John Sears | November 28, 2011
Yes, that title is partially just an excuse to use the phrase ‘beset by woe’, what can I say, I’m a bit strange. In the last day: -my laptop crashed, corrupting a ton of my files, necessitating an all nighter to restore some things not backed up in Dropbox -one of our bathrooms had a [...]
John Sears | November 27, 2011
Well, yesterday two big events occurred in my quest for ZombieWriMo glory. First, the evil one, Princess of Lies, Mother of all Treachery Michelle Hartz sneakily got to 50k words first. The second thing is that, of course, I got there as well, and have now effectively completed the ZombieWriMo challenge too. So what now? [...]
John Sears | November 25, 2011
Here’s what I’m thankful for right now: next Tuesday I get to go all the way to Texas* to debate a learned academic on the subject of Zombie Rights. And they made an awesome poster to promote the event too! *Rumors that this venue proved especially appealing due to the relative weather conditions in Madison [...]
John Sears | November 23, 2011
The ZRC has some trustworthy allies in the United Kingdom who monitor the sad state of Zombie-Living relations in that country for the Movement, and they have relayed this latest disturbing development to us. @chriszombieblog @Zombie_Rights Shocking denials and use ofthe word ‘zombie’ as a slur in parliament 38degrees.org.uk/page/s/open-le… The background: the Conservative government in [...]
John Sears | November 20, 2011
I’ve been sitting on this one waiting to make the announcement but I figure that now is as good a time as any. Remember when the ZRC blog excoriated the University of Houston-Victoria for making ‘World War Z’ the centerpiece of their ‘Community of Readers’ program? Well, one thing led to another via the magic [...]
John Sears | November 20, 2011
We’ve seen custom knives and firearms, and even targets in the shape of the Differently Animated. But now you can get actual custom firearms rounds supposedly geared toward harming the Undead: It was only a matter of time, wasn’t it? Hornady Manufacturing, a major supplier of ammunition, has come out with a new product called [...]
John Sears | November 20, 2011
What do you get when you cross Anti-Zombie Comics and the Middle Ages? You know, besides Army of Darkness and one issue of Marvel Zombies 5? Well, apparently you get ‘Knights of the Living Dead’: Now he’s teamed with writer Ron Wolfe for Knights of the Living Dead, a story that brings zombies to Camelot. [...]
John Sears | November 15, 2011
BuyZombie informs us of a disturbing new media project to indoctrinate young children with common Anti-Zombie stereotypes (along with, presumably, their parents): The Book They sleep during the day. They awaken at night. They are among us, and yet not quite fully human. It’s a … ZOMBIE! No, wait, .. it’s a BABY! … Huh? [...]
John Sears | November 15, 2011
Here’s a heartwarming update to the scandalous mistreatment of protesters and Zombie Rights activists that we reported on (back in May): Fifteen people who were arrested preemptively on the day of the Royal Wedding have been granted permission to challenge their arrests by way of Judicial Review. The claimants, who were arrested from different locations [...]
John Sears | November 11, 2011
Really, it’s just tragic to see universities indulge this hateful and increasingly paranoid man in his fantasies and violent delusions about the peaceful Differently Animated: “If you don’t know how to survive a zombie attack, chances are you will when I get done talking,” said Max Brooks, author of New York Times best-sellers, “The Zombie [...]