Episode 844: Carrying On

I started Bricks of the Dead at the beginning of 2010, although this silly little zombie comic actually began it’s life in late 2009 on another website under the name “Lego My Brains”. All told, I’ve worked on it for close to nine years, which is a hell of a long...

Episode 843: Settle Down, Man

Zombie Cliche Lookout: Today’s episode is a shameless ripoff, but not of a zombie story. Instead, it comes from Aliens (one of my favorite films), in which Ripley manages to save some of the marines with her quick thinking, but needs to be forced to calm down after...

Episode 842: Negotiation Breakdown

Zombie Cliche Lookout: Extrajudicial Execution In the zombie apocalypse, the criminal justice system is represented by two equally important concepts: the investigation of the crime, and the punishment of the offender. Often, the two sides are represented by the same...

Bricks of the Dead AMA

Okay everyone, with the comic ending, I thought I’d give you all an opportunity to ask whatever you want about the comic, plot changes, abandoned arcs, etc. Just ask your questions in the comments below, and I’ll start adding them up here with an answer. Fire when...

Episode 841: Calming Down

Zombie Cliche Lookout: Final Standoff There comes a point in much of zombie fiction where the good guys are triumphant, and the human enemies stand before them, defenseless. All of the injustices and offenses committed by those bad guys are laid bare for the audience...

Episode 840: Tables Turned

Zombie Cliche Lookout: Flipping the Odds In the majority of popular fiction, the good guys win, although the zombie genre frequently turns this on its head. Why is this? Well, I suspect most people like to see the people they’re rooting for win out. After all, if the...