John Sears | September 27, 2013
Once again The Zombie Rights Campaign will be going to ‘Nightmare on Chicago Street’ in Elgin, Illinois, to spread the good word about Zombies and why they should have rights. Even in the midst of a simulated Zombie ‘Apocalypse’. Past years have been memorable to say the least, and the ZRC is stepping up our [...]
John Sears | September 12, 2013
Apologies for the belated post, all. Lost a camera cable, had some technological issues, even had to sort out some issues with the trusty ZRC Mobile — as trip aftermaths go, this was intense! But the actual journey to Horrorhound Indianapolis was fine, and fun, and we talked to a lot of great people about [...]
John Sears | September 6, 2013
Posts will be spotty for the next few days as the ZRC travels back to the Motherland to visit family, friends and oh yeah, vend stuff at Horrorhound Indianapolis! We’ll be selling our still-secretive new T-Shirt to raise money for charity, picketing the Unjust, and generally having a good time. We hope to see some [...]
John Sears | September 6, 2013
The Zombie Rights Campaign loved ‘The Dishonored Dead’, as longtime readers will recall. Would you like to read it for free? Well here’s your chance! Don’t say we never gave you anything. Well, don’t say we never gave you the chance to win anything, at least.
John Sears | September 6, 2013
It is often said that Zombies, in fiction, are a metaphor for social unrest or collapse. Conversely, Zombie fiction is sometimes said to be tied to *good* times. It’s complicated. But whether Zombies are themselves a metaphor, Zombie fiction still has to deal with the world its readers/watchers/players are from. In 1985, for example, ‘Return [...]
John Sears | September 4, 2013
Last weekend The Zombie Rights Campaign journeyed all the way to lovely (but somewhat distant) Columbus, Indiana for the Seventh Annual Dark Carnival Film Festival. We had a good time, and I think there has been major progress toward The Cause, as we will discuss below. First, let’s give a hand to the Dark Carnival [...]