Seriously, I love them so much. I might even be considered a bit of an expert on the subject too except I've done no formal studying on the matter. Fact is, I mostly just think the idea of the living dead is an interesting one to me. And the horror it represents is far greater than simply hells gates bursting with the damned (dammed?)
Most of my knowledge on the subject comes from reading one book, and listening to another: "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "World War Z" both by Max Brooks. The First I read in preparation for a film I made in school, "They Walk Among US."
The second I listened to at the behest of my partner in love some many months later and while I'm as big a fan as any of the first of the "three R's, " this one I have to say was made for teleplay, I hope it will make as good a mini series. The different "interviews" are conducted by the author, and the subjects are voiced by the likes of Mark Hammel, Alan Alda, and Henry Rollins. It's well worth the carbon footprint I planted driving around just to hear so many 'just the next chapters.
This, however, does not sum up my authority on the un-dead. Last year I was contacted by the Fargo Forum news paper regarding my knowledge for not one, but two articles in anticipation of the first annual Fargo Zombie Pub Crawl. The first was for a collection of dos and don'ts for surviving the Zombie apocalypse -it is, to be sure, a strange thing to be asked by a professional journalist, "What's the best way to kill a zombie?" The second was a photo instructional on cheep zombie make-up application.
For years I have rented and lent out my abilities as a zombit make-up artist to friends and, well, mostly just to my friends. I've practiced using latex and even played around with home made squibs. In 2007, I helped supply the fist annual Swearing Jack fashion show in St. Paul with a freshly reanimated cast of models for the event entitled "Dead Sexy" (I also did make-up for their 2008 "Robo-Chic" event. (Actually, I did more than just make-up, I also build the M.C., EmCeeTron 5000, more to come...)
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