A Children’s Apocalypse
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Most of us know the stories, both terrifying and inspiring, of the men and women who did their best in fending off the insatiable, undead horde during the inevitable zombie apocalypse. These stories and images have been reproduced and retold for generations; but what of the untold heroes? What of the children? Should we not remember their valiant contributions to the cause? Shall we forget the diminutive progeny who, baseball bat and trash can lid in hand, struck down fiends who, perhaps only moments ago, were playing left field? Will the the tales of eagle-eyed, slingshot snipers and steady handed brick slingers remain unknown? How can we let the legacy of the fine youngsters who defended our playgrounds lapse, and crumble into ruin?
Thankfully, Jason Chan has seen this glaring, historical omission and declared, “NO! No, this will not stand!” and we at Ectomo applaud him for giving voice to a heretofore all but silent minority; for weaving the tapestry of the Children’s Apocalypse.
Jason Chan, Zombie Playground [Artist’s Site] : Something Awful : Thanks, Sam!
Categories: Illustration, Zombies, Artists, Small Children, Apocalypse, Art
Posted at 10:44 am on June 3, 2008
9 Comments -
This is undoubtedly the coolest thing I’ve seen all day.
Comment by Susannah — June 3, 2008 @ 11:33 am
i’ve had dreams like this… this is awesome.. so much movement…
Comment by dean — June 3, 2008 @ 11:44 am
Oh man, this is the best single piece of art all year! It instantly became my desktop wallpaper. If prints were offered, I would get one.
Comment by AutomagV — June 3, 2008 @ 12:31 pm
Great art. He also does art for MTG cards. My kind of guy.
Comment by csquared — June 3, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
lol i love the girl with the brick…
they’re totally outnumbered yet i know they will win…
Comment by cara — June 3, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
This is great.
Comment by Mike — June 3, 2008 @ 2:25 pm
Brick-girl is my favorite. I would love to see this as a videogame or animated feature but with a Mature or R rating for scenes of graphic violence, blood and gore. Yes, yes. I endorse this.
Comment by Sean Grimm — June 3, 2008 @ 2:52 pm
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See, this is how I wanted to spend my fifth grade year - fighting off zombies. I used to sit in class daydreaming about it. Which explains why I’m so terrible at long division. But anyway.
Comment by CJ — June 4, 2008 @ 1:39 pm