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Category Archives: Zombies
ZOMBIES: Christmas comes early with Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol
Press Release
Marvel is proud to announce that fan favorite artist, David Baldeon (Young Allies), will be joining red hot writer Jim McCann for the walking dead tale that has fans on the edge of their seats in anticipation – Marvel Zombies Christmas Carol #1 (of 5)! Guaranteed to make you even more afraid of things that go bump in the night, Marvel’s twist on the acclaimed Charles Dickens tale will send chills down your spine! As the Hungry Death consumes the land, Ebeneezer Scrooge must be sent back to Christmases past with his undead friend Jacob Marley to learn the origin of this vicious scourge.
ADVANCE REVIEW: Ghostbusters: Infestation #1
The Ghostbusters aren’t afraid of no ghosts. But zombies are a whole different story altogether. When IDW’s Infestation hits the Ghostbusters, will Egon, Peter, Ray and Winston stand a chance? Find out, in Ghostbusters: Infestation #1!
MOVIE: Zombies vs. Robots optioned by Sony Pictures
Press Release
IDW Publishing’s popular ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS comic series is headed to Hollywood. The series, which was created by writer and IDW Chief Creative Officer Chris Ryall and artist/painter Ashley Wood and launched in 2006, has been acquired by Sony Pictures.
The film will be a co-production between IDW, Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes, and Circle of Confusion. IDW CEO and co-founder Ted Adams will produce, alongside Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert, and Rick Jacobs.
GAMING: Telltale Games brings Walking Dead to your game station
Press Release
Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman today announce a long term agreement to produce games based on The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead is an epic drama where personal trials are magnified against a backdrop of moment-to-moment survival. As a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions sweeps the globe, the dead are rising to feed on the living. The living are changed by the overwhelming realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous than the mindless walkers roaming the earth. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally begin living.
Zorro to take on drugs, samurais and zombies (oh my!)
While Dynamite Entertainment has the Zorro license in the US, it looks like the character is getting a different treatment in Australia thanks to Silver Fox Comics. The new series has Zorro taking on drugs, samurais, the supernatural world, gypsies, and zombies.
It’s a lot for one hero to tackle I’m sure, and if you are wondering what it all looks like, take a look at the teaser trailer released by the company.
REVIEW: The Walking Dead #80
The good news is the zombies are on the outside. The bad news is the citizens of The Community are in the inside.
A Zombie Christmas Carol on the way
It may be a little late for this holiday season, but Marvel is set to release Jim McCann’s take on Dickens’ Christmas Carol featuring zombies… because everyone still loves zombies.
28 Days of Geek Giving: Zombie Hoodie
Thanks to The Walking Dead television series on AMC, zombies continue to be a big deal to our culture. If you have someone in your life that is obsessed with the shuffling dead, get them a Zombie hoodie for the holidays.
This hoodie features the battle scars you earned in your fight with the zombie hordes. Clearly, you’ve had better days. There are bloody handprints near the pockets and slashes across the chest. There’s a deep slash across the back that reveals your exposed spine. There’s a bandage on your left wrist revealing bite marks. There’s a chunk of missing skull on the back of the hood, which is lined in brains. We’d say you ought to get that looked at, except there’s a pretty massive blood spatter on the front of the hood around the area where your mouth would be. Which implies that you ain’t one of us any more. But you put up a valiant fight, and for that we salute you. But we’re not taking the helmet off, no how, no way.
For $60 the charcoal gray 100% cotton hoodie can be sitting under the tree Christmas morn.
RUMOR: Darabont tells writers, “Take a walk(ing dead)”
According to an insider at Deadline, Frank Darabont, the executive producer/director/writer of AMC’s Walking Dead has let the season one writing staff go. Darabont wrote two episodes of the first season, and re-worked the other four, which brings into question if Darabont had to have a conversation with himself on why he had to fire…himself? While it isn’t unusual to let writing staff members go as you move into new seasons – and really, The Simpsons was never the same after Conan left – it might be troubling to some to hear this news as The Walking Dead is the hot, hot show on cable right now.
Fear not zombie fans, Darabont might be looking at freelancers for the next 13 episodes, but if you look closely at the writing credits from the last couple of aired episodes, you’ll see Robert Kirkman and Glen Mazzara appear. So will next season’s writing team consist of Darabont, Kirkman, and Mazzara? Signs point to Yes.
Celebrity gay zombies take on all-gay superhero team
Press Release
Spandex, the world’s first all-gay superhero team and stars of their own award-nominated comic, are back! And in the brand new issue, things take an unexpected turn, when the team face a whole horde of …celebrity gay zombies!
Comic Vault commercial turned down by AMC
According to Comic Vault, the following commercial for their story was turned down by AMC to air during The Walking Dead.
Welcome to Comic Vault commercial that couldn’t be aired on AMC. This is an epic Zombie battle and we had so much fun making it. Thank you to everyone that make this possible! Keep on the look out for more crazy Comic Vault films (chicagocomicvault.com). Low Carb Comedy produced this film, give them some love as well by going to lowcarbcomedy.com. Take care and see you next time.
Now why would the commercial get the boot? Once might blame all the violence (a good excuse), but I have never seen a 1:42 commercial get approved. Trim it down and cut some of the violence and I’m sure there would be no problem getting the spot to air. Of course with all the publicity this store and video are getting around the Intardwebz, the spot has probably done the job it set out to do without spending extra for a national cable channel spot…