John Sears | July 15, 2011
We’ve talked about the fuzzy line between Zombies and Demons, at least in the media, here before at the ZRC blog, and of course the ‘Evil Dead’ series of Anti-Zombie films popularized the concept in America at any rate. Still, this story took us a bit by surprise: TORONTO – Half zombie, half demon, Christopher [...]
John Sears | July 14, 2011
I am perhaps in a rather small minority who considers the Argento/Bava picture ‘Demons’ to belong in the Zombie film subgenre, although many of the classic Anti-Zombie tropes are present in ‘Demons’, which is also a highly stylish and atmospheric film (not uncommon in Euro-Zom movies) and relatively coherent (far less common). The series is [...]
John Sears | July 12, 2011
Well, the North American Discworld Con has come and gone, and the ZRC had a lot of delightful interactions, formed a lot of delightful memories and is itching to get back to our day to day tasks. We talked with dozens of Zombie fans, and those more skeptical about the good intentions of our Zombie [...]
John Sears | July 11, 2011
Some housekeeping business to relate to you all: –We are currently out of Ban Headshots shirts entirely and are working on a potential redesign, so unfortunately you should not expect a reorder for some time. We were happy to sell out, however! People love Spokeszombie Tim. –Likewise, several sizes of our ‘Lurch for the Cure’ [...]
John Sears | July 10, 2011
We had another fantastically productive day at the North American Discworld Convention! Some highlights of the last two days: –Yesterday Death came up to us (in costume) and jokingly complained about Zombies: ‘TALK ABOUT A REVOLVING DOOR!’ –Also yesterday, a young boy asked us what we were doing and we explained our noble Cause, to [...]
John Sears | July 9, 2011
We had a great time at the Convention today! Sold a bunch of merch, our shirt supplies are just devastated, we will reorder this weekend but it should take a couple of weeks to be back at full strength. Wristbands are getting low too! Such fun. Plus we raise money for Lynn Sage that way [...]
John Sears | July 8, 2011
We are all set up in the vendor space and selling merchandise/giving away literature and information about Zombies and their need for rights to all who come by! Speaking of, come by! We’re friendly.
John Sears | July 8, 2011
The ZRC will be at the North American Discworld Con for the next four days, which is one of the longest con sessions we’ve ever been to! It is located at the lovely Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison about, oh, a block and a half from the Capitol. We’re on the first floor behind the [...]
John Sears | July 6, 2011
It’s a busy week at the ZRC Compound, with poster work, pamphlet writing, print jobs and more, but we’re trying to stay on top of it. I did have time to check out the latest episode of previously reviewed as Zombie Friendly web series, ‘Mind My Brains, Darling!’ however. This latest chapter deals primarily with [...]
John Sears | July 5, 2011
Annalee Newitz, who Wikipedia says is allegedly a journalist (we have our doubts), is the latest to try and tie Zombies to something that she personally finds unpleasant in a pop-science article. Of course, she had to one-up the legion of quasi-writers tying Zombies to dying ants, mental illnesses or communicable diseases, so Ms. Newitz [...]