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Zombies!
An Illustrated History of the Undead
When writer/director George A. Romero released his seminal cult classic movie, Night of the Living Dead, in 1968 he had little idea of the vast cultural impact it would have. Over the past 40 years zombie culture has steadily grown in popularity-until the legions of the undead have infected every aspect of pop culture from movies and novels in comic books, television, music, toys and even fashion.
Zombies!: An Illustrated History of the Undead (St. Martin’s Griffin) celebrates the living’s enduring fascination with the ever popular undead. From its earliest cultural origins in African folklore and the Voodoo religion that emerged in Haiti through its colorful pedigree in cinema, right up to the contemporary mass zombie walks.
“Jovanka ‘The Vook’ Vuckovic, has given us here in this book, a history of the ‘zombie’ in film and literature. Just remember, as you read this book, that some day YOU are going to die. And when you go…and when you come back….try to be a “good guy.”
-George A. Romero
Cover art is drawn by Charlie Adlard.
Author: Jovanka Vuckovic is the former editor-in-chief of Rue Morgue Magazine, the world’s largest and fastest-growing horror magazine.
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