Comments on: If zombies are the new vampires, then what are sea monsters?

By: Alan Coil

Alan Coil — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:22:00 +0000

Sushi?

By: Ryan K Lindsay

Ryan K Lindsay — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:05:17 +0000

My lord, is everyone trying to match old Victorian prose to some form of mythological monster now. They just don't get it, you can't capture lightning in a bottle, and that idiom exists for a reason, it's true. Will the public soon have Zombie Fatigue? When will we see Oliver Twist-ed his neck and is now the Living Dead "Please sir, I want some more...brains!" Ugh Or; Crime and Punishment and Big Fucking Stakes; a look at vampire hunting throughout Russian history...wretch Or; The Moon and Silver Sixpence - an artist's journey to Tahiti to be cured of his werewolfism...hack Finally; Breakfast Is Tiffany! A macabre image of Gucci hipsters turning into cannibals purely because it is the trendy thing to do this week. P&P&Z was good, i read it and really liked it, but I don't know if I could sustain an entire library of that sort of thing. Saying that, if I see S&S&S-M cheap I'll get it, but not full price like Grahame-Smith's 'masterpiece'.

By: Michael May

Michael May — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:07:46 +0000

I passed on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, so I haven't burned out on the literature-monster mashup concept yet. Adding a giant mutant lobster to Sense and Sensibility sounds just about perfect to me.

By: Matt Maxwell

Matt Maxwell — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:40:26 +0000

That stopped working for Guiliani a couple years ago, Blake. I'd be surprised if it worked for you...

By: Blake Allen

Blake Allen — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:27:18 +0000

"the bony finger points to 9/11 which, Dziemianowicz writes, transformed the zombie into “a monster for our time.”

Huh? Did I miss something in that sentence? People make 9/11 a scapegoat for anything if they need an excuse for it. Maybe the article would be better with an added explaination as to why 9/11 is mentioned in the same sentence as zombies.

Next time I lose my keys, I should "point the finger" to 9/11.

By: Jon Van Gilder

Jon Van Gilder — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:22:21 +0000

the new Sea Monster is the Black Hand version of Aquaman obviously.

By: Chris Schweizer

Chris Schweizer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:10:27 +0000

It's sad how bandwagonny the publishing world is (not that the comics world is any better). This... this is just sad. Not even upsetting, just shake-your-head sad.

By: Matt Maxwell

Matt Maxwell — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:05:23 +0000

9/11 made zombies "monsters for our time"? Don't tell George Romero that!

By: Shadowbanker

Shadowbanker — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:24:27 +0000

"Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" is weak. I think the joke ran its course with the first title.