Humans vs. Zombies at Ohio University

I recently gave a presentation on zombies to Professor Tom Scanlan's UC 190 course, which is designed to introduce 1st-year English majors to the research areas and creative projects of Ohio University English Faculty.1 A former student of mine who...

Posted by mistersquid on October 11, 2007 4:22 PM

The Twilight of Capitalism

Introduction: Zombie NationIn the last decade, zombies have taken a place of cultural prominence that in some ways is incongruous with their low culture origins. Among other things, this essay accounts for this increase in scholarly interest by examining the...

Posted by mistersquid on August 27, 2007 7:29 PM

Hat Trick

After images of fighters launching cruise missiles and ICBMs emerging from their silos, the onset of zombies is the Western world's prevailing vision of apocalypse....

Posted by mistersquid on July 28, 2007 6:21 PM

Not So Silver

In the Fall of this year (I think), twenty-five years will have passed since I began keeping a journal. In Jr. High, I headed every entry "J.A.W.'s Journal" followed by the date.1 For the first decade, I composed my entries...

Posted by mistersquid on July 7, 2007 10:52 AM