Globalized Manga Turned...

From what twisted recesses of the imagination does a character like Clément spring? It’s a globalized manga comic turned literature. The circus troupe was a stroke of genius. Some scenes will be etched into my memory forever. —Maureen Wheeler, Founder, Lonely Planet...

Zombie Outbreak

This is no sudden crush, no quick fling with the undead. It’s an infatuation that began back in 1962 when Bela Lugosi starred as a Haitian Vodou master who is enlisted to zombify a beautiful young woman. In 1968 George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, achieved cult status and...

Zombies and Ghouls and ...

I’ve never been much interested in the world of zombies and ghouls and the like. But this I’m finding pretty much fascinating. So, right there, that’s a good thing. Soccer moms and teenage boys. Wow, what a spread. —Lauren...

Apocalyptic Anxiety Can...

Just like the freaky Consortium, we are up to our armpits in some fairly savage night feasters and they aren’t zombies or so it would seem according to David Sirota’s “What’s with all the zombies” essay in Salon.com. According to Sirota, zombies have...

Zombie Farm Lads

“It’s not just that satire is dead. We knew that already. It’s that reality is dead. History is just your imagination, highly focused and often located in Japan. … And remember the children—always, always, the children. We want them to read “Silas...

They’re Everywher...

Once again, they’re everywhere.  We’re talking of course about zombies. If you haven’t been paying attention—and if you haven’t been paying attention, heaven help you—zombies are back. In films, books and video games, the undead are once again on the march, elbowing past werewolves,...