Zombie magazine question?

[RIP]

I have a question. Is there any magazines out there that deal with just zombie films? I am a subcriber of Fangoria and they dwell with all horrors but I am looking for a magazine that only deals with zombie films.

Does anyone know if such a magazine exists and if so where may I subcribe to it?

[Emperor]

So start one.

Make it an online affair (downloadable PDF?) and release it twice a year (or something like that) - there would be plenty of material for reviews, interviews, articles, short stories, art, etc. over that period.

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There was a zombie special in issue 32 of The Dark Side:

http://www.ebony.co.uk/darkside/backiss.htm

which they compiled together and expanded into a book:

http://www.ebony.co.uk/darkside/BOOKS/books.htm#zom

I'm not sure how good they are but I will probably scoop up the book at some point.

Emps

[devourthesun]

I think a zombie magazine would be awsome, but even an online one would take massive amounts of work to get done.

[Francesco Dellamorte]

If you wanted to collaborate on a zombie mag in whatever media (online,print,dvd) I'd be down to help out.

-FD

[Emperor]

Yep it would be a lot of work but possibly worth it and if kept to a couple a year it should be enough time so that people can compile it in free time (holidays, etc.).

I'll also ofer my services - proof-reading tends to be an unpopular part of such things and I have plenty of experience.

I'll also offer somehting like "Zombies from Around the World" I have enough material to do pieces on Scandinavia, Europe, Russia, Africa and the Indian Subcontinent, as well as the obvious (the Caribbean), and I'm sure I'll turn up more stuff. I'm sure if we brainstormed we could come up with various ideas for stuff as well as things like reviews, interviews, short stories, art, etc.

Emps

[the_klenzer]

It's not a bad idea. I'd pitch in an article or two to help get it started. I think lots of others would as well.

[Ravenheart]

I think a Zombie magazine would be pretty damn cool.Even if it just started out as a fanzine it could grow over the years.

[Emperor]

Yep exactly - once you had a couple of issues under your belt you would be able to get interviews with important people, more and varied contributions, etc. so it would snowball.

One thing I was thinking of was that while it is good to have reviews it might also be interesting to have overviews of various zombie media, e.g. I bet there are people around here who could put together great overviews of zombie books, computer games, comics, web cartoon strips, toys/merchandising, etc. They wouldn't have to go into too much detail but would aim to give a broad discussion of the field. They would be interesting and useful in its own right but could act as a springboard to more detailled looks at different aspects - there is a lot of talk about the influence of pulp comic books of the 50s and 60s on the developments of the modern zombie movie but I'm not aware of any really good articles on this (although there may well be - I can't say I've looked too hard).

Thats the kind of thing we could look at to make things a bit 'special' at least initially - once the name gets known who knows what may come? Reports from the shooting of new films, etc. but that kind of thing would be very interesting and doable right away.

Emps

[Francesco Dellamorte]

To be perfectly honest I'm ready to get the ball rolling on this. Any collaborators or people willing to pitch in is way cool. Does anyone know of a good program for desktop publishing? Maybe with like templates and shizz? Any graphics designers lurking around these here parts? Just off the top of my head... I think it'd be cool to have a different artist for every cover. Some things to think about...zine/mag name, how many issues,how many pages,advertising,layout,page size etc.

It's sounds like a fun project and we're always here checking out zombie related shit anyways so why not put something together?

-FD

[Emperor]

Excellent then lets take about some dull practicalities:

1. Hosting/distribution - how would it be made avaiable? Are we going to go through the good people here at ATZ? Or have the magazne on its own site? Or possibly see how it goes and then migrate to its own site later? We could go for a more widespread distribution - releasing copies to various zombie/horror sites which would spread the load, etc.

2. Costs - this would depend on the above but ads might be tricky for the first few episodes, however, as there will be reviews of books, movies, etc. setting up affiliate accounts with Amazon and linking to them will bring in some money. Will there be a charge for it? It would depend on various factors but I'd suggest not and rely on haivng no cover charge which would maximise distribution, etc.

3. A name? I'd suggest something simple like "Zombie" or "Zombie Magazine". Going back to the above I did a check and zombiemag.x and zombiemagazine.x (where x = all main TLDs) are available.

