Over the weekend, I went to Donnie Dirk’s Zombie Den, a zombie-themed bar in Minneapolis (and, to my knowledge, one of the only zombie-themed bars in the country). It was totally excellent, and I had a wonderful time!
There were zombie-themed drinks for sale, and zombie movies playing on flatscreen TVs. Zombie-killing weapons adorned the walls, [...]
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December 21, 2009
Donnie Dirk’s Zombie Den
December 18, 2009
Documentary Review: “Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown”
Last night I watched the 2008 documentary Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown. H.P. Lovecraft is my favorite writer ever, and I was excited to see what this film would reveal about him. (I wouldn’t call Lovecraft a “zombie author” precisely [he is most-prominently known for creating gibbering tentacled monstrosities], but he sometimes wrote stories with creatures that [...]
December 16, 2009
Zombeatles
A friend of mine just alerted me to the existence of a parody band called The Zombeatles. Apparently, they are playing a venue near my house in the coming months. I may have to go check it out…
December 2, 2009
Zombie Outbreak Film Festival pics
Here are some pictures I took at the Zombie Outbreak Film Festival at the Portage Theater in Chicago last month. It was a really fun event. I got to introduce the Z.E.O. trailer, sold and signed books, and met lots of nice people.
And zombies.
November 23, 2009
Cover for “The Art of Zombie Warfare”
Here’s what the cover of my next book, The Art of Zombie Warfare–which will come out around August, 2010–will look like. Whilst there are many manuals on the market about fighting against zombies, this tome instead presumes to enumerate the benefits of fighting like a zombie.
Anyhow, I think it looks pretty cool.
November 10, 2009
Zombie Outbreak Film Festival — This Saturday in Chicago
I’ll be signing copies of Z.E.O. (and maybe doing some zombie trivia) at the Zombie Outbreak Film Festival this Saturday (Nov. 14) at the Portage Theater in Chicago. It looks to be a great event. They’re showing a bazillion awesome zombie movies, including my favorite of all time: Return of the Living Dead. There’ll be a zombie [...]
November 9, 2009
A small, good review
Does anyone even get my Raymond Carver sub-references?
Anyhow, Rue Morgue called Z.E.O. “fun and insightful” in a nice little review in their November 2009 issue. It’s not online anywhere yet, but here’s a scan I made.
November 4, 2009
Book Review: On Stranger Tides
As someone who has been commissioned by his publisher to write a book about “zombie pirates,” I have resolved to read all I can on the topic. (It has not been exhaustively explored.) So imagine what a pleasure it was for me to learn that one of the only prominent books containing zombie pirates was a book by [...]
November 2, 2009
“All Belgians are Equal”
This post is not about zombies, but instead about a weird discovery I made in my neighborhood.
The other day I was buying a bicycle pump at Wastyn Cycles near my house, when I espied an unusual cornerstone on a building at the corner of Fullerton Ave. and Talman Ave. It was engraved to read: “ALL BELGIANS [...]
October 30, 2009
A zombie music/art project…
A musican/artist named Luke Kuzava has created Zombies Can’t Dance, an online concept album that tells the story of a zombie apocalypse via 10 songs and 10 connected illustrations. It’s pretty cool. You can check it out here.
