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Childrens Book + Zombies + MST3k = Woooah! Keanu Style
Another day. Another Kickstarter project. Personally, I love the idea of crowd funding. It’s one of those “why didn’t I think of that” ideas. And while we’ve heard of many dramatic successes with it, there have been some pretty dramatic flops as well (originally found from Jonathan Mayberry’s Twitter feed). But here’s a project that I can really sink my teeth into … it’s a children’s book being ported over to the iPad (cool) which tells the story of a zombie in a treehouse (very cool) which is going to be read some very prominent Mystery Science Theater 3000 Alum (awesome). … Read entire article »
Filed under: Events (Zombie Walks, Conventions, etc), Odds and Ends, Projects
Harrodsburg Zombie Walk
I tell ya – no matter how crappy the day – just seeing some pics from a local zombie walk will always produce a smile from me. In fact, just the other day, I was trolling the web for some interesting zombie tidbits when I encountered this post over at Living Dead Media about a zombie walk in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. By Seattle standards, this is a small zombie gathering looking only to have only twenty people or so. But while it lacks in numbers, it makes up in style. Just looking at the pictures, you can see some pretty cool looking dead people with one person obviously being a big fan of Day of the Dead. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Events (Zombie Walks, Conventions, etc), Projects
Coming This October … ZomBCon 2010
Zombie Queen Kimberly just wrote to me via the website, letting loose the word that Seattle is once again up to its old zombie shenanigans. I gotta give Kimberly a thumbs up (*whimper*Pittsburgh should be the official world zombie capital*whimper*) because her event is awesome. Aptly titled ZomBCon … this is a zombie’s lover convention featuring guests such as Romero, Max Brooks, and a whole bunch of zombie loving content producers. Even the esteemed Zombie Research Society will be making an appearance to discuss the realities of zombies. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Events (Zombie Walks, Conventions, etc)
Zombies Take Manhattan
It looks like this month is going to have a whole bunch of Romero news. For awhile, I didn’t hear anything about the happenings of good old George, but these days, it seems like if I don’t hear something about him, then something must be wrong. I just logged onto Twitter and saw this article posted from his Twitter account. Evidently, in order to promote Survival of the Dead, Romero and friends rounded up four hundred corpses to storm downtown New York. Honestly, this sounds like an awesome zombie walk. Probably the best one ever. From the article: … Read entire article »
Filed under: Events (Zombie Walks, Conventions, etc), George Romero
ZomBCon and Other Dead Happenings in Seattle
Ryan over at ZomBCon wanted me to get out the word that this Halloween, there’s going to be a rather large zombie convention where you can find plenty of brains ripe for eating. These are the folks who organized the world’s largest zombie walk, thereby taking the crown from Pittsburgh. Grrr. Still, it sounds like a great time for the whole flesh eating family. There’s actually a whole ton of other stuff, so I pasted his press release verbatim. Here is what Ryan has to say: My name is Ryan Reiter, Creative Producer for the Fremont Outdoor Movies in Seattle. We created the cult hit Zombie Movie event last summer called Red, White and Dead last July 3rd and brought a Guinness World Record and … Read entire article »
Filed under: Events (Zombie Walks, Conventions, etc)
Cinema Wasteland Horror Expo
Thanks again to Jen for this great information. If you live in or near Ohio or find yourself traveling through the area at the start of April, you might want to swing on over to Strongsville on the weekend of April 10th whereby you can attend the Cinema Wasteland horror convention. This years conventions appears to be honoring Fulci’s great zombie film, Zombie (or Zombi or Zombie 2). It looks like a bunch of the main characters are attending as well as an actor who played iconic zombie that is seen on all the Zombie posters. It looks also to host a ton of Romero alumni. Special effects maestro Tom Savani will also be attending along with Night of the Living Dead’s Bill Hinzman (cemetary … Read entire article »
Filed under: Events (Zombie Walks, Conventions, etc)