Pages Tagged “Zombies”
Reviews
- The Day the Dead Came to Show and Tell
★★★★★
Mira Grant
Seared into my memory. Cascading failures as zombies attack an elementary school. Well-written, but I never, ever want to read it again. - iZombie (graphic novels)
A horror/comedy that ranges from Scooby Doo to Lovecraft by way of Moorcock, featuring thinking zombies, vampires who run paintball, ghosts, secret societies, and a were-terrier. Off the wall concepts and a clean, sharp art style that contrasts with the monsters and gore. The TV series was loosely based on these comics.
Blog Posts
- Zombie Bakers Use Whole Brain Flour
I found a folder of unsorted photos from my 2010-2013 phone last night and started going through them. I found several gems, like this one!
- Now I’m confused. I thought zombies *liked* hot sauce!
Spotted at World Market over the weekend.
- Newsflesh: Worst Case Zombies, Best Case Survival
Mira Grant’s Newsflesh features the worst-case scenario of zombie design, yet humanity survives with civilization mostly intact.Thatââ¬â¢s really optimistic.
- Do Not Taunt the Octopus
Some thoughts on Mira Grant’s latest Newsflesh novella exploring the post-zombie world, and some parallels to Scalzi’s Lock-In.
- Looking Forward to iZombie
iZombie has a premiere date! The comedy/horror/murder mystery show launches March 17 on the CW. I’ve been describing iZombie as a mash-up of the Robeson/Allred comic’s premise (woman becomes a zombie, but can keep her mental faculties as long as she eats one brain a month…then starts picking up memories and personality quirks from the […]
- No Soliciting Zombies
I’m not sure that’s what the signs on this door are trying to say about zombie solicitors.
- Comic-Con 2012: Back With a Vengeance
Back to San Diego! Comic-Con 2012 was a lot more fun and a lot less overwhelming than usual this year as we took in three days of the four-day convention.
- Long Beach Comic and Horror Con 2011: Still Got It
A day at LBCC: costume-watching, cheesy vintage horror comics performed on stage, meeting writers and artists, discovering webcomics, and–hotel rappelling?
- Nature Trail to Hell
“Weird Al” Yankovic posted a picture of a disturbing sign on a hiking trail:
- Back from Comic-Con (2008)
Voice acting, sketches, waffles, a historic museum, creepy-edition Gaslamp, the Buffy musical, DC Nation, a security mishap, and more on the last day of Comic-Con.
- Zombie Attack!
Finally, something light-hearted in the news: A bunch of people decked out as zombies crashed the American Idol auditions in Austin, Texas last week, groaning things like “Television rots your braaaaaains!” Reportedly the contestants didn’t get it. Ironically, the event organizers had read about the protest in advance on Craigslist, and quickly got the “zombies” […]