Zombie Playground - the fantastic work of Jason Chan

Thu, Aug 14, 2008

I love, LOVE this work of art by Jason Chan. (link to full sized image on his site) Oddly, I found it in a link on his website called The Junk Drawer. I recently stumbled on Jason’s website be freak internet search accident and I’m glad I did. He’s done a number of comics, illustrations for a few games and many independent works and his work is wonderful.

This particular piece really stirs something within me. Sure, I love zombies and that’s part of it but it’s more than that. The look on the kid’s faces, the thought of being trapped at the top of a playground set as hordes of undead children swarm, wondering if they’ll make it with their improvised weapons. It could also be that one of the children bears a passing resemblence to my own. It makes me want to go out and write young adult zombie survival fiction. A group of children, seperated from their parents just at the breaking point of an undead uprising. How would they survive? What would they have to do? Would they ever see their parents again?

Definitely stop by Jason’s site and have a gander at his gallery. It will be worth your time.