Zombie inspirations

With this trend of zombies in the media lately there is a lot of clutter.  A lot of people like me are trying to make original content because they love zombies.  If you managed to find my blog then you probably know about most of my inspirations and are looking for more content.  The intent here is to show you what I consider inspirational to my version of a zombie apocalypse.  Please leave comments on subjects that you feel should be covered in the near future.


www.zombiehunters.org
This website is pretty awesome.  It is not what the name implies.  It is a prepping website that takes a realistic look at preparing for a post apocalyptic world.  Also their forums have tons of rules like no talking about politics and no talking about doing something illegal.  Shooting at or robbing from humans isn't allowed even when speaking hypothetically.  I especially like their Fiction section.  It is the area where people talk about zombies through the medium of fiction writing.  I use the rest of the site as ideas for characters in a PAW(Post Apocalyptic World) and what kind of gear they would have/find in their journey.  I also got the acronym ZPAW from reading this site.

http://mjoyzy.blogspot.com/2011/11/august-it-begins.html
This is by and far the best zombie fiction I have read outside of The Walking Dead.  Kathy in FL writes a story about a ZPAW from the perspective of a prepper mom in a diary format that fits well with a blog style story telling.  The story was originally told in the zombiehunters fiction forum but was moved to blogspot for easier reading.  If you want to read the original format in all it's glory and with community feedback like I read it go here.  http://zombiehunters.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=35300

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walking_Dead_(comic_book)
The Graphic Novel "The Walking Dead" is the first zombie fiction I read and was able to relate to.  It is ongoing and awesome.  @RobertKirkman is the author of it and I plan to have a bookshelf full of TWD content someday.  Here is the amazon link to the issues if you are interested and didn't know about it.  http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Collected-Editions/lm/R3DLKI0S20B6L6

http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead
The TV show The Walking Dead is pretty awesome.  TV as a medium for art is much more popular than graphic novels. Many more people watch the show than will ever read the work it is based on.  The book was better.  That is what most people say when a show is made out of their favorite book.  The show doesn't try to stay true to the story of the Graphic novel.  They split from the story line early and hard making it a fresh story that doesn't spoil the Graphic Novel or vise versa

http://www.zombiesrungame.com/
This is an awesome app.  It helps me get off my fat ass and go running.  The fact that they got the http://www.kickstarter.com fund to make the app bodes well for the zombie industry as a whole.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386925/
"The Dead" was just another zombie B movie.  Except it wasn't.  The feeling you get while watching it is similar to how I want my world to feel. This is by and far my favorite zombie movie of all time.

Honorable Mention

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(disambiguation)
Milla Jovovich is hot and zombies are cool.  They have a very compelling story and a huge franchise.  This is honorable mention because the "Hero" stops the "Bad Guy".  In the world that I imagine there are no heroes and no superpowers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left4Dead
Zombie game with a cool story.  Fun team play makes it a party game if you have 4 or 8 friends.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Island
This game is freaking awesome.  Very visceral and I love sandbox games like this and Elder Scrolls.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_the_Fire
This is a book that had nothing to do with zombies.  It is written by someone with very different ideas and ideals than me.  The later books lost me with their deep religious influences.  The PAW creation and the story of how it happened was extremely compelling and also a fun read.

Hopefully there is something on this list that you didn't already know about.  Also hopefully you understand that I am not going to be writing about heroes with superpowers.  I am not going to write about cool guns and machetes.  I definitely won't be writing about AWESOME head-shots.   I am going to write about people and how they react and survive when things go badly.

Also making HTML links is boring.  This is gonna be fun!