What exactly is it?
Z Magazine is a 56-60 page, full color magazine printed on heavyweight paper. It contains satirical, humorous, and thoughtful articles written from the perspective of zombies living in a reality where humans and the undead cohabitate. There are advertisements for shows and products catered to the undead as well as photography and illustrations of zombies.
The magazine is slightly oversized (around 9x12) and looks great on a coffee table. It’s not a flimsy product; the pages are luxurious and hearty. The whole magazine is full bleed.
About the Magazine
Z Magazine started off as an idea between close friends and family and is fast becoming an indie favorite in the zombie community. With writers and graphic artists from across the world, Z Magazine hopes to shamble its way into the hearts of anyone who likes the genre.The magazine started off with only a handful of contributors but has opened its doors to anyone who has a good idea and can translate it into an article. We welcome further development of established ideas, but also love it when people come up with crazy new concepts to ad to the world. Zombies don’t have to be the mindless corpses we remember from the Romero flicks (don’t get us wrong, we love those!). We want to make people think and offer them a perspective on the undead that they can’t find anywhere else. We want to make you think. We want to make you feel. We want you to look at zombies in a different light!
Along with a variety of writers Z Magazine works with photo manipulators, painters, and illustrators of all kinds to produce the graphics in the magazine. Our featured zombies (the cover zombie and most of the ad zombies) are all done in real life; in other words, we break out the latex and paints and create them from scratch!
We hope that you enjoy Z Magazine and share it with your friends and family. Sit back and read it cover to cover, flip through it here and there, or put it on the coffee table to scare your guests...we like that.
Current Editorial Board
Eloise J. Knapp: writer, model, editor, makeup artist, photographer, designer. Knapp is the author of The Undead Situation as well as a zombie enthusiast extraordinaire. She is currently attending Seattle University for a degree in graphic design.Eloise's Facebook
John MacLeod: editor, writer. John hails from western Massachusetts, and has an undying love of zombies, music and geek culture. His journalism diploma sits on a wall, quietly mocking him as he toils in a factory. He is a staff writer and editor for the web site Zombie Zone News, and is a freelance editor for anyone willing to hand him a large canvas bag with a dollar sign painted on it…
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Past Editorial Board
Michael Berg, writer, model. Berg operates a print shop and enjoys fine dining and drinks in his spare time.L.J. Landstrom, writer, editor, model. Landstrom is a super-mom by day and paranormal investigator by night.
Joseph Berg, writer. When not devising new gun holsters or figuring out ways to create better self-sustaining gardens, Berg runs a computer repair shop.
J.M. Cole, writer. Cole is a software developer and currently in the process of getting his pilots license.