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We get juicy with the news this week and I only have around 300 words, so no messing around. Damn… already wasted twenty-four words! (Hyphenated words count as 1… damn now I’m at 34!)
Don’t look at it as a spoiler… it was bound to happen eventually. {1}
Norman Reedus who plays Daryl on The Walking Dead is frightening fans. Looks like he took some pictures of him as a zombie and put them up on Twitter. Fans are freaking. I think it’s hilarious! Have you been to his official fanpage? Is it just me or is this guy really one cool cat? Take the photography for instance. You have some really serious beautiful pictures, and then you have one of a woman in a bikini wearing a luchador mask. And he’s selling it for $500 (plus $20 for 2 day shipping)! Now I’m sorry Norman if you are offended now and are one of those guys who says “Hey! That’s my art!” but to me this looks like you don’t take yourself too seriously. And that makes you epic!
Speaking of Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman was on Conan recently and explains very clearly some of the questions Conan had about the show. Including… “Why are there no zombie animals?” I won’t spoil the fun. Watch the interview here.
Ever want to smell like a zombie? Of course not. But the Demeter Fragrance Company thinks you might! They are selling a his and her zombie cologne set. Men get ready to wow those undead chicks while you walk around with the scent of dried leaves, mushrooms, mildew, and moss. Ladies, are you looking for Mr. Tall Dark and Undead? Your sent will have a hint of the dregs of a wine barrel added to this mix to add some sensuality to that moldrific sent. These scents will only be around until April 30th so get your $20 bottle today! (Makes a great April Fools gift!)
Hey ladies, looking for a guy who doesn’t mind lending an ear? Or a hand for that matter? As long as he can nibble at your neck he’d be happy to oblige. {2}
Finally, Clemson University professor Sarah Lauro thinks that our obsession with Zombies as a culture has to do with us being happy about the world around us. She attributes her findings on the fact that zombies, and specifically zombie walks, popularity peeked during the financial crisis. Unfortunately I feel her findings are circumstantial at best. She has only chosen to do her study on the last 10 years of history and pays little attention to other time periods that had zombies and zombie popularity. Suggestions like this would have to be proven over decades showing rises and falls in popularity, not just the continual rise during one time period. Show there is a trend over the last 30–40 years with a correlation between civil content and zombie popularity, and then I’ll take you more seriously.
That’s all for Zombie Current Events! If you have an event you would like to see featured, email me at penguinprince@grimcrew.com! Check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between posts! Be safe and I’ll see you Monday.
Till Fate brings our Future…
Penguin Prince
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{1} http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/03/08/norman-reedus-creates-panic-with-possible-daryl-zombie-photos/
{2} http://www.demeterfragrance.com/757765/products/Zombie-for-Him.html
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Zombie news this week is weak. I really can sum up the “news” I found in three sentences.
- The largest fund raiser for the American Diabetes Association (according to this website), the Kiss-A-Pig event is adopting zombies as their theme this year.
- First Aid Kit’s Online developed an underwhelmingly crappy info graphic about zombies that’s even less informative than your Uncle Butch after his weekly coke and beer bender.
- The God awful YouTube trend, Harlem Shake, is inspiring a pizza joint, an advertisement agency, and a television station to create an abomination of everything we hold sacred by sponsoring a zombie version of this abortion of creativity and humor.
So I decided to make some of my own news articles.
Actually, some of the makeup done by the artests were just as bad as the Harlem Shake. {1}
SyFy Channel’s show Face Off featured making zombies as their foundation challenge this week. They had to create a hoard of zombies for the producer for AMC’s The Walking Dead, Gale Ann Hurd. Two teams were able to impress the esteemed guest judge, but ultimately it was Anthony (whose work has been really strong), and Megan who won, with Megan winning the immunity. I highly recommend this show for any who love theater, movies or the arts.
I also did some research into some advances in science that are not currently linked to zombies but could easily steer that way. Get this; mice were linked by the mind through the internet. Scientists used tests to prove that the linking of the two minds had an effect on the mice behaviors. Read the article for more details. It reminded me of the Borg from Star Trek. And what are the Borg? Basically living zombies controlled by a hive mind through technology.
