John Sears | January 14, 2012
We’ve been having quite a discussion about Zombies and their representation in next-generation tabletop roleplaying game ‘Legend’, and I thought you should all see the latest counter-arguments from the ‘Legend’ publicity department in full. Some interesting, and some objectionable, stuff here: Hello again, John! I’m glad to see we have an open and frank dialogue [...]
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 | January 11, 2012
Boing Boing has some issues with Zombie Tolerance, and we’ve taken them to task before. But they also SELL things directly related to the Zombie Community, and we were pointed toward one of the odder ones, and potentially neater ones, recently: a Zombie Head Decanter, suitable for the holding of fine spirits. Seriously: Now, I [...]
John Sears | December 26, 2011
We got forwarded this link on the ZRC Twitter over the holiday weekend, and naturally, we were disgusted: Sample Lyrics: Throwing a rock Unloading my Glock Hurling Molotovs Nothing makes ‘em stop Living in a land where everyone is dead Gonna put this one last bullet right through my own head. Yes, it’s a ‘festive’ [...]
John Sears | December 22, 2011
A commenter on the ZRC blog left a link to this little Youtube ‘gem’: As you can see, we’re dealing with two separate media products here: a webseries being titled ‘Songbook for the Civilized Zombie’, apparently about a ‘redeemed’ Zombie who has been coerced/brainwashed into eradicating other Undead individuals, and the song within the first [...]
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, [...]
John Sears | December 15, 2011
I’m not sure what to make of these at all: Mark your glass with a grotesque piece of human anatomy. For anyone looking to impress their living dead friends. You’ll be dazzled by these delicious zombie snacks. Featuring a brain, stomach, lungs, heart, and intestines. Each charm is approx. 1 1/2″ or under. First of [...]
John Sears | December 7, 2011
Twitter is an amazing thing. The other day I learned from a random Twitter conversation that a Star Trek series had done a ‘Zombie Vulcan’ episode. Zombies? On generally hyper-tolerant, liberal humanist Star Trek? Could this be a break for our cause? Well, no, as it happens. Instead of providing any interesting depictions of the [...]
John Sears | December 6, 2011
Rom-Zom-Com. You’ve seen the cheeky abbreviation, but have you considered the disturbing implications? We’re talking about a genre of fiction that involves romantic bonding over, well, the Apocalypse. Dinner and dancing? Too passe. What the dating scene needs is mass slaughter! Personally I lay this one mostly at the feet of Simon Pegg. Certainly, elements [...]
John Sears | November 11, 2011
I realized recently that I never got around to reviewing the Dark Carnival Film Festival’s various Zombie related films from last month, in part due to ZombieWriMo! Let’s correct that now, shall we? ‘A Chance in Hell’ This indie take on the perennial ‘Nazi-Zombie’ motif is interesting on a number of levels. Shot in murky [...]