Savini is primarily known for his groundbreaking work in the field of special makeup effects. He got his breakthrough working with Pittsburgh filmmaker George A. Romero, providing a convincing wrist slashing effect in the opening scenes of Martin (1977). The following year, working with an expanded budget on Dawn of the Dead, Savini created his [...]

ZomBcon International 2011 has been hard at work to bring you the biggest names in today’s undead’s culture to Seattle. Last year we brought you the hottest names in the Zombie culture, this year we expand the horizon with a few new names in the Vampire culture. With news of Rose McGowan appearance, this year [...]

Norman was born in Florida, where he lived only a few months before moving to Los Angeles, California. He also lived in several cities in several different countries including Japan, Britain, and Spain. When he first came to Los Angeles, he worked at a Harley Davidson
shop in Venice and at the same time contributed artwork [...]

Jon Bernthal was raised in Washington D.C. He went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in Moscow, Russia, where he also played professional baseball in the European professional baseball federation. While in Moscow, he was noticed by the director of Harvard University’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repretory Theatre and [...]

Born in Lake Charles, LA, and raised in Sugar Land, TX, Sean Patrick Flanery attended the University of St. Thomas in Houston, where he took a drama class because of a girl. The girl was a short infatuation, but he found true love in college theater. He moved to Los Angeles and waited tables. He [...]

Tall, bald and nearly always bearded, Sid Haig has provided hulking menace to many a low-budget exploitation film and high-priced action film. Sid Haig was born Sidney Eddie Mosesian in Fresno, California on July 14th 1939, a screaming ball of hair. His career was somewhat of an accident. Sid was growing so fast that he [...]

Bill Moseley was born November 11, 1951 in Stanford, Connecticut. The first big movie role he had was as Chop-Top in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 in 1986. He had a number of small parts in minor horror films and other smaller movies until he hit the jackpot with House of 1000 Corpses. He reprised [...]

Ian McCulloch is a classically-trained Shakespearean actor who achieved cult status in his native UK as “Greg Preston” in the BBC TV series SURVIVORS (1975-1977) about a genetically engineered germ plague that nearly wipes out the entire population of the earth. He starred with Peter Cushing in 1975’s THE GHOUL and played “Nilson” in the 1984 DOCTOR WHO series “Warriors [...]

Judith O’Dea (born April 20, 1945) is an American actress known for her role as Barbra in the George A. Romero film Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Cherie Priest is the author of a dozen novels, including the steampunk pulp adventures Ganymede, Dreadnought, Clementine, and Boneshaker. Boneshaker was nominated for both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award; it was a PNBA Award winner, and winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. Cherie also wrote Bloodshot and Hellbent from Bantam Spectra; Fathom and the Eden Moore series [...]

Capable and likable baby-faced actor John Amplas was born on June 23, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Amplas was outstanding as a troubled and disturbed teenager who thinks he’s a vampire in George Romero’s fantastic horror winner “Martin.” John has appeared in several other pictures for Romero: he’s a Hispanic gang member, Zombie, and Biker in [...]

Abi is the author and illustrator of Fairweather, a tale of interdimensional evil and survival transmitted via www.fairweatheronline.com. After five years in the fashion industry, Abi launched her zombielife by exhibiting paintings of the undead at Lux Collective and Zero Zero in Seattle. She hales from the natural state, and holds a BFA from a university in the [...]

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Don Roff discovered his love of zombies at the impressionable age of 8 via the pages of Marvel Comics TALES OF THE ZOMBIE and the KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER episode—“The Zombie.” His bestselling book, ZOMBIES: A RECORD OF THE YEAR OF INFECTION, was published by Chronicle Books/Simon & Schuster UK in October 2009. The year [...]

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John Skipp is best known as an award winning and bestselling author and editor, whose 23 books have sold millions of copies worldwide and been published in nine languages. His early works (written with Craig Spector) were considered seminal to the “splatterpunk” style of modern horror fiction. A 1987 conversation between Skipp and George Romero [...]