That’s all for Zombie Current Events! If you have an event you would like to see featured, email me at penguinprince@grimcrew.com! Check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between posts! Be safe and I’ll see you Monday.
Till Fate brings our Future…
Penguin Prince
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{1} http://www.syfy.com/faceoff/photos/face_off_s04_e0407?id=3
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This week’s current events post features government disappointments, and a chicken made of metal and pissed-on-childhoods.
Let’s start off with a quick look back to last week when the Emergency Alert Systems for several TV stations were hacked to spew messages of fake zombie attacks. Blame is now being placed on weak passwords, faulty equipment, and lack of firewall protection. Some stations never changed the default passwords to the systems. Let this be a lesson, unless you want to get pranked, change your passwords.
Canada earned my respect last week by bringing up zombie preparedness in congress. It lost it by caving into Whining Nancy’s. A training exercise in Quebec was canceled after people complained of wasted spending. Its replacement exercise, a flood simulation, will cost just as much. Not to mention tough mud stains.
Last year I reported on a fly that was infecting honey bees and turning them into zombees. This week the government looks to discredit the findings of researchers who claimed the parasitic relationship may be linked to Colony Collapse Disorder. Other researchers say the fly’s main target is the bumble bee. Few examples have been brought forth of honey bees being infected. The fact that the fly infects bumble bees has been known for ages and of course the government says there is no cause for concern. Either way, it’s still freaking creepy.
Finally, nerd celebrity and my hero Joss Whedon was “honored” this week when he was featured in a skit for Robot Chicken’s final episode of their 6th season. Watch below as Joss comes to the “Cabin in the Wood’s” set as a zombie to vent his frustrations over his wrongly canceled TV shows.
That’s all for Zombie Current Events! If you have an event you would like to see featured, email me at penguinprince@grimcrew.com! Check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between posts! Be safe and I’ll see you Monday
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Wow. This week’s zombie news hit me like a ton of bricks. After the busts of the last few weeks I actually found articles worth reporting.
First off, why does it seem like the real zombie threats come from the North-Central part of the US? Last year (around this time of year too) they had that plane that was grounded for the woman who had some unidentifiable illness (that turned out not to be a zombie virus, but you never know). This last week a man was arrested showing very zombie like symptoms. In Ohio a man was found trying to break into a home naked. He did not seem to understand the questions police officers were asking him and he had cuts on his head and feet. And he didn’t care. Not only that, but did I mention it was ball shrinking cold outside? 36 degrees Fahrenheit is cold enough to say no to the outdoors, but this man is running around without a care in the world. Reports say he was also grunting like a zombie. According to the source he is in the hospital now, but if any of my readers have an update to this bizarre story, post it in the comments or email me at penguinprince@grimcrew.com and I’ll put the update on the site!
Not truly a zombie story, but amazing none the less. King Richard the III’s bones were found under a parking lot in the city of Leicester, England. How the heck do you misplace royal remains? Well the theory is that his majesty was buried in a hurry after the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. Remember embalming was not quite around in that time and they were probably worried about things like diseases more than they were giving the King the royal treatment and hiking his carcass back home. That’s a long time for people to tend to a grave that several years latter was probably lost amongst development and progress. His brains have long ago rotted away, however if the King did come back he would probably be trying to take out his revenge on those who carelessly disposed of his personage. And according to the source the city is nowhere near ready to deal with the zombie onslaught, let alone the wrath of an undead king.
They exploit zombies for everything now don’t they? Evidently they have a mobile game where you spray down nicotine zombies with a water gun as a quit-smoking aid. This is supposed to satisfy the urges you feel as your going through the nicotine withdraw. I guess it does give your hands something to do rather than reach for a cigarette, and if you get into the game it will take your mind off the need, but if you’ve ever used this let me know if it works. I’ve got an uncle I need to send this game to. (Love ya Unck, but it’s a nasty habit and I’d rather hope you’re around to be on my zombie team).
