John Sears | August 1, 2011
So I guess there’s considerable trouble in Anti-Zombie paradise, also known as the production of ‘The Walking Dead’: The Good: Greg Nicotero Will Give Us Webisodes! … The Bad: Frank Darabont Has Left The Walking Dead … The Neutral: Glen Mazzara To Be The Walking Dead Showrunner Basically there seems to be a huge shakeup [...]
John Sears | July 23, 2011
A spinoff book. A set of ridiculously creepy busts. An Anti-Zombie board game. Yes, ‘The Walking Dead’ is descending on Comic-Con like a plague of ravenous locusts, determined to destroy all compassion toward the Differently Animated as well as, perhaps, all of Western Civilization. They’re ambitious that way. AMC is helpfully even providing you with [...]
John Sears | July 22, 2011
Yes, that’s right; a tv series itself based on a long-running comic is getting its own, separate book publishing arrangement. Thankfully, perhaps, for the state of literature itself, these are neither the sort of genre pulp churned out to complement certain videogame/film franchises nor are they novelizations of the show, but rather they appear to [...]
John Sears | July 22, 2011
Well, more details are now available on the no-doubt-soon-to-be-infamous ‘Walking Dead’ board game, personally approved by ZRC Nemesis Robert Kirkman himself, and it’s not good: Featuring original art by Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, the game allows you to play as either Rick, Tyreese, Glenn, Shane, Dale or Andrea as you attempt to be the [...]
John Sears | July 21, 2011
You know, there are few depths to which I’m surprised to see Living Supremacists stoop these days, but something about this promo video for ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 and the cast appearance at Comic-Con still managed to offend me: Is it just me, or is there a serious subtext in this video of mocking [...]
John Sears | July 17, 2011
I have fond memories of my four years at Indiana University. Well, four years in school for me, then living on campus for a while with the art director, but you get the idea. Indiana University has a fairly prominent student paper, the Indiana Daily Student. As the title suggests, it is written and published [...]
John Sears | July 16, 2011
It’s always disturbing to learn that an icon in public life is an Anti-Zombie bigot. I mean, Max Brooks made a name for himself being evil, but undoubtedly some comic book fans were disheartened when Robert Kirkman showed his true colors. Woody Harrelson? I never saw that one coming. But the Cookie Monster, beloved children’s [...]
John Sears | July 6, 2011
It’s a busy week at the ZRC Compound, with poster work, pamphlet writing, print jobs and more, but we’re trying to stay on top of it. I did have time to check out the latest episode of previously reviewed as Zombie Friendly web series, ‘Mind My Brains, Darling!’ however. This latest chapter deals primarily with [...]
John Sears | July 5, 2011
I know that it’s one of the most popular shows on television but I really wish that the mainstream media could remember that popularity is based on *hate*. I mean, seriously. Just because it makes money that doesn’t make it right and it shouldn’t make it socially acceptable. TV Guide, for those of you who [...]
John Sears | July 2, 2011
Seriously, I mean, ok, ‘The Mist’ was a bit underwhelming and ‘The Green Mile’ had Tom Hanks, who is kind of my nemesis, but I will always treasure Shawshank (who doesn’t?), so even knowing Frank Darabont was involved with ‘The Walking Dead’ hurt, it really did. Still, his continued involvement mystifies and offends me in [...]