Category: Zombies

Zeke Deadwood: Zombie Lawman

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That’s the cover to Zeke Deadwood: Zombie Lawman #1.  It first came out in 2009, so I’m a little late discovering it, but I’m glad that I did.  Thomas Boatwright and Ryan Rubio successfully meld two genres that I enjoy [westerns and zombies] and throw in the right amount of comedy to create a really enjoyable comic.

It’s a simple story, Zeke Deadwood: Zombie Lawman rides into a “town in trouble” and sets things right.  Deadwood is a lawman, but he’s not your typical zombie.  He’s not a mindless eating creature.  In fact, Deadwood doesn’t eat anyone [at least in this issue].  Second of all he can think and speak.  Still he is like a zombie in that he moves slowly and, boy, does he smell bad.  Of course you would too if you were dead.

It’s no secret that I love Thomas Boatwright’s art which for this issue is done in pen and ink with tones/wash.  Boatwright brings the right amount of cartooniness to really make the issue sing.  TJ Kirsch, Havard S. Johansen and Guy Davis all provide bonus pinups for the issue.

I really enjoyed the first issue and am looking forward to picking up the 2nd which is available now.

In a Zombie-Apocalypse: I Will be Your Father Figure

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Did you ever wonder how well you’d survive if the world fell to a zombie-apocalypse?  Now you can find out thanks to the folks behind AMC’s The Walking Dead website.  I took The Walking Dead – Survival Test and my survival skills rated me as a…

FATHER FIGURE

  • You’ve got the life experience, and your gentle manner, compassion and wisdom attracts others, making you the nucleus of your group.  That’s just fine because you need people as much as they need you.
  • You’ve lost a lot [both before the apocalypse and after], and a sense of community helps ease your depression and gives you purpose.

Stephen King May Join The Walking Dead

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Here’s a match made in, uh, heaven… Stephen King has confirmed to EW.com that he is in talks to script an episode of AMC’s hit series The Walking Dead.  Man, I would love to see that happen.  King and The Walking Dead’s executive producer, Frank Darabont, have a history of working together to create top notch entertainment [The Shawshank Redemption and The Mist] so odds are this will all work out.  I, for one, couldn’t be happier.

Dead Island Lives Again?

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There’s a good chance that you’ve already seen the trailer to Dead Island.  The trailer went viral because it’s so good.  It is also pretty gory and very violent.   I’ve watched it several times and although it’s a trailer for a game, it’s as good as any recent movie trailer.   And wouldn’t you know it?  According to JoBlo, Dead Island may soon be on the fast track to the silver screen.

EW Covers The Walking Dead

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If you subscribe to Entertainment Weekly, then you’ve probably already received your copy of The Walking Dead issue.  If you don’t sub, then you might want to look for a copy which hits stands on November 29th.  If you’re a fan of the show, then you’ll want a copy because Entertainment Weekly goes behind the scenes to talk to…

“…all the key players, including comic creator Robert Kirkman, executive producers Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd, and star Andrew Lincoln…” and others.

The Dead Are Coming Back!

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Hot off the Press Internet: A little over an hour ago, The Hollywood Reporter posted that AMC had renewed The Walking Dead for another full 13 episode season.  Here’s why…

The drama series, toplined by Andrew Lincoln, has broken ratings records, with the show reaching more viewers in the 18-49 demo than any other cable TV show. The Walking Dead’s series premiere on Halloween drew 5.3 million total viewers and Sunday’s “gutsy” episode took in 4.7 million — that’s an incredibly high retention of a record rating and surely made this pickup an easy decision for AMC.

Top Zombie Movies of All Time!

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Recently, in response to the overwhelmingly positive response to AMC’s The Walking Dead, Boston.com posted their choices for the Top 25 Zombie Movies of All Time.  Using just their selections, here is my top ten:

  1. Night of the Living Dead (1968): This is the movie that redefined zombies, kick-started a genre and made George Romero a living legend.
  2. Dawn of the Dead (2004): Just as Night of the Living Dead changed the way we look at zombies and launched the career of George Romero, this movie did the same for both zombies and Zack Snyder.
  3. 28 days later (2002]: Although the argument can be made that the creatures in 28 days later aren’t zombies, they made the list and I agree with the selection.
  4. Zombieland (2009) Perfectly walked the line between horror and humor.
  5. Dawn of the Dead (1978) I walked out on the first viewing because it was just too gory for my girlfriend.  Romero had definitely kicked it up a notch.
  6. Day of the Dead (1985) Romero has said that this is his personal favorite of his zombie movies.  Who are we to argue?
  7. Night of the Living Dead (1990, remake)  I haven’t seen this in a while, but the memory was that I liked it a lot.  Perhaps because it stayed true to the original with just a coupe of twists.  I’ll have to check it out again and see if it holds up.
  8. Land of the Dead (2006) Life goes on and things aren’t bad until…
  9. Planet Terror (2007) I’ve only seen this one once, and it had a lot of stuff I liked, but the cheese factor was a bit much to allow me to place it higher on the list.
  10. Shaun of the Dead (2004) More comedy than zombie, but it still made the list!

The Walking Dead Books It

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One of my favorite comics, The Walking Dead, may soon become one of my favorite tv shows.  It may also become one of my favorite novel trilogies.  That’s right, it’s been announced that…

…Thomas Dunne Books, a division of St. Martin’s Press, will publish a trilogy of original novels set in The Walking Dead “universe,” beginning in 2011. Kirkman will conceptualize and outline the books, which will then be developed by horror novelist Jay Bonansinga (Perfect Victim, Shattered).