Bad Ass Zombie Truck. I name you… Bertha. {1}
While we are on this game topic of games, I thought I would show something rather cool that was made to promote Dead Island’s new sequel as opposed to the atrocity they released overseas. This truck is exactly what I want during the zombie apocalypse, if I had to choose a temporary motorized form of transportation. All except for those wheel spikes. They look cool but serve little to no purpose as in order for them to work, you would have to be moving and the zombie would have to be uncomfortably close to your wheels. They are a more of a danger of accidental injury than they are useful as a zombie weapon. The mounted gun on the other hand…
Finally, if I had a valentine this year, I would defiantly pony up the extra money to get her this sweet gift. A life sized zombie Valentines Day card? FTW!!! We have all seen those large cards you can buy at novelty shops, but you’ve never seen a life-size card before. I wonder how much the shipping would be on this bad boy? I also wonder how they are going to keep my half drunk postman from bending that sucker in halve to fit in his truck? 5’8” tall this is a gift she will at least get a laugh at. For $59.50 you had better find a nice place to put this romantic jester, cus you will want her to remember how much you love her all year long. To be fair Hallmark sells cards just as sweet for $5.00, but they are like 100 times smaller than this one, so really your getting more bang for your buck! You can get your very own life size zombie card at bigfunnycards.com.
This zombie even comes with a thorny black rose… Careful! I think he’s moving in on your girl dog. {2}
That’s all for Zombie Current Events! Don’t forget to check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between blog posts. As always be safe and I’ll see you Monday for more Zombie goodness!
Till Fate brings our Future…
Penguin Prince
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{1} http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/staying-in/video-games/dead-island-riptide-exclusive—1588224
{2} http://www.bigfunnycards.com/valentines-day-cards.php
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Well here went my hopes of a good zombie news week. The good news is I’ll be able to go to bed on time for once on a Thursday night! I may be getting too picky about my stories, but I only found one story that really piqued my interest this week. And it’s not even a real news story.
Have you heard of Zombie Teddy Bears? No, not Teddy Scares, which is a much cuter version of these horrifying twists on everyone’s most beloved toy. Really how old do you have to be to enjoy a teddy bear? Old enough not to choke on the eyes I guess. Well if you gave your kid one of these things… they will start looking at teddy bears the same way you looked at a My Buddy Doll when Chucky first came out. Phillip Blackman is eager to bring his unnerving creations into your home. Think you could win your way to her heart this Valentines day with a bear that gives her it’s heart?
I am blown away with the detail that is put into every one of these creepy creations. What you should be blown away with is what was blown out of this teddy.
Now if I were to try to give one of these teddies to a girlfriend for Valentine’s Day, it would have to be this next one. Why? It’s still bloody, yet adorable. I can deal with the missing eye and the exposed brain and from this angle, you still want to take him to the teddy hospital. Until you realize he’s going to rise up and nom on your skull.
So where can you find one of these wonderful creations? Well good luck, but you can always check Phillip’s tumblr at undeadteds.tumblr.com. Now this is where he shares his creations but to see the ones that are available you can check his etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/UnDeadTeds.
Too bad Phillip is out of stock at this point. And with the rising demand of these gruesome plushy companions, whatever stock he gets in will probably disappear super quick.
If anyone comes across a Zombie Current Event you would like to see posted here, please send me an email at penguinprince@grimcrew.com. Of course don’t forget to check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between blog posts. As always be safe and I’ll see you Monday for more Zombie goodness!
Till Fate brings our Future…
Penguin Prince
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All images taken from Phillip Blackman’s Tumblr http://undeadteds.tumblr.com/
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Looks like the zombie news is picking up people and man am I glad for that. I really didn’t want to have to cancel this segment because I really do think it’s very important. Sure most of the time it’s news that’s not going to really help us prepare for the end days, but at least it keeps me vigilant. So let’s dive into the serious and end with the silly shall we?
A new zombie bug has been brought to my attention. A lady in Selma, Oregon found a worm that has never been documented in the state. Why is this fascinating? Because of the type of worm it is. Gordius robustus is a hair worm that will make zombies out of grasshoppers. Grasshoppers will eat the worm cysts and the worm will grow inside the grasshopper, eating everything except for the heart, brain, and jumping mussels of the victim. Then controlling the shell of a grasshopper, this worm will force the grasshopper to jump into water, where it will emerge fully grown. Disgusting, creepy and fascinating all at the same time. Zombie hair worms… yet a new fear…
Ok admit it, you really don’t give a damn about the science, you just want to look at Kari don’t you? {1}
Love the show Mythbusters right? You’ll love it even more when the 10th season comes out. They are doing a zombie episode and I really can’t wait. After 9 seasons I only have one thing to say… about damn time. It’s not confirmed what myths they will be busting about our favorite subject here, but one of them is supposed to be which weapon is the best for dispatching a hoard of zombies, according to this source article. I just can’t wait to see Kari Byron shooting that massive rifle… it looks almost as big as she is. As an added bonus check out this Discovery Channel webpage devoted to Mythbuster’s cutest cast member.
