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Geoff Bough - Revenant Magazine Editor In Chief
In preparing to rack my brain to determine why zombies interest me so much I drew a parallel between man and zombies. If you think about it, it’s really not that far fetched. They both possess the following similar characteristics; a lack of social interaction, minimal purpose or direction and a lust to consume. Now, I’m not saying that I think man has devolved into the walking dead but pointing out the declination of today’s social communication and values. It’s interesting to me that people just seem to be driven by some unnatural force and really have minimal respect for others.
I do also really enjoy the social threads woven between survivors in the more interesting zombie films. The personalities often tend to clash and deteriorate as the film progresses and characters experience a sense of hopelessness. At times I become unsure of where the true danger lies. Are the living dead the imminent threat or is it the emotionally unstable survivor? It would be almost ironic to be holed-up in a fortified area only to be hunted by a psychopathic fellow survivor having a mental meltdown.
Now on to what scares me about a zombie outbreak. I think there are a number of things to fear when put in an apocalyptic instance. For one there is a brooding, overwhelming sense of uncertainty which poses many often unanswerable questions. How wide is the outbreak? How did it start? Is my family okay? Will I survive this? Given the situation, having to ask myself these questions would chill me to the bone. Another truly terrifying example is an immediate detachment of emotion. If a friend or family member becomes infected, you might not have time to say goodbye. You might be put in a situation where you are surprised by a loved one who has turned without your knowledge. There has to be an almost instant severing of emotion where one must realize that this creature is no longer my friend or family but is out to eat my flesh.
Revenant is an exciting endeavor for me and I really intend to cater to all zombie fans because that’s what I’ve been since I was a kid. Revenant is in a sense a pretty groundbreaking project. The first zombie magazine to bring you all the latest news and info. Created by fans for fans. We hope to provide informative and interesting articles and reviews, incredible artwork and a zombified forum for all the undead to dwell. I really encourage people to contact us. Let us know what you think of the mag, whatever’s on your mind.
Drop us a note detailing how you would survive an outbreak of the undead, got an article about the rate of infection your itching to get off your chest? Give us a ring. We like reading mail, good or bad.
We are currently hard at work designing the printed aspect of Revenant Magazine! Exciting times are at hand and we hope to debut our undead baby to the world as soon as we're able. Enjoy the mag everyone!
Geoff has worked in the special effects field as an effects artist and even landed a credit on IMDB for his work on the zombie music video "Terry". He enjoys all aspects of film and also organizes the Revenant Film Festival, the all indie zombie film festival
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Favorite Zombie films: Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Cemetery Man, Zombie, Shaun of the Dead, Night 90’.
E-mail me at: fd@revenantmagazine.com
John Reppion - Content Editor/Columnist
John is a freelance writer based in Liverpool, UK.
His career began in 2003 when he collaborated with his wife Leah Moore on the comic book mini series “Wild Girl” (published by Wildstorm in 2004/05).
When not co-scripting comics, John’s interests in Fortean phenomena, esoterica, folklore, philosophy, theology and horror have led to his writing articles and reviews for numerous magazines and periodicals including Fortean Times, Strange Attractor and The End is Nigh.
A lifelong fan of horror and all things zombie, John is proud to contribute to Revenant Magazine.
For more info visit www.moorereppion.com
Wayne
Simmons - Staff Writer/Contributor
Belfast born, Wayne Simmons, has been loitering with intent around the horror underground for some years. Having scribbled reviews and interviews for the likes of Pretty Scary, Zombie A-Go-Go, The Grindhouse and News Of the Dead, Wayne is now excited to be working with PREMIERE zombie site, Revenant.
Due to release his own debut (zombie-ish) horror novel – Drop Dead
Gorgeous - towards the end of 2007, Wayne is working very hard with his
publisher, Permuted Press, whose writers he has been known to offer up
his candidly-cruel talents as HEATHEN-HORROR-HACK to (just ask Kim Paffenroth!).
In what little spare time Wayne has left, he enjoys walks by the shore,
getting tattooed and listening to all manner of unseemly screeches on
his BOOM-BOOM Box. Rumour also has it that the infamously unheard of bizarro
E-Press, shiny HOO-HAA and Wayne enjoy something of a love-hate affair.
Mostly love, of course…
www.myspace.com/readdropdeadgorgeous
Jenna Pitman - Contributor 
Jenna Pitman is an aspiring author who has serials running on both Reventant Magazine and in the Seattle Sinner. She walks dogs in the Ballard and Queen Anne neighborhoods of Seattle, WA where she lives with her two dogs and cats. (in mass hysteria)
Jenna Pitman has been chronicling the plight of Haven for the past five
years. Through multiple trips to the site and extensive research she has
unearthed the true heart of the incident. After several court battles
she managed to withstand pressure from both government agencies and private
interest groups and finally gain leave to bring the true story to the
public.
Jon
Walmsley - Review Contributor
Jon Walmsley, 28 from Southampton, UK.
Aims : To fill my flat with every Zombie film I can find (even terrible ones like Zombie Nosh), and to find the zombie film with the perfect mixture of originality, gore and nudity. It's out there somewhere! ;-)
Favourite Film : Zombie Flesh Eaters / Zombie / Zombi 2. - Zombie films
reached perfection in Italy in the 1970s, but there are still plenty of
enjoyable ones from each decade out there.
When not collecting and watching Zombie films You can find me going to
crazy metal gigs, and learning to become a drumming guru. Slowly. You
can also check out my zombie film review blog at trioxin.wordpress.com
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