Comic Books
3 Free Comic Previews – Post Apocalypse
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the saying, “if it’s free, it’s for me” doesn't always ring true. See, on Comixology.com they’ve got more free comics than you’ll know…
Tag: survival
Basic Survival
Killing Zombies: What they don't tell you
The likelihood of zombies rising up and trying to eat your face isn't the point. What is the point is that if zombies do rise up you need to be prepared to…
Movies
Winter Apocalypse Movie Round Up
Sometimes, here in the northeast, we have snow days. No, not just for school children, we get them for adults too. Another strange northeastern behavior: Every winter we act like…
Post-Apocalypse People
Race relations in the post apocalypse
I know race relations (or the possible lack thereof) isn’t necessarily something people want to think about, let alone talk about. But. Race relations, racial tensions, and all that other…
Basic Survival
The Hollywood Tough Girl, and why she would die immediately.
In more recent years, Hollywood has attempted to be slightly less disgustingly misogynistic in it's treatment of women, more out of an attempt to appear forward-thinking rather than a genuine belief that…
Post-Apocalypse People
Why you should try to stay on our good sides.
Alright, so this is actually a post about us, because we are awesome. In March, ICoS will have been going for a year. A year! In that year, I have…
Reading Material
Survival instruction nursery rhyme
Jamie made the following comment to my last post: I really like the idea of making up nursery rhymes that carry survival instructions. Those kinds of things will stick in…
Comic Books
A Discussion of CROSSED
Crossed is a graphic novel written by Garth Ennis, drawn by Jacen Burrows, and published via Avatar Press. The story is set in a world where suddenly there are people who…
Video Games
Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone
Poor Char. The apocalypse is always hitting Canada and Canadians the hardest. Even in this tongue-in-cheek video game about surviving the apocalypse on a island, Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone, Canada…
Apocalyptic Living
What Are Women Worth at The End of The World?
Many of the depictions of apocalyptic life we see are over the top and hyper-fictionalized. In the few more realistic versions, there is a disquieting, reoccurring theme: women are weak…