4. Copyright - if this is going to be a long term affair (if that wasn't the plan then there wouldn't be much point ;) ) then we need to be careful we don't alienate the very people we will have to rely on for information, interviews, etc. and so we need to make sure all copyright is above board. This can turn into an advantage as it will help develop good early links with the various studios, publsihers, etc. which might help later if you want to speak to someone about a film, book, etc. Being an Amazon affiliate means you get use of all the product images which is handy and it will encourage us to look for as much original material as possible.
Also, at least intially, you probably can't ask people for exclusive copyright over original material that goes in the magazine and a system whereby the copyright remains with the creator of the content.

5. Software - there are a variety of DTP solutions. The major magazines use things like Quark Xpress, InDesign, etc. but these cost $1k+. There are mid-rnage solutions like Acrobat but everyone probably has the right tools. Most word processors (MS Word or the OpenOffice equivalent) will allow complex page layouts to be created and these can be exported to PDF - I'm sure we can come up with the right software solution without much hassle.

They are the main points I can think of that may need to be decided upon before the ball really gets rolling but I'm sure if we think of others we can deal with them).

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Some thoughts on content:

1. Try and keep it as much like a classic magazine layout as possible? Cover, word from editors, news, articles, reviews, etc.? I'd certainly be in favour of this.

2. There are probably some things you need to do in a first edition. Provide a bit of a general guide to zombie movies, books, etc.? This could be done with no more than name, date and a couple of sentences. No need for a big overview at this stage. I'd also suggest having a top ten of zombie movies. If we drew up a nearly comprehensive list (there are a number of sites out there bringing them together and its possibly been done here somewhere) we could all vote for our top 3. We could then do the sums and possibly do a quick run down of the 'also rans' (like I mentioned above) and then more indepth descriptions of the films (possibly dropping in quotes from people around these parts).

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Anyway theya re my intial thoughts I suspect once we start kicking things around other stuff will emerge and we can start fleshing things out ;)

Emps

[Francesco Dellamorte]

Hey Emperor, where you located anyways?


-FD

[Emperor]

I'm in the UK why? I do hope we aren't going to have to deliver these things by hand ;)

I'm sure I could get my bike out of the shed but........

Emps

[Francesco Dellamorte]

I'm in the UK why? Emps


Oh you know, I wanted to send my people over to abduct and torture you.

I was just asking because if you were close we could meet up and discuss some stuff in person. So what's our plan of attack? What do you think we should be doing right now?


-FD

[Emperor]

Oh you know, I wanted to send my people over to abduct and torture you.

I was just asking because if you were close we could meet up and discuss some stuff in person. So what's our plan of attack? What do you think we should be doing right now?

Ahhhhhh right I'll supplement the Imperial Guard with some ninjas and some pirates - that should cover all the important kidnapping angles.

I see what you mean but I'm used to online projects with the participants on various continents so its no biggie - I'm on ICQ whenever I'm near a computer (which is most of the time unless I'm in the pub ;) ) if you need to do some brainstorming. Its always a good idea to throw ideas around in a thread like this as it means everyone can chip in.

What needs doing right now?

Well those major considerations I listed are things we need to address before circulating the first issue but I think we need the outline of a first issue before then so if we can start drawing together ideas, offers of content, etc. then we can deal with the considerations as they crop up.

So I mentioned structure above and we need to make it more concrete and expand it.

Note from editors: As it is the first issue explain what this is our plans, ideas, etc.

News: Things that have happened in the last 6months to a year - everyone can be a news hound suggesting ideas like the box office receipts of the recent film releases, the Bram Stoker awards, etc. as well as any rumours of zombie-related films, books, etc. in production.

Regular Columns: I mentioned I'd do a 'Zombies of the World' column anything else that could be done here? Possibly a 'Zombies on the Web' selection of useful links that have cropped up?

Feature articles: Two or three multipage pieces although possibly in the first issue we need to somehting a bit special like the idea I mentioned above for a zombie top ten along with a sketch out of the other zombie movies. Possibly also throw in one of the overviews I mentioned - like an overview on zombie books?

Reviews: Books, films, sites, cartoons, etc.

Letters: I suspect people will want to email in comments, etc. so open up a page for it (might not be very extensive in the first issue).

Short stories/art: We can open it up for people to contribute stories, art, poems, etc.

Anything else I missed?

We also need some variety of team. It seems to me you have the Chief Editor chair and I'll vote myself into a Sub-Editor/Contributing Editor seat ;) We possibly need at least another Editor (possibly for reviews) and a Picture Editor (who would also be responsible for checking we have the copyright). Depending on how things work out we might need someone to work on the print layout.

Anything else?

Keep the offers of help, content, etc. and any good dieas flowing in.

Thoughts?

