John Sears | August 30, 2015
One week ago saw the premiere of the second Kirkman Zombiephobic media-extravaganza, ‘Fear the Walking Dead’, and the ZRC is still sorting through how to respond in the aftermath. Also, our computing infrastructure had a part blow out on Monday, so we had to get that nailed down. I think it died of grief. But [...]
John Sears | January 22, 2015
The Zombie Rights Campaign takes issue with ‘The Walking Dead’ tv series. It’s blatant fearmongering, served up with a side of gore and a big order of dysfunctional drama. Hmm. You can tell I am writing this before I have lunch. Ahem. At any rate, we’ve known that there will be a Walking Dead spinoff [...]
John Sears | July 6, 2014
Recently, as discussed on the ZRC’s twitter, I binge reviewed all of ‘The Walking Dead’ up on Netflix, in anticipation of the upcoming release of the fourth season in August. There are a lot of things one can say about the world of ‘The Walking Dead’. (Mild spoilers below) –Skulls are very, very soft. Be [...]
John Sears | May 31, 2014
The Wil Wheaton Project, a new variety/entertainment review program on the SyFy Channel, recently debuted and in that debut included its take on what a Zany, 80s-style theme song would be for the grisly and highly offensive TV program ‘The Walking Dead’. The song/video does an admirable job exposing the wanton and casual cruelty of [...]
John Sears | February 24, 2014
Yes, you read that correctly; the makers of foamy toy weapons that have endeared themselves to generations of young people (including myself, at one time) have decided to jump into the lucrative market of catering to those afraid of Zombies. In the process, of course, they help to indoctrinate the next generation against the Undead. [...]
John Sears | February 1, 2014
I highlighted this on twitter, but it’s worth repeating just how young some of the Differently Animated exploited by our TV nemeses at The Walking Dead are. That poor little exploited Zombie girl. We hope that, as she ages into an adult Zombie (assuming she does, in fact, age; not all Zombies do) she isn’t [...]
John Sears | October 12, 2013
Yes, ‘The Walking Dead’ will be back on Sunday, showcasing the latest and ‘greatest’ in Anti-Zombie violence from the frankly disturbing mind of Robert Kirkman. This leads to a lot of breathlessly happy reporting on the season debut, and tragically stereotyped reporting on the Differently Animated. From Discovery News to CNN, it is a media [...]
John Sears | March 26, 2013
Due to the rigorous and at-times sanity crushing demands of law school I haven’t been contributing as much to The Cause lately as I would like, so over my Spring Break I resolved to do something worthwile as President of The Zombie Rights Campaign. And so I’ve put in some time the last few days [...]
John Sears | October 11, 2012
You’ve probably seen those ultra-cheap Jakks Pacific games in the toy aisles at your local big box store, the sort that plug into a TV using old-fashioned RCA cables (red, yellow, white) for a quick gaming experience sans the usual console. Usually they’re compilations of old 8-bit games, and often they come with a specialized [...]
John Sears | September 14, 2012
The controversy over AMC and Dish Network may have dominated ‘Walking Dead’ news over the summer, but now that the actual season is approaching the media blitz/glorification of Anti-Zombie violence is getting under way: Newly released images from the upcoming third season of “The Walking Dead” hold the promise of even more bloody zombie action, [...]