John Sears | July 4, 2012
I really thought we had made some progress with famed comics author Fred Van Lente. I mean, we had a productive dialogue, he gave us some comic books to auction off for charity. It was all good, right? Well, sadly, one must stay vigilant for it’s all too easy to fall off the Zombie Friendly [...]
John Sears | June 26, 2012
We’re delighted to hear about, and promote, a Zombie Rights march at Comic Con, to show the Robert Kirkmans and Max Brookses of the world what the Undead of the world really want: their civil rights. Are you ready to #ZOMBIFYSDCC?! We are! Zombies have been exploited in entertainment and media for too long! The [...]
John Sears | May 21, 2012
We’d be remiss if the ZRC did not point out that the latest print volume of Skin Horse, which the ZRC both loves and has endorsed heavily in the past for its progressive, Zombie Friendly views, is currently the subject of a Kickstarter drive: U.N.I.T.Y. of Skin-Horse was, in fact, our Zombie of the Year [...]
John Sears | May 19, 2012
The Zombie Rights Campaign took Mike Hall to task for his distasteful ‘Library of the Living Dead’, and, in the process, hopefully brought to the artist’s attention the serious and committed Zombie Rights Movement here in America. It seems like the message may have paid off, as Mr. Hall has now moved away, thankfully, from [...]
John Sears | May 17, 2012
Who hates Zombies most in the world? That’s a good question, certainly. Some might say George Romero, but Mr. Romero would disagree; he usually says he’s on the Zombie side in his films, and he *did* make Creepshow, with Zombies of Justice. Others might say Max Brooks, and it’s obviously true that Mr. Brooks is [...]
John Sears | February 26, 2012
And it’s not the first one either, apparently: This isn’t a Resident Evil first, as RE has already seen manga iterations. This latest one is set in a prestigious Asian institution, located on an isolated island. When there’s a zombie outbreak, Chris Redfield is sent into investigate. How many isolated laboratories in remote locales ARE [...]
John Sears | February 14, 2012
A lengthy, disturbing, and at times quite interesting interview with Walking Dead creator (or alleged co-creator, according to recent lawsuit) Robert Kirkman is up at Salon. Some highlights, and our responses: So what is it about zombies in general that people are so interested in them these days? First of all, they’re awesome. They look [...]
John Sears | February 14, 2012
The ZRC obviously takes no position on the *legal* merits of this lawsuit over proper ownership of ‘The Walking Dead’ and its money spigot: With the amazing The Walking Dead having returned this last Sunday.. oh wait.. yesterday. We felt we should have share with you some bad news that Dread Central reported on. Michael [...]
John Sears | January 13, 2012
We were graciously loaned an e-galley of this one by the publisher, so the ZRC had an opportunity to see how the fictional shadow government agency created by Mike Mignola, staffed prominently by a demon no less, handles Undead relations. In a word: poorly. First, the official description: Devastated over the loss of his luchador [...]
John Sears | December 21, 2011
I trust you remember the ZRC’s run-in with Zombie-hating comic book artist Mike Hall, who helped create a bizarre comic book to promote library usage by promoting Anti-Zombie prejudice. Well, tragically, he’s at it again, with a piece called ‘Sam and Jill Versus the Atomic Zombies from Hell’. Naturally, our sympathies lie with these poor, [...]