Emps

[Francesco Dellamorte]

Here's what I'll work on right now:

-I'm gonna write a brief sort of introduction to the mag. It will sort of be like an editors note introducing readers to the new mag and telling them what to expect in the future. Anyone is willing to chime in on that as well.

-I'm going to write an article on necro-realism. It's a topic that a friend of mine got me interested in from studying for his college classes. Interesting stuff. Check it out here: http://www.xs4all.nl/~nondes/ussr/necro1.html

-Looking into reviews. Like what books to highlight,movies,music,merchandise,comics, etc.

-I'd also like to keep brainstorming for a name. "Zombie magazine" sounds too... I dunno... generic. I'll PM you later with some thoughts.

-Right now I would also like to begin encouraging artists and writers to submit some artwork, short stories or whatever for that matter. I know of a few people from another board that may be willing to help out or I might even be willing to commision some artwork for the first few issues.

-We should really start looking into some templates or DTP programs. You mentioned you were roughly familair with some basics.

I'm excited to get started on this. It sounds like a lot of fun and something that a lot of people would be interested in at least taking a glance at. Thanks for sharing the same enthusiasm.


-FD

[Emperor]

OK cool - sounds good.

I know a number artists, like the guy who drew the Halloween comic:

http://www.halloweenmovies.com/GiftShop/OGS/main.html

http://www.joblo.com/arrow/magazinereview5.htm

and I can see if I can't twist some arms (don't hold your breath but sometimes down the line.......).

I'd also be interested in seeing if this blogger wouldn't mind doing something on Neitzche and zombies:
http://mystupiddog.blogspot.com/2004_03_14_mystupiddog_archive.html
http://mystupiddog.blogspot.com/2004_03_21_mystupiddog_archive.html

Necrorealism sounds interesting and nicely obscure.

If we are going to do somehting like the top ten of zombie films then it would be a good idea to get the list circulating.

I'll throw more thoughts in as they occur to me but if people want to make more concrete offers of help and content (or ideas) then that would be a big help.

[Emperor]

Here's what I'll work on right now:

-I'd also like to keep brainstorming for a name. "Zombie magazine" sounds too... I dunno... generic. I'll PM you later with some thoughts.

Yep - while simple can be good it might be best to go for something else the Walking/Living Dead and Undead thing might a bit predictable too but I was toying with something like Resurrection, The Resurrected, Resurrected Review. etc. or The Revenant or something like that.

Emps

[zombiekilling101]

ill offer up my assistance... maybe you could have a little one page section of the best zombie of the month page.. or the best of the best zombie page..

or perhaps have a two page spread showing on the left hand side a zombie from a romero film.. with stats such as a boxer would have.. than a quick little explanation of him, than on the right page have a zombie from a dawn 04 and do the same stats.. than at the bottom have a little senario where they fight or something..

oh and a however your going to make the releases.. have likea comic stip of zombie encoutners in them.

[Emperor]

LOL - I like it!! We could get people to suggest their favourite zombies and do a little feature on them - the zombie nurse, etc.?

Emps

[Emperor]

Everyone should feel free to throw in ideas for the important news to cover - a few that certainly need to be menitoned:

Land of the Dead:
http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=917

Dawn 2004 and Shaun of the dead box office receipts and a look at the reaction.
http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20

Day of the Dead: Contagium:
http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=387

The Rising winning the Bram Stoker award:
http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=818

Anymore?

Emps

[ZombieHunter]

I'd be willing to help out, when I can. I have some graphic design experience and have the following programs: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkExpress. I don't have InDesign, but I'm sure I could get a copy,and learn it relatively quickly. I'm also an aspiring filmmaker, so I could provide info. on indie projects from myself and other aspiriing 'zombie film'-makers.

Don't forget:

28 Weeks Later (not really zombies..so maybe it shouldn't be included?)

Revelation 22:22

[Francesco Dellamorte]

I'm a special effects artist and was thinking it might be cool to show people how to create their own zombie effects. Maybe like a quick 2 page spread or something. Hey RIP, do you have a current version of Quark? I'd like to get a copy if that is at all possible.

-FD

[Emperor]

ZombieHunter: Cool - do you fancy helping out with the design/look/layout? PS Illustartor and Quark is a great combination so you don't need InDesign.

I think "28 Weeks Later" counts as far as most people are concerned.

I am also in favour of promoting the work of the smaller film maker - it'll help give the broadest scope to the whole thing. We can have indeie movie news but we could also do a feature on a production - if someone was interested in keeping a diary covering the whole process and taking lots of still pictures I think that would be an interesting insight.

