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Mail of the Living Dead

Zombies have invaded our popular culture!!

What is the meaning of this obsession with the living dead?

 

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Collaborative Zombie Encyclopedia Project 67 Replies

The Zombies are hungry, and they want their brains, and to make good, tasty brains they need to feed their people more books! I am sending out several packets filled with two blank pieces of…Continue

Tags: collage, add and pass, free art, zombie

Started by 1cgqtuoblpeqc. Last reply by Amy Irwen Oct 13, 2011.

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Read and Pass Zombie Literature 20 Replies

I've begun to send a few zombie-related texts into the wilds of the postal system. If you get attacked, this is a place where you can discuss your findings with the other infected! Read and Pass…Continue

Tags: reading, book, literature, zombie, read and pass

Started by 1cgqtuoblpeqc. Last reply by Amy Irwen Oct 3, 2011.

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Mail of the Living Dead Collaborative Zombie Book Project 85 Replies

so far, here are the folks signed up for this project: BOOK #1 (Due: August 31) i'm a superhero i can like fly and shit1234 sandusky dr.iowa city, ia 52240usa Misty Davis8697 Infirmary Road Ravenna,…Continue

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Started by 1cgqtuoblpeqc. Last reply by i'm a superhero Sep 14, 2011.

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Watch And Pass in North America: Zombie DVDs 3 Replies

We are sending zombie films out into the wild. Here is a place to discuss your favorite zombie films, or the ones you've received! Continue

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Started by 1cgqtuoblpeqc. Last reply by i'm a superhero Aug 24, 2011.

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 3, 2011 at 2:30am

The introduction asks: "What is our obsession with the living dead?" I actually have a theory about this on the cultural front.

 

T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland" is obsessed with images of the living dead, not zombies but life-in-death scenarios. "The Wasteland" is one of the enduring symbols of the previous century - kind of a Homeric epic for those times. It's generally agreed that Eliot was talking about spiritual death in the 20th century, and monotonous and meaningless life in industrial society with only material concerns. We haven't lost much of that yet in our times.

 

I've always thought that idea from "high culture" found it's way into popular culture with the zombie obsession that at least can be traced to Hollywood films of the 1930s and probably earlier - "The Wasteland" was written in the 1920s. The living dead represent life in suburban America and in the Cold War was used to portray life under communism - just to illustrate the way the zombie obsession has persisted and mutated. It shows no sign of slowing down.

 

The mixing of sexuality and death in zombie narratives - that's another topic.

Comment by DKeys on July 2, 2011 at 11:48pm
I guess many Haitians believe they are real. Like people who are under anesthetic-like what the late, great Michael Jackson did to himself
1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 2, 2011 at 11:03pm
there was one we watched that was a documentary about zombies, and it had interviews with "real zombies" etc. like, fictionalized documentary. it was odd, but interesting. i don't recall the name though...?
Comment by DKeys on July 2, 2011 at 10:24pm
Flesh Eater-a classic zombie movie second only to Roadkill 4-Vengeance is Theirs
Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 2, 2011 at 6:59pm
1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 2, 2011 at 5:05pm
playing mombi @ zombiemart?
Comment by DKeys on July 2, 2011 at 4:59pm
My favorite zombie movie---Night of the Comet--off to play Mombie
1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 2, 2011 at 4:26pm

and of course, my daughter's favorite:

 

she's also a resident evil fan, but only plays the games when i play with,

and i rarely play video games these days. :P

1cgqtuoblpeqc Comment by 1cgqtuoblpeqc on July 2, 2011 at 1:47pm
wow, is that really the guy prom pride and prejudice? (and zombies??)
Comment by De Villo Sloan on July 2, 2011 at 1:43pm

There are three film versions of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Donald Sutherland was great in the second

 

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