Author of Telos’ brilliant guide to Zombie films, Zombiemania, Dr Arnold T Blumberg, has hit the headlines all over the world with a course on the subject that he’s running at the University of Baltimore. Students taking English 333 will watch 16 classic zombie films and read zombie comics. As an alternative to a final research paper they may write scripts or draw storyboards for their ideal zombie flicks.
Arnold has been somewhat taken aback by all the interest. ‘It’s huge, beyond any huge that the university or I expected,’ he commented. ‘The Baltimore Sun article was first on Monday, then it was picked up by the AP. By the next morning, there were 200-some versions online and radio and TV requests came in from the US, UK, Australia, China, Mexico and Belgrade…so far (I think now it’s like 300). They’re still coming. I’ll be on FOX News here in the States on Monday morning!’
Copies of Zombiemania are available from Telos Publishing direct.