August 5th, 2010 by John

Garage Kit Zombie is a site run by a gentleman who builds and paints resin models for the likes of us folks who are dorky enough to want a kickass one, but well, just not talented enough to make it look as awesome as we want! I will be honest, I have no idea what his prices are, but the site is sure fun to look at! Maybe one of these days I will get some Firefly, Aliens or The Thing models done, have them looking super sweet on the edge of my desk, and get all sorts of super sweet poon! OK, so the more likely scenario is I would just have something cool next to me while tossing off to internet porn.

Check out his blog to see some of the awesome works in progress below!

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July 29th, 2010 by John

Here is a pretty nifty site where you can check out and buy all of your favorite classic movie posters with a slight twist . . . they turn them all into zombies!

I am crossing my fingers for a Night of the Living Dead one . . . no wait . . .

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July 17th, 2010 by John

I recently had the pleasure of checking out a book that combines two of my loves: blueberry muffins and big band music! But that is a tale and blog post for another time. Instead I am going to let you know about a pretty well done horror book that blends the western and zombie genres in a very intriguing way: Dead or Alive from author William Harms.

Dead or Alive follows two brothers, one as awnry as they come, and the one just trying to reign in his brother’s terrible misdeeds so they don’t end up in jail, or worse yet, dead. After losing their family farm several years back, and their father to suicide, the brothers have been migrating from one work farm to another, trying to scrap by a living, but things always run afoul for the two. Finally fed up with the way their life is going, the two brothers end up robbing a stage coach, killing several men in the process. Escaping after the cash grab, they stumble into some trouble, and unwittingly, bring it upon a small town . . . yep, as you can guess, a good ol’ case of the undead!

The little bit I have read about William Harms has led me to believe he is known for being a horror writer, but I will be damned if this guy should not be writing Western tales. The plotting and feel of the book for the first half is nothing short of nailing what the genre is all about, especially when you throw in some of the wicked characters that make the brothers’ lives a living hell (although who is to say two murderers don’t deserve what they got coming).

That all being said, the novel in the middle 50 pages or so for me hit a real dry spot, right when the breakout of the zombie plague begins to hit, and had me worried that a great book I was really enjoying was going to fall flat once the new element was introduced. It did for awhile, and I honestly wondered if it was the same author handling this section of the story, as everything I loved from the beginning seemed to go missing. But as quickly as the book took a down spin for me, it soared right back up to deliver punch after punch of what I can only describe as great horror story action!

So, with the rough patch aside, this is one book I can recommend to fans of both the zombie genre and the classic Old West tales, and it being a very enthusiastic recommendation at that! I will be checking out some of the author’s past work, and look forward to checking out future stories, including his 39 Minutes comic book coming out from Top Cow.

Score: 3.95/5 (For John’s enjoyment of the series)

Recommend for: Fans of Old West stories and zombie tales, fans of the movie Ravenous

Links:

http://williamharms.typepad.com/

Click the picture at top to be taken to the Amazon page where you can purchase this book.

Edit: How can I not check out his Impaler series when it has a page like this!

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July 4th, 2010 by John

As fans of the zombie genre (but really, who isn’t these days?), there is so much out there right now, much of which seems very generic. This is one that really sticks out to me not only because it seems to launching into a very new territory of zombie movies, but at the same time seems like it could be very familiar. Looking forward to this one!

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June 9th, 2010 by Adel

Not quite sure what he means by, “We hope to do for zombies what Mad Men has done for advertising.”  umm… okay… How about you just make a badass TV show based on a wicked-awesome graphic novel? That’s all anyone really wants.

Thanks to THE KING OF THE ZOMBIES for this one! (article direct link)

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May 23rd, 2010 by Adel

Recorded Attacks is a graphic novel offshoot from The Zombie Survival Guide, and it’s REALLY REALLY COOL! The stories pull you in; whether they are based even somewhat in reality or completely conjured up in Brooks’ overactive imagination, they seem easily believable… like rumors from the next town over that can never be verified.

The illustration artist is Ibraim Roberson, who’s style is absolutely fantastic! There is a very fine line to walk when illustrating zombie fiction, between too humorously cartoon-like and over-the-top gore-for-the-sake-of-gore (and shock value). Roberson’s style is perfectly balanced in this book; lifelike enough to be believable, while the grotesque horrors are precision-tuned to turn your stomach without completely overpowering the underlying ideas. Top notch stuff!

I would recommend this book for even the pickiest of zombie genre snobs! It’s also great for the weekend zombie enthusiast, your teenage sibling, conspiracy theorists, your undead grandma, or anyone who appreciates the relevance of zombies in the arts. Final grade: A (for Awesome)

This is a mirror entry: http://grungezombie.net/index.php?id=239

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May 23rd, 2010 by Adel

Why did no one tell me that George A. Romero was making another movie?! By the looks of the trailer, it will be filled with fantastical zombie killing scenes, as I have come to expect from Romero’s zombie flicks. Have I not mentioned how awesome the zombie death scenes were in Diary of the Dead?! Made the whole movie, if you ask me. You can watch the official trailer for Survival of the Dead and see for yourself just a taste of what I’m talking about:

Some people say that the “of the Dead” series has become drawn out and cliche, but I say: “NEVERRRRR!” (and shake my fist in the air). Romero’s continuing saga never fails to entertain me. I mean, COME ON! The guy’s been doing this for OVER 40 YEARS! It’s no wonder he has devised some of the most original and creatively theatrical ways to kill zombies that I’ve ever come across in the various forms of zombie media.

This, along with the fact that I personally enjoy Romero’s directorial style, has me all excited for Survival of the Dead, and I will most certainly be purchasing the DVD (to add to the collection). I would also go to see it in the theaters, but I expect it will be limited release, which means it probably won’t be in any theaters around here… we’ll see what happens this Friday (May 28). Otherwise I may have to wait until August 24 for the DVD release!

If you’re interested, you could actually watch Survival of the Dead right now on Amazon’s V.O.D. service… but it’ll cost ya… $9.99 to be exact. I’m not sure if it will still be available once the film is released, or up until the DVD release, so get while the getting’s good!

This is a mirror entry: http://grungezombie.net/index.php?id=238

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March 18th, 2010 by John

So why browsing for a new brownie recipe, I stumbled upon this nifty little site:

http://zombietools.net/

How can I not be excited to find someone is designing tools that I care about and “need”! I am waiting for them to release some sort of bad ass trench shovel, then I will have no reason not to just place an order. Check out some of their awesome weapons, t-shirts and stickers you can purchase:

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