{"id":2261,"date":"2015-03-01T18:45:56","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T18:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technogypsie.com\/faerie\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2015-03-01T18:45:56","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T18:45:56","slug":"irish-language-zombie-comic-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/lore\/irish-language-zombie-comic-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish-language Zombie Comic Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n– Published February 17 2015<\/p>\n

SPRING ARTS PREVIEW: Medford Artist Launching Irish-language Zombie Comic Book<\/h3>\n

\u0093They\u0092re coming to get you, Barbara!\u0094 the classic line from George Romero\u0092s Night of the Living Dead <\/i>would have read a little differently had the film been written by Medford-based zombie fans, Tj and Linda O\u0092Connor\u0096\u0096something more like, \u0093T\u00e1 siad ag teacht a fh\u00e1il duit, Barbara!\u0094 which might read like zombie speak if your Irish Gaelic is a little rusty.
\nThe third-generation Irish-American couple has fused their seemingly unrelated passions for their family tongue and the zombies who want to eat that tongue (along with everything attached to it) into an Irish language zombie comic series, T\u00e1 na Mairbh ag Filleadh<\/i> (roughly translated, The Returning Dead)<\/i>. In the spirit of sharing their love for the brain-eating shenanigans of the celtic undead, the O\u0092Connors are raising the funds to publish their web comic as a graphic novel.
\nReading Irish children’s books to their two-year-old daughter inspired them to add to the cannon. \u0093There are [Irish language] books out there, but there\u0092s not that many comic books,\u0094 says Tj O\u0092Connor, \u0093So I wanted to do a zombie comic book in Irish because it\u0092s kind of something that doesn\u0092t really exist.\u0094
\nThe couple is bringing up their children as bilingual Irish and English speakers. \u0093We both growing up had family members who spoke Irish,\u0094 says Tj, \u0093That\u0092s how we both started learning it when we were children. So I always speak Irish to my kids.\u0094
\nThe O\u0092Connors are hoping to fund the printing of the graphic novel through a Kickstarter campaign closing in early March. If the project is funded, the O\u0092Connors hope to finish the book shortly thereafter, so the ginger zombies may be coming for your kids by summer. You can get updates on the project through Kickstarter and read some of the comics (English translations are available) at occomix.com(link is external)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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