Zombie Calendars for 2015

Calendars are useful. (And stating the blooming obvious is my forte!) Pin one to the wall and you need never forget a birthday, anniversary or invitation to a party again.

You will never double-book to see a show, when you're supposed to be hanging out with your best friend on their special day. Nor will you risk a relationship shattering, because you somehow overlooked the date.

Saving your ass at home looks cool with an undead wall calendar.

Often calendars are downright essential. Sticking them up in the office will help you plan ahead in business. But that doesn't mean that they have to be boring.

Grab back a bit of personal identity in the anonymity of your corporate world. Disdain the landscape scenes and promotional pictures showing items from your supplier's catalog. Choose a calendar of zombies - and giggle over the metaphor in a work setting for the rest of the year.

It's 2015, so the big news in the zombie world is undoubtedly The Walking Dead.  From Robert Kirkman comic book to lumber away success on cable TV, this story went viral on just about every level you care to name.

Each month of this Walking Dead calendar depicts a different character in glossy high definition. Police Officer Rick Grimes is naturally present and correct, but so are various other survivors and the grisly neighbors they're up against.

The Walking Dead wall calendar is solely for fans of the show. Everyone else will be cricket batting it away in favor of more bog standard zombie hordes.  We have plenty of them coming right up.

This hilarious zombie wall calendar is just the thing to brighten up an otherwise dreary wall. It captures in cartoon greatness all the perils of surviving as a zombie in a world of cute kittens, kids and clowns.

As you may have gathered, there's a touch of the surreal going on here.  It's the perfect antidote to a profusion of saccharine scenes elsewhere.

Here zombies lose legs, while attempting to interrupt a game of dodge-ball in the pursuit of brains; or contemplate the complexities of dog poop on the beach; or enter into tug-of-war matches with schoolgirls; not to mention fending off kittens in a field.

The artist is Greg Stones, and you get sixteen months instead of twelve.  Bargain!

Depictions of gory zombie scenes were never this artistic before. These pictures look like they should be framed in a gallery somewhere!

The artist is James Ryman, who was based in the British town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Having been to Nuneaton myself, I'm not pondering too long over where he gets his inspiration. He's now relocated to California, USA.

James appears to have started his career drawing gaming scenes for his followers on DeviantART, but quickly established himself as a talented individual far out of that league. He now takes commissions on a freelance basis, including the illustrations for several books, in addition to his day job as a games designer.

All while producing amazing zombie wall calendars for your dark enjoyment.

On the subject of art, there's also this little masterpiece from Accord. Each month you get another origami zombie to pop out and assemble. By December, you'll have a whole zombie horde!

There's a vast variety of characters to create, from an undead prom queen to a zombie wearing an Hawaiian shirt, through to the grisliest child that you ever saw brain-munching in a park.

Oh! And it tells you what day it is too!

If stories over art is more your thing, then this is a treat for you. In addition to sketchy images of ghastly zombie scenes, a thrilling tale runs like blood through the year.

Each month, you will read another suspense filled installment from the notes of Dr. Robert Twombly. This survivor of the Zombie Apocalypse is heading north through America, where he hopes the colder climate will slow down his undead pursuers.

Will he make it?  Well, I guess that you'll have to wait until December to find out!

Also on a theme of the oncoming Zombie Apocalypse are these two wall calendars. They are crammed full of helpful tips and tricks to help you defend home and hearth against the walking dead.

Surviving the Zombie Outbreak calendar is filled with photographs showing zombie attacks in an urban setting. It provides three items of survival advice per month, perfect for memorizing them all.

How to Survive a Zombie Attack is also a gory photographic journey through the year, only this one focuses upon close up portraits of the creatures themselves. It comes complete with rules to live by, if you want to survive.

On the off-chance that 2015 ISN'T the year of the Zombie Apocalypse, you can merely use both for checking the date.

Finally this desk calendar from Universe Publishing has everything for the zombie connoisseur. There are games on a theme of The Walking Dead, quotes from movies (and anecdotes from the actors starring in zombie movies), short stories, historical facts, pop-culture facts, gaming references... in fact, if it concerns zombies, it's probably in there somewhere.

This is a 320 page bonanza of all things seeking your brains for tea. What more could you ask for in a day-to-day zombie calendar?