I’m very happy to hear about all the great Zombie events in the Detroit area this month, some for charity, and very disappointed in the press coverage:

Is a zombie apocalypse coming?

Metro Detroiters might wonder as much over the coming weeks.

Not only is today designated as World Zombie Day, but on Sunday, zombies will be lurching through Royal Oak, much as they will on Oct. 22 in Mt. Clemens. Zombies will even be battling vampires in a roller derby match at Michigan State University’s Demonstration Hall on Oct. 29.

What gives, and why are the undead suddenly so active?

The article goes on to describe the popularity of the Differently Animated in the media, and then attributes that popularity to being a sort of ‘monster’ tabula rasa – everyone can project their own fears and ideas onto Zombies, hence, the Detroit Free Press says, their popularity.

Or could it be instead that Zombies are finally walking and lurching into their own, into Equality? Did they ever consider that? Unlikely.

The ZRC of course commends Detroit’s burgeoning tolerance of the Undead and hopes that all events, even the roller derby one, are conducted in a tolerant and open-minded fashion.

Tags: Journamalism, Zombie Public Event, Zombies Doing Good

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