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Cory Doctorow at 12:04 am Tue, Jul 15, 2008

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Dennis sez, "My totally sw33t vegan zombie shirt got accepted to Threadless!" I agree -- super-sweet! But "grains?" Some of us are low-carb vegans, you know! Link

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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  • peternz

    While I realise it’s a pretty straightforward gag, it could be based on a Real Life comic from 2000.

    http://reallifecomics.com/archive/001030.html
    http://reallifecomics.com/archive/001031.html

  • mincus

    Reminds me of Tofu The Vegan Zombie

    and of my dream vegan t-shirt that I hope to one day make – Vegetable Junkie

  • jesgrew

    If not Grains there’s always Brraaannn.

  • Emmanuel Goldstein

    damn,

    I thought it was going to be a zombie that ate vegans.

  • mikaellanger

    If not Brraaannn there’s always Beannns!

  • paulthekindd

    Why does everyone make fun of vegans?!

    Vegans are cool. I know because I am one, and I am very cool. ;)

  • WowCool

    That same idea also showed up in an episode of Tony Carrillo’s F Minus strip last year, which is distributed online and in newspapers by United Feature Syndicate.

    F Minus – http://www.fminus.net/

    The similar cartoon – http://www.sliceofscifi.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/fminus2007062036730.gif

  • strider_mt2k

    Tropical Vegan Zombie: Plantaaaaains!

  • Anonymous

    why is a VEGAN zombie wearing a LEATHER belt.
    hahaha
    pleather? oh well great shirt anyways… i want it. =]

  • torriem

    seriously, i must have that shirt. i work at seattle children’s theatre and we’re doing a production of “night of the living dead” in october, and i’m a vegan–perfect! when, where, how can i get one?

  • insect_hooves

    Tof-ains!!

  • strider_mt2k

    Chevy Vega Zombie: Braaaaakes!

    Mass Transit Vegan Zombie: Traaaaaains!

    Unapproving Vegan Zombie: Distaaaain!

    Vegan Zombie who is into some really cool artwork , much of it featuring robots: Despaaaaain!

    http://www.imphead.com/

    Okay I’m done. :)

  • Axx

    @3, Strider

    Does this mean you gather the vegetables that you eat at nighttime? Or do you insist on reaping your food only when the sun is at it’s zenith? I don’t get it.

  • Samizdata

    Voted 5 and I would buy it as a tee.

    Seriously.

    DO WANT! NOW!

  • Randwulf

    @23, Axx

    It’s a Simpson’s reference.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_the_Tree_Hugger

  • ideakitchn

    Here’s some more for your enjoyment…
    Broadway Zombie: Faaamee
    wifebeater zombie: restraaaain
    presidential candidate zombie: McCaaaain
    vampire zombie: Veeein
    TSA zombie: detaaain
    Sienfield Zombie: elaaanie
    Jackson 5 zombie: Jermaaaaaine

  • Anonymous

    Lo-carb vegan? Holy crap…how can you live???

  • Xopher

    Cory…how does one eat low-carb vegan? I’m asking because I don’t think a person can live on tree-nuts and Napa cabbage indefinitely, and because I’d like to get low-carb again (I’ve pudged out recently), but can’t eat so much Gouda anymore. I’m ovolacto, but cutting down the cheese would be good for me.

  • GonzoMultiverse

    C’mon people! Would meat-eating zombies make fun of their vegan brethren? I think not!

  • GonzoMultiverse

    Run, cucumber, run!

  • strider_mt2k

    5th level Vegan here.

    I don’t eat anything that casts a shadow.

  • Kennric

    Ha! Just recently, my girlfriend immortalized this joke in self-portrait photography:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyan_del_mar/2629768635/in/set-72157601230285131/

    It’s all Zombie chic on the internet today.

  • jbdc

    Anorexic appearance, greenish skin, bad teeth, open sores… looks like a regular vegan to me.

    Mmm… steak.

  • DemonJuice

    PLANTAINNNS!

  • sonipitts

    Re: low-carb veganism, lots of beans (soy and others) and other veg are high in protein and low in carb. And the starch in beans tends to be the non-digestible type, so you get a lot of fiber without the carb load. Plus lots of dark green leafies, as well. I remember reading somewhere that spinach has more usable protein per ounce than steak.

    Sticking to whole grain when you do eat grains helps, since a lot of high-carb diets tend to get that way thanks to heaping helpings of refined wheat and corn. And you can de-carb this even further by eating gluten products like seitan, which are wheat proteins without the carbs.

    Add to that your basic whole fruit and veg (again, a lot of the starches in fresh produce are fiber, not carbs – see this link: http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/whattoeat/a/whatveg.htm).

    Basically, you’re just avoiding white flour stuff, white rice, white potatoes…well, almost anything white (except cauliflower, which is low carb), “sugary” veg like beets and carrots and processed, de-germed/de-branned grains.

    Just for the record, I’m a vegetarian, not a vegan (I gots too much love for the cheese, baby). But it’s basic nutritional science that works across the board.

  • doggo

    “But officer, I’m a vegan!”

    “Yeah, yeah, and I’m a Klingon. Get in the car!”

    “Vegan” – [vay-gan] just sounds like a science fiction alien race. [vee-gan] does too. Hmm… come to think of it…

  • Perla

    Yum, meat.

  • aixwiz

    “Low-carb vegans”? Hmmmm….
    Instead of “Grainnns!”, how about “Nuttts!”

  • Mulligan

    I think he chose “grains” because it rhymes with brains?

  • HPHovercraft

    …and suddenly I’m having an uncontrollable urge to host a marathon viewing of ‘Bunnicula’ and ‘Night of the Living Bread’.