Calvin A. L. Miller II is a horror author/publisher/cartoonist whose books include “Het Madden, A Zombie Perspective”, “The Zombie’s Survival Guide, Thrive In The Zombie Apocalypse AFTER Your Turn”, “Cold Blood: The End”, “The Undead Nation Anthology” and “Rhonny Reaper’s Creature Features”. Cal likes to write from different angles and his first book, “Het Madden, [...]

Alan R. Gandy has been obsessed with horror since childhood. He started out with a video camera given to him as a child by his Pops, a professional photographer, making horror shorts after school. As Alan grew older, so did his passion for horror. Alan began writing and drawing comics, then moved to children’s books [...]

13 Flames Empire is an independent comic book publisher based in Victoria, BC, Canada founded by Ira Hunter and Robin Thompson in 1999.  Comic titles include Champions of Hell, Zombie Jesus, and Undead Inbreds. Ira Hunter is the writer and publisher of the cult underground comic book, Champions of Hell. Ira has directed several award-winning short films including Corpus Delecti: [...]

Josh Pryor earned his PhD in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Southern California and is currently a member of the English faculty at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California. His deep fascination with the natural world and cutting edge science is evident in much of his work, including the nationally recognized novelMonkey in the [...]

Tim Vigil is a comic book artist, mostly working in the horror/adult genre. My main graphic novel FAUST was adapted by Brian Yuzna as the movie Faust: Love of the Damned (2001). The followup Faust: Book of M was nominated for the 1999 Bram Stoker Award for Best Illustrated Narrative. I am responsible for creating [...]

D.L. Snell invites you to shoot him in the head at his blog, where you will find a Flash game in which he’s a zombie and you’re a bosomy vampire with a gun. He has sold stories to anthology series such Permuted Press’s THE UNDEAD and Gallery Books’ BLOOD LITE, edited by bestseller Kevin J. [...]

Eloise J. Knapp is an avid survival enthusiast. She maintains a large supply of ammunition and a vegetable garden on the patio for when the apocalypse finally arrives. In the meantime she is pursuing a degree in graphic design and writing a sequel to The Undead Situation.

Craig DiLouie is the author of zombie favorites The Infection and Tooth and Nail as well as The Great Planet Robbery, a science fiction novel, and Paranoia, a psychological thriller.

Bowie V. Ibarra is an actor and artist from the republic of Texas.  He enjoys zombie movies, combat sports, and conspiracy.  His Permuted Press releases include Down the Road,Down the Road: On the Last Day, and  Down the Road: The Fall of Austin.  You can keep up with his works and network with him at http://www.zombiebloodfights.com.

Timothy W. Long has been writing stories since he could hold a crayon and has also read enough books to choke a land fill. He has a fascination with all things zombie, a predilection for hula-girl dolls, and a deep seeded need to jot words on paper and thrust them at people. Tim is the [...]

Jason S. Hornsby is the author of the critically acclaimed novels Eleven Twenty-Three and Every Sigh, The End, as well as the short story “The Grandfather Clause,” in the new time travel anthology Times of Trouble.  All three releases are through Permuted Press.  Hornsby’s work has been lauded as original, intelligent, paranoid, tragic, and darkly funny.  He lives and protests in China [...]

Peter Clines is the author of Ex-Heroes, Ex-Patriots, The Eerie Adventures of the Lycanthrope Robinson Crusoe, and numerous pieces of short fiction–some of which can be found in Cthulhu Unbound 2, The World is Dead, Timelines, The Harrow and the upcoming anthology Times of Trouble. Peter grew up in the Stephen King fallout zone of Maine and started writing science [...]

Tony Faville, a true blood fan of the zombie genre, hailing from Portland, Oregon is a relative newcomer to the horror writing scene. His first book, Kings of the Dead, was released by Permuted Press in 2011 after tempering the waters with it as a self-published title for 2010. Tony is currently hard at work on [...]

Michael P. Spradlin is the author of more than a dozen books for children, some of which have actually been published. He grew up in a small town in Michigan not far from the Indiana border, which may explain his irrational fear of Hoosiers. (Both the inhabitants of the state of Indiana and the movie [...]

