Z.E.D.: Zombies! Emergencies! Disasters! - SAMPLER PDF

Dear Friends of Rigor Mortis,

Battling the apocalypse and zombie hordes is a never-ending challenge. We discovered a manuscript that we had to publish, as a matter of public interest. It will address some of those survival issues other guides tend to omit - like DIY cannibalism, skin care tips, and the realities of someone going from couch to bad-assed zombie killer (note: Dorito-breath does not deter zombies, just girls). In addition to all these handy tips that may save your life (or make you want to take it), is a recently unearthed (literally) comic starring horror comic legends. They will show you how to DO the apocalypse like it is fashion week.

You can download the issue with the following options:

Higher res PDF:
http://www.4shared.com/document/Gh2x0vns/ZED_PDF_Sampler.html

Higher res image files:
http://www.4shared.com/file/kTEn4hbZ/ZED_ALL_COMIX_SURVIVAL_KIT_160.html

Low res PDF:
http://www.leekinginc.com/rigormortis/ZEDSampler.pdf

Or view the individual images at:
http://www.leekinginc.com/rigormortis/ZEDart.htm

We are still conjuring the print edition and will let you know when it is ready to be released upon the world.

For now, laugh, cry, and cringe as we present snippets from Z.E.D.: Zombies! Emergencies! Disasters!

Blasphemously,

The Editors of Rigor Mortis

DeadVida and Rigor Mortis Profiled by Bret McCabe in City Paper

Grave Concerns:
Zine Rigor Mortis explores what we talk about when we talk about zombies

“I think because they scared me,” zine publisher Davida Gypsy Breier says, explaining an interest in zombies that turned into her collaborative zombie zine Rigor Mortis two years back. “They’re still scary and it was good to be scared by something that wasn’t real. There’s almost something cathartic to let all of that anxiety out in something that—hey, cut-rate therapy, whatever you want to call it—but it was something that was very scary but it wasn’t actually dealing with the real-life stuff.”


Keep reading...

Legally Undead

Minneapolis will pay $165,000 to seven people who were dressed as zombies that were jailed after a street theater protest.
http://www.startribune.com/local/101273159.html

Gay of the Dead

Gay of the Dead: “VINDICATION” writer/director Bart Mastronardi

Best zombie books of the decade (according to the Harrisburg Book Examiner)

http://www.examiner.com/x-32220-Harrisburg-Book-Examiner~y2009m12d18-Best-zombie-books-of-the-decade

The Year in Pictures from the SF Chronicle:

Zombies Ahead!

Attack of the Vegan Zombies

The title alone has me curious about Attack of the Vegan Zombies!

Shop Locally This Holiday Season!

The Eight-Stone Press Shopping Guide offers a guide to many things indy, especially in Baltimore for this holiday season. You'll find zombies (movies and zines), ghost stories, music, t-shirts, books, food, photography and more.

DeadVida on the Radio

Attention, horror fans! Last week's edition of local NPR arts and culture program THE SIGNAL offered an interview with DeadVida (aka Davida Gypsy Breier), editor-publisher of RIGOR MORTIS.

Go to The Signal website to take a listen.

For more information about RIGOR MORTIS, visit http://leekinginc.com/rigormortis/rm2.htm.

Nice Write up from The Baltimore Sun's Read Street

"There are only 12 days till Halloween. Do you know where your zombies are?

If I were you, I'd start looking in Hampden, at Atomic Books to be precise. And if you've got no luck there, the Internet is always a good way to go.

This year's Rigor Mortis might be hard to spot, though. It's camouflaged behind a clown cover; an evil-looking clown with a a bright red nose and an undead head beneath his arm, to be precise."

Keep reading...

The Slaughtered Lamb Cinema

The folks over at Slaughtered Lamb Cinema posted some kind words about Rigor Mortis. I started reading through the blog and there is a wealth of zombie and horror information on the site. Check it out: http://slcinema.blogspot.com/

The Walking Dead map

This is one of the coolest things I've seen - A map of the locations and the incidents in The Walking Dead. Go check it out!

Shaun of the Dead Bar!

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/08/18/cool-stuff-shaun-of-dead-inspired-bar/

BBC Covers the Science Behind Outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206280.stm

Zombie Song Parodies!

http://zombaritaville.blogspot.com/

Sample:

Attackin' Diane
To the tune of Jack & Diane by John Mellencamp

There's a zombie attackin' Diane
Some undead cat's come around, wanna eat her glands
His ugly face is one bad scar
Diane's combatin' zombies in her hotwired car.....

Zombies in Plain English - A Survival Guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVnfyradCPY&feature=channel

Zombies Storm an Apple Store

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aheram/219515706/

A Scientific Look at Outbreak

Zombies! Nerds! The best of both worlds:
http://www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/~rsmith/Zombies.pdf

New Zombie Film: Colin

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/8170551.stm

Discrimination of the Living Dead (comic)

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