Posts tagged zombie
David Naughton-Shires: Zombie Illustrator [Interview]
David Naughton-Shires isn’t your usual zombie artist; David is an active member of The Masonic Society, which has been a big influence in his designs. He also works with photography and writing, and he is a huge fan of Batman. Fans of Library of the Living Dead are most likely to recognize his undead artwork. His projects range from book [...]
Classical Literature, Zombies & Steve Hockensmith
In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After (Quirk Classics), four years have passed since Elizabeth married Darcy, and she is no longer allowed to carry weapons. During a walk back home, Darcy is bitten by an unmentionable. Elizabeth must swallow her pride, and cast aside her honor if she is to receive help from Lady Catherine, who has [...]
Interview: Johnny Gel from Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption
Zombie Apocalypse: Redemption (2011), directed by Ryan Thompson, takes place years after the initial outbreak in Zombie Apocalypse with FREE comic book (Special Edition), with an entirely different set of characters. Governments of the world attempted to use nuclear weapons to fight the millions of undead, which had no effect, and screwed over the remaining survivors even more. Not surprisingly, [...]
Zombies Overwhelm Star Trek Convention!!
I almost didn’t select Night of the Living Trekkies for review; the cover art looks like the cheesy garbage you would find on most young adult fiction books, and the title made me think, “One more person trying to cash in on the zombie genre with some ridiculous twist.” BUT, I’ve enjoyed other Quirk novels, and I can’t get enough [...]
The Official Zombie Handbook for the UK
The Official Zombie Handbook for the UK, the long-anticipated survival manual is now available at both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk, and it’s a great addition to any zombiephile’s collection, regardless of where you live. First, the author, Sean Page, addresses the controversy over the various types zombies within the horror genre, and defines a zombie as “a dead body that has [...]
Zomblog: Survivor Journal With A Twist
So…after being blown away by Dead: The Ugly Beginning , I decided I need to read TW Brown’s Zomblog. Nothing makes my day like reading about someone trying to survive an apocalypse with a bunch of assholes making it worse. Being chased down by a zombie horde doesn’t seem that bad in comparison to being tortured in a variety of [...]
Dead: The Ugly Beginning (Volume 1) Review
I received Dead: The Ugly Beginning as a gift, and I gave up a night’s sleep to finish it in one sitting. The story begins with a guy named Steve and his point of view, looking back on the beginning of a zombie outbreak. He receives a phone call from a friend, instructing him to turn on the local news. [...]
Zombie Preparation for the UK
Show me a zombie fan, and I’ll show you someone who has read The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. Anyone who has read the ZSG can tell you how detailed and thorough it is – Max obviously did some serious research before he wrote it. Or did he? Sure, the book has a zombie timeline in the back, which [...]
