About the book
All My Friends are Zombies is an illustrated guide to the human side of the living dead, written in the perspective of a survivor of the apocalypse filling a journal with everything they've witnessed. Inside its pages you'll find original illustrations of the zombies along with in depth interviews that help bring each zombie's personality to light. You'll also find Polaroids of real abandoned locations that may or may not still be safe, quotes, poems, and other musings on what day to day life is like for both survivors and the living dead.
The author & The idea
I'm Matt Sebert, a graphic designer and illustrator from Southern New Hampshire. Over the past year I've been steadily turning all my friends and acquaintances into zombies by way of illustration. It all began simply enough when a friend asked me to illustrate him as a zombie.
While I was working on his illustration I began to wonder what he would be like if he actually turned. What parts of his personality would he keep and what would be overpowered by his new found craving for living flesh? After I finished with his illustration I began to illustrate more of the people I knew. One after another. It became something of an addiction and before I knew it I had a stack of zombified friends from all over the world.
Shortly after, the questionaries were sent out for the recently zombified to fill in using their new undead personalities. The answered questionnaires slowly started to come back to come and I found that they were clever, funny, or in some cases just plain bizarre! At this point I knew that others would love to read them as well.
While I was working on his illustration I began to wonder what he would be like if he actually turned. What parts of his personality would he keep and what would be overpowered by his new found craving for living flesh? After I finished with his illustration I began to illustrate more of the people I knew. One after another. It became something of an addiction and before I knew it I had a stack of zombified friends from all over the world.
Shortly after, the questionaries were sent out for the recently zombified to fill in using their new undead personalities. The answered questionnaires slowly started to come back to come and I found that they were clever, funny, or in some cases just plain bizarre! At this point I knew that others would love to read them as well.
why is a Kickstarter important?
This Kickstarter will bring this book to life. To turn it into a tangible item. In its current state, All My Friends are Zombies is just a group of digital files inside my computer, but with your backing. When you back this book you're helping to cover the costs of marketing the book, build a better website, and most importantly of all print the actual book. Self publishing is costly and without your help and backing, the book won't be what it could be.
And lastly...
I owe the deepest thanks to all of the fans of All My Friends are Zombies, without them I wouldn't have gotten as far as I have.
If you're not connected with AMFaZ yet, like the book on Facebook or follow on Twitter! Get the latest updates and enter in contests for some free zombie goodness.
I hope you enjoy getting to know my Zombie friends as much as I have.
-Matt
If you're not connected with AMFaZ yet, like the book on Facebook or follow on Twitter! Get the latest updates and enter in contests for some free zombie goodness.
I hope you enjoy getting to know my Zombie friends as much as I have.
-Matt
