Smart Pop Classics: Zombie People

In the Smart Pop Classics series, we share greatest hits from our throwback essay collections.  This week, Brenden Riley explores the complicated nature of personhood in his essay “Zombie People” from Triumph of The Walking Dead: Robert Kirkman’s Zombie Epic on Page and Screen .

She’s not your mother anymore.”
—Ed, Shaun of the Dead

“I don’t want to be walkin’ around like that.”
—Roger, Dawn of the Dead

“Keep your funeral, dear. Timmy and I are going zombie.”
—Helen, Fido

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