superpowered action heroes, they’re also very stereotypical [...]
John Sears | May 30, 2011
I don’t know how I missed this appalling little picture book but io9, frequent purveyors of Anti-Zombiism, had a small feature on it a while back: Check out some exclusive pages from Z is for Zombie by Adam-Troy Castro, with illustrations by Johnny Atomic, coming next week from Harper Voyager. As John Scalzi says, “It’s [...]
John Sears | May 30, 2011
There are those trailers for a film or game that cleverly explain the premise and entice the viewer with promises of entertainment, thrills, chills, what have you, building a narrative that hopefully leads to the eventual sale of a ticket or copy, all in a very limited timeframe. Then there are puzzling clip-shows that leave [...]
John Sears | May 29, 2011
I’ve mentioned before that the Greater Chicago Area is one of the true heartlands of Zombie Liberation here in America, and that they have a ridiculously wonderful number of Zombie events. Well, here’s another one, although I question the use of the word ‘Terror’: Retro Zombie Tiki Terror the 3rd! … 5:00pm- Doors Open 5:00 [...]
John Sears | May 29, 2011
I’ve heard of niche marketing but I have to say this is slicing your demographics a tiny bit thin: In Whittier, CA July 9th 2011? Cirque de Zombie So this sounds as if it could be fun. Not only is it a zombie pub crawl but its a THEMED zombie pub crawl. Yes they want [...]