Eh, I liked him better on the $100 bill. {2}
Finally, down to the silly. A couple was puzzled when this cake of a zombie Ben Franklin was waiting for them at their doorstep one morning. As far as I know they never found out who left it, but did find out it was left on Ben’s birthday, January 17th. Funny. But seriously don’t leave zombie cakes at my door. They get nasty if left outside too long and I might be suspicious of who was trying to poison me. Not to mention the fact that I’m on a diet anyway… trying to get in shape for my zombie training. Pro tip, South Beach Diet is one of the easier ones out there and it really works. Giving up bread and pasta is hard, but so is making my fat ass run down the street.
If anyone comes across a Zombie Current Event you would like to see posted here, please send me an email at penguinprince@grimcrew.com. Of course don’t forget to check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between blog posts. As always be safe and I’ll see you Monday for more Zombie goodness!
Till Fate brings our Future…
Penguin Prince
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{1} http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/01/18/mythbusters-zombie-episode/
{2} http://www.kutnews.org/post/why-was-cake-decorated-zombie-ben-franklin-left-hyde-park-porch-overnight taken by Jackie Burniske
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This new year is tough on zombie news I tell you. With the Mayan Calendar officially out of date, it seems that people have backed off on all the good zombie news.
Fortunately I will still bring you the best zombie news I can find every week. So stay vigilant people. You never know when the zombies will come and we want to be ready with the news. If you find articles or news that I’m missing, email me at penguinprince@grimcrew.com and I’ll feature it in the next current events post, or if it’s really good news, even a special Zombie Current Events Breaking News Edition.
I know they are dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, but it’s way funnier to imagine them dancing to Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” {1}
Students in Philadelphia Pennsylvania are not happy. Proposals to close down 37 schools are driving students to form their own union to give students a voice in their own education. The students in opposition of the school closings have decided to protest. And of course if it’s in this blog that means it was a zombie protest. Now I have gone on record to say that zombie protesting is getting a little out of hand, but in this case I will agree with the message. Students dressed up in zombie makeup holding coffin shaped signs that read “No Education: No Life”, and their demonstration was entitled “Student Apocalypse: A Brainless Future”. Kudos to these students for tying in their chosen form of protest in so well with their cause. This case is totally justified with the zombie theme for just that name alone.
Dead Island. Some people love the game, some hate it. I only played a portion of it to be honest but I did like what I played. But some people are upset about the advertising for the special edition of the sequel game Riptide for UK and Australia. I personally like the name for the special edition entitled Zombie Bait. That’s cool. It’s catchy. What most people are offended by however is the bust of the bust you get with the game. A statue of a female body that has been dismembered and clad in only a British flag bikini can be yours if you decided to buy this controversial package. It’s supposed to be a zombie body, but that’s really neither here or there and is still rather tasteless advertising. I really just barfed in my mouth a bit looking at the piece of trash.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SEXY ZOMBIE! {2}
Now Deep Silver has already apologized for the campaign saying that different departments choose the additions you get with the special editions in different regions. But really? I don’t have word on if the special edition has been recalled or not, but I’ll put $20 on the bet that the bust starts becoming a commodity, that is assuming that the game is greeted favorably by fans. Although some games are famous for being inappropriate. How about some hot coffee while playing that GTA game? Anyone? How about Duke Nukem Forever? Maybe this will be one of those times where the tasteless “mistake” will push the “collector’s item” and the game itself into infamy.
That’s all for Zombie Current Events! Don’t forget to check out our Facebook, and Google + pages for more zombie goodness in between blog posts. As always be safe and I’ll see you Monday for more Zombie goodness!
Till Fate brings our Future…
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