Francesco Dellamorte: I like the idea. What might be good is to do a slightly longer piece covering zombie special effects (melted crayons, etc.) and then have a guide to making your own.

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OK later on I'll draw together the various ideas we've been kicking around. I think we have more than enough content for the main articles but we still need more ideas for news and offers of reviews (new releases or old classsics), short stories, art, etc. so keep the dieas flowing.

[ZombieHunter]

I'm more than willing to write reviews of old and new zombie films. I'm a member of Netflix, so I could add a bunch of zombie films to the list, and write reviews for them.

I think a music review section would be cool. maybe even a tour calendar, for horror bands.

Maybe even have a section on videogames/games. I'm sure we all remember the great SNES classic 'Zombies Ate My Neighbors'

Comic Books, Art, Etc

[Emperor]

Yeah those reviews would be great - there are lots of zombie movies out there from the new ones to classics to really obscure ones.

What might be interesting is an overview of the various formats Romero's Dead trilogy is available as and the various DVD extras, etc.

Trilogy of the Dead:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006JI27/

Or the Divimax releases, etc.

I'm unsure about the music review/tour ideas - are there enough zombie-related bands out there? Although that doesn't mean we can't slot them into the news or reviews section when they crop up. I would certainly be interested in an overview of zombie-related songs, etc. along the same lines of the suggested overview of books, etc. I mentioned earlier. From the Misfits to White Zombie - and there was always "The Zombies" from the Sixities ;)

I'd certainly be interested in videogame reviews (as well as RPG/boardgames too) and the same goes them too - I'd also be interested in an overview looking at the whole field. We can then do reviews of new games as well as classics. The same with comic books, web cartoons, etc.

[Emperor]

Ok the state of play so far (and some of my thoughts to clarify/expand some points) - the list of zombie movies is taking a while as there are so many - I suspect it might be wise to go for a shortened list for voting purposes but what to leave out and what to put in? ;)

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Names

FD favours Decay which is good but I found a "Beautfiul Decay Magazine" which might be a little too close for comfort.
I like the idea of "The Revenant"

Any other ideas?

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Magazine content:

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Mesage from the editors:

Being worked on.

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News

Upcoming films, books, tours, etc.

News about zombie-related successes (box office, awards, etc.)

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Regular columns

I've offered one on 'Zombies from around the World' but we could do with a couple of other regular features - possibly a web links column?

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Articles

Discussion of various zombie-related aspects; Interviews; reports from filming (if we can), etc. Already ideas include:

Top ten of zombie movies (see below) - it'll probably end up quite long with a page for each (and possibly one for the worst?) and a few pages with a paragraph each on the also rans.
Possible interview with an author of a zombie-related book (I vaguely know an author and will ask them if they are interested - she has done lots of research so that should be interesting). I'll speak to them in the next day or so and get the ball rolling if they are interested.
Zombie special effects

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Overviews/reviews:

Films
Books
Computer games
Board games
RPG
Comics
Cartoons
Music
Art

The idea of the overview is that someone with a good grasp of the relevant field gives a outline of the various elements of it. The films one is so big I hope my idea of a top ten of zombie films (with a paragraph on the ones that didn't make it) would provide a way of doing this as well as getting people involved (as we can ask everyone to chip in a snippet on a film). As we'll be posting this on a number of zombie/horror boards it also has the added bonus of alerting people to the project which might get more ideas, offers of content, etc. flowing in. The others should be more doable for one or two people. They should be important for showing how the field has developed and influenced aspects of zombie vulture. They don't have to be too detailed, as there is a lot of ground to cover, and we can angle for future articles on more focused areas (as I've said I'd be very interested in something on the comic books of the Fifties and Sixties which have been said to influence the development of zombies and keep the flame alive before the big growth in interest thanks to Romero).

As well as reviews for new products we are certainly interested in reviews of classics and obscure gems.

I also think it would be good to do compare and contrast reviews - like the various DVD releases of Romero's Dead films or the various books which give look at zombie films like:

The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia
Peter Dendle (2000)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786408596/

The Dead Walk
Andy Black (2000)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/095365642X/

Eaten Alive!: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies
Jay Slater (Editor) (2002)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0859653145/

Beyond Terror: The Films of Lucio Fulci
Stephen Thrower (1999)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0952926067/

The Cinema of George A.Romero: Knight of the Living Dead
Tony Williams (2003)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903364736/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1903364736/

The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh: The Films of George A. Romero
Paul R. Gagne
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0396085202/

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Short stories

We still need content here.

