About and help
A library with a sense of humor and a citation habit
Zombie Scholar answers practical questions. What is this title? Which version do I want? What kind of zombies are in it? What else uses the same idea? Where can I find a legitimate copy? It aims for exhaustive coverage through a maintained catalog and an explicit record of what is still missing.
Methodology
Every entry needs three things
An identity (what exactly this is), an inclusion rationale (why it is here) and at least one source. A record without all three is not published as reviewed.
Four kinds of statement, labeled
Fact Editorial Opinion Fan humor
Factual descriptions, editorial interpretations, community opinions and jokes are kept visibly apart.
Where records come from
A source registry: publisher and creator catalogs, library records, periodical indexes, official studio and network listings, game developer catalogs, academic bibliographies and community suggestions. For each source we record the years, regions, languages and media it covers, how it was searched, when it was last reviewed and its terms of use.
Titles and creators are normalized and aliases reconciled. A title match alone never merges two records. Fan databases help find candidates; primary or bibliographic evidence confirms them. Unverified leads are kept, but never shown as established fact.
Review statuses
- Submitted
Received, not yet screened.
- Needs sources
Identity published, but at least one key fact still needs a source.
- Under review
Identity, rationale and a source are in place; waiting for an editor.
- Verified
Checked against cited evidence. It does not mean every field is complete.
- Disputed
A field is contested; both readings and their evidence are shown.
How records fit together
Works, editions and releases, people and organizations, zombie profiles, themes, sources and submissions are separate records with stable IDs, joined by typed links. A novel, its film adaptation and a game can share a title and still have different continuities and different zombie rules, so they are always different works.
Book work → edition → format · anthology → story
Periodical publication → volume or issue → article or story
Television series → season → episode
Game game → original, remake, remaster, port, edition
Each record keeps its sources (with evidence locator and access date), contributor and reviewer, revision date, change and merge history, completeness and unresolved questions.
Release plan
- Now
Foundation
Scope and vocabulary agreed, entry template prototyped, first records in review. Next: about 50 varied test records covering every medium, mixed zombie rules and at least one ambiguous inclusion.
- Next
Public library
Reviewed zombie profiles and trait filters, theme links, text submissions with bot protection and moderation. Target: about 200 reviewed work records, plus their child records.
- Then
Community
Accounts, saved and shared lists, contribution status, editor tools, and a comment pilot on selected entries.
- Later
Expansion
Periodical and non-English gaps, side-by-side comparison of two to four works, approved data exports, relationship maps and more media.
Accessibility
- Works with a keyboard alone, with a visible focus ring and a skip link.
- Labeled form fields, meaningful headings and descriptive link text.
- Readable contrast in light and dark modes; status is always written out, never shown by color alone.
- Spoilers stay folded until you open them. There is no autoplaying or animated imagery, and motion is reduced if your device asks for it.
- Preferences (theme, fan humor) are remembered in your browser only, never published.
Found a barrier? Tell us through the contact route below once it opens; until then the contact section explains the plan.
Contact
A contact route opens with the Community release, alongside submissions, so that messages, corrections and appeals all reach a person who owns them. Zombie Scholar does not ask for your email address to browse, and never will.
Reference sources
Checked October 10, 2026. The catalog anchors illustrate collection units; they are starting points, not a canon.
- Zombis, musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. quaibranly.fr
- World War Z and The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, Penguin Random House. penguinrandomhouse.com
- The Walking Dead, AMC. thewalkingdeadshop.amc.com
- Resident Evil lineup, Capcom. game.capcom.com
- FANGORIA Magazine Vol. 1 Issue #287, FANGORIA. shop.fangoria.com