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Art/cartoons

Ditto.

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Graphics - while we'll need a logo and front covers they can be dealt with in time we will also need smaller graphics to indicate movies, books, etc. for the news and reviews section. Smallish but distinctive - possibly work well if done using vectors to keep the clean and scalable.

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Any other thoughts, ideas, input, etc.?

Emps

[Francesco Dellamorte]

I somehow managed to get some nasty hijack ware on my computer so I have been and will continue to deal with that issue for a few days. Hopefully I can get rid of it soon. Anyways, things are looking good.


-FD

[Emperor]

I'm still working on the film list which I'll post and we can then trim down a bit and add anything I've missed but I thought I'd stop in and say that on the overview front I can do a "zombies on TV" overview. I've got a reasonable list already and will give it some thought at some point. It is the zombie novels overview I'm really interested in and I'm sure someone around these parts can give us a good summary.

Emps

[Francesco Dellamorte]

I'm back!

A few things that I have been thinking about is that we should decide on a name for the mag and start to develop some logos and possibly a mock-up cover. Just to see how things look and to spark some creativity. If we have at least a small bit of information or pictures to show people it will go a long way. So basically what I'm getting at is that I think we need some promotional materials or at least maybe start working on them.

On another note, does anyone have any knowledge of getting this thing printed? Like roughly how much it might cost? I am still in need of a DTP program like Quark or InDesign and I will be working on acquiring a decent program.

Everyone keep the creativity Alive... orrr... DEAD for that matter. Feel free to e-mail or PM me or Emps with any ideas or go ahead and post them right here. If you are interested in submitting something...anything at all, don't hesitate, don't be shy. Take care all.

-FD

[Emperor]

On another note, does anyone have any knowledge of getting this thing printed? Like roughly how much it might cost?

My thinking was, at least initially, publish online in PDF format. The bulk of the cost of a magazine and a big slice of hassle is actually getting it rendered into paper format and making sure it got wide enough distribution. I often feel that a number of magazines with a specialist subject area would go for online publication first or at least have that as a second string to their bow if they are already established (I have some examples to hand that I'll dig out).

Basically if we go for an online distribution it means we can move ahead rapidly and if it takes off and we get offers to publish it we can look into that. Otherwise things could get tied up in length negotiations, etc.

What I would suggest is that every 6-12 issues or so we bring them all together into one file so people could use the rapidly expanding avaialblility of print on demand services (which a lot of people, including Raptorman?, are taking advantage of at the moment). I know someone in the trade and have discussed similar publsihing ventures with him and it would be ideal.

Emps

[Emperor]

OK I have been working on a realtively comprehensive list of zombie movies. The aim is to have a vote where people can pick their top 5 films and a worst one (and add some brief comments) and we can then work this into a big feature for the first issue as it is really the kind of thing you have to do in a first issue and it should prove a worthwhile effort and get people interest in the project.

Anyway this is stage one where I throw the list open to comment - are there obvious ommisions (I'm pretty sure I've missed some recent films)? Should I include mummy and Frankenstein movies? The aim is to have the broadest range of films for people to vote on so I've included a lot of reanimated dead movies - we can argue from now until Doomsday whether they are strictly zombie movies but in the end if people don't think they are then they don't have to vote for them ;)

That said if I've boobed and included something that doesn't qualify in even the broadest sense then let me know and I'll adjust it.

So just to clarify this isn't the final list and there is no need to vote now I just want lots of expert eyes to make sure its OK.

We'd also be interested in suggestions of other forums that might be interested in joining in the voting (places that deal with zombies, horror movies, etc.).

Note: The file is a zipped HTML file so it should work for just about everyone and it is virus free. I'll fancy it up a bit and make the links work, etc. before making the final version available for voting.

[edit: Have I actually attached anything to this thread? It tells me there are attachments under manage attachments on this thread but I can't see it on the actual thread]

[edit2: Ah ha - its a different attachment system to the one I'm used to with vB boards. Here is the attached file:

http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=7

if there are problems let me know.]

[edit3: Its only 17kb by the way]

[edit4: Sorry about the attachment problems - it was there and then it wasn't - I've added it again and updated the link above]

[edit5: And its gone again. I've updated the link above but I'll sort something permanent out in a minute as it appears they might be automatically being deleted or something.]

[Emperor]

I don't seem to be able to get the attachments to work on the board for anything length of time (I do mod and admin two vBulletin boards but this has me stumped) so while I'm working on that I have uploaded it here:

http://www.the-emperor.org/downloads/zombie_films_html.zip

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This is the same as the file mentioned in the previous post but to get things rolling I have spotted a missing one:

There are Nazi zombies in Hellboy (2004):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167190/

Anymore?

[Francesco Dellamorte]

Everyone should check this out. It is the uber list of zombie movies and Emps spent a lot of time on making it awesome. We'd like to get some feedback from everyone on it. We would also like people to pick 5 of their favorite zombie movies and 1 worst zombie movie and provide brief comments. It's a very small download (17kb) and is very much worth it. So if you have a few minutes, please check it out and see what you think. Thanks.

-FD

[i-eat-ears]

The list looks very comprehensive but I'm not one of the experts on here who really know in-depth every zombie film! I thought Emperor said that at this stage he didn't want people to vote yet, just check through the list.

There's a forum attached to the www.joblo.com/arrow horror review site that may well have people who are interested in voting.

Sorry I've found the proper link to the bit you want www.joblo.com/forums/

[Emperor]

The list looks very comprehensive but I'm not one of the experts on here who really know in-depth every zombie film! I thought Emperor said that at this stage he didn't want people to vote yet, just check through the list.

Yep - its not a big deal if people want to vote now as I suspect most of the ones people will be voting for are in but I'll start a thread on it when we are happy and I'll give some better instructions and stuff but that doesn't mean people shouldn't start drawing up their list (getting it down to 5 is pretty tricky although I think I have mine finalised ready for the voting) ;)

Thanks for the tip on the forum. Keep them coming.

Emps

[ZombieHunter]

I noticed that the Friday the 13th (Jason Vorhees....not the Halloween series as stated at the bottom of the list, Michael Myers was the killer in Halloween) movies were included..sure he comes back...but I don't know if I'd classify them as 'zombie' films.

Zombie films in my opinon are films like:

Zombi 2
Dead Alive
28 Days Later
The Dead Trilogy
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Return of the Living Dead

[Emperor]

Yep I agree that they'd be the kinds of films I pick - my aim is to have as wide a range as possible so I have cast my net as wide as I thought was OK (taking in reanimated dead-type films). If people don't think they are zombie movies then they don't need to vote for them ;)

I'm more concerned about missing any zombie movies out (although I might tirm the list down a bit later

For discussion on whether Jason Voorhees is a zombie see:

http://www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=730

[Francesco Dellamorte]

Hello All!

Well, we have been making a lot of progress since we first discussed this project. I'd like to introduce to you Revenant Magazine the online zombie magazine! We're going to cover all aspects of zombidom... film,fiction,philosophy,art,comics ... if it relates to zombies we're on it.

We are currently working on our first jam packed issue. Each issue will feature original cover artwork by different artists from around the world. We have some very interesting articles, interviews and featured sections that all zombie fans will appreciate. The magazine will be able to be viewed online as well as in PDF format. Readers will be able to download the mag, print it off and freely distribute it.

We've been pleased by the response that we've gotten so far and it can only get more exciting from here on out. Check out the site which is still being designed and come and drop in our forum. If you have something you'd like to submit, drop us a line we are always open to new things. We're aiming for a mid April launch but we're too excited to keep it under wraps.

www.revenantmagazine.com


Regards,

-FD and the rest of the Revenant crew

[Pain]

Just checked it out. Looking forward to the first issue guys :clap:

[Emperor]

Just checked it out. Looking forward to the first issue guys :clap:

Thanks its not completely finalised but issues 1 and 2 are both looking really good so far. Its far exceeded what I thought we'd be able to do as I imagined we'd have to get some memtum going first but quite a few people have taken a chance with us (as an unproven commodity) and we will get off to a great start which will set up us really well for future issues.

We will be doing overviews of different areas of zombidom for the first half dozen issues (as well as news, regular features, articles, reviews, interviews, fiction, art, competitions, etc., etc.) - the first one is, obviously, movies which is why we are running the top ten vote:

www.allthingszombie.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3217

and then we will deal with fiction books and beyond that comics, games, etc.

And we aim to be the voice of zombidom so even if you aren't an artist, writer, etc. or have contacts - you can make your opinions heard in the movie vote and feel free to throw in ideas of things you'd like to see and we'll try and chase it up.

Keep checking the site out for stuff and we'll keep everyone here updated on progress.

[Darius]

i wish the magazine would be pdf format so i could print it and see a pile of magazines growing and growing on my table.

[ranma71]

So start one.



ATZ monthly online magazine FTW!!:drinking:

[Darius]

so how is the magazine going eh?