The desire to perform came early for Elissa Dowling, by age 8 she was dancing in the NYC Ballet Company’s “The Nutcracker”. At age 11 she was invited to tour with an improv troop where she gained valuable experience in the art of ad lib. By 13 she had already starred in stage productions including [...]

Growing up with a love of movies, TK Miller pursued a career in animatronic design upon completing a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Biology. After five years with a small effects company in Northern California, he launched out as a freelance sculptor, quickly landing McFarlane Design Group as a key client, providing portrait sculpting for the [...]

Chris Moreno is the creator of Zombie Dickheads, now appearing in Zombie Bomb 4: Dark Daze from Terminal Press.  Though he’s worked in various comics genres, like Disney’s Toy Story for BOOM! Studios and Paul Jenkins’ Sidekick from Image Comics, he’s always come back to horror, appearing in such titles as Bela Lugosi’s Tales from the Grave for Monsterverse, Minions of Ka for Arcana, Teddy Scares for [...]

Isaac Marion knows how to tell a good story. And he didn’t go to a renowned writers’ workshop or get his MFA in creative writing to learn how. In fact, Isaac Marion (now twenty eight) has been passionate about writing since he was sixteen. He’s lived in the Seattle area his entire life and he [...]

We are so pleased to announce another talented author and expert of the undead culture, Mr Jonathan Maberry as a special guest all weekend at ZomBcon International 2011. Jonathan is a  NY Times bestselling author, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner, and Marvel Comics writer. His recent works include Dead of Night (debuting at ZombCon!), The [...]

Electra Amelia “Elam” Avellan is a Venezuelan actress best known for her role in the 2007 film Grindhouse. She and her twin sister Electra Isabel “Elise” Avellan play the Crazy Babysitter Twins. She is billed as Crazy Babysitter Twin 1. They are nieces of director Robert Rodriguez and producer Elizabeth Avellan. Their first roles were [...]

In the last decade, Busch’s career has escalated, making him: “one of the most sought-after artists in entertainment” supposedly. He has worked on movie properties such as Con-Air, The Crow, The Devil’s Own, Hulk, Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, The Mummy, and Robocop. He has also worked on numerous television properties, including Battlestar Galactica, [...]

Lori Cardille is an award-winning actress with a long career in film, television and theater. After earning a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Lori launched her professional career in New York. Among her many credits, she appeared on Broadway with Jessica Tandy and Glenda Jackson in Rose, and she originated the role of Rachael Fitzsimmons in [...]

Antone Dileo is best known for his role as Pvt. Miguel Salazar in George A. Romero’s “Day of the Dead”. He also worked with George Romero on several other films  such as “Knightriders”, “Monkey Shines”, “Two Evil Eyes”, and the 1990 remake of “Night of the Living Dead”. His other film appearances include “Only You”, “Lorenzo’s [...]

Primarily known as a producer, director and cinematographer, Michael Gornick may best be known because of his association with director George Romero on several of Romero’s most memorable films. Gornick was a sound technician on Romero’s THE CRAZIES (1973) and then was the cinematographer, production manager, and even voiced talk show host, “Barry”, on MARTIN [...]

Chris Alexander is a lifelong cineaste and dark fantasy film admirer, with a strong leaning towards European thrillers, 50′s TV and Hammer horror films. Former critic and columnist for noted horror entertainment periodical RUE MORGUE. Currently serving as editor-in-chief for iconic NYC based horror film magazine FANGORIA. Has taught film history at the Toronto Film [...]

Jovanka Vuckovic is an award winning writer and former Editor-In-Chief of Rue Morgue Magazine (2003-2009), a leading publication in the genre. Her university education was in Physical Anthropolopgy. She had a 5 year stint as a visual effects artist (sometimes under unknown pseudonyms), won a Gemini Award for Best Visual Effects, then moved on to [...]

Clark’s best-known film role was in George A. Romero‘s Land of the Dead as the head zombie, “Big Daddy”.[3] He has a lengthy resume in American and Canadian television and film, including appearances on Night Heat as Colby, The Twilight Zone, Side Effects, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, and a cameo in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie. [...]

Jarlath Conroy: Broadway: The Weir, The Iceman Cometh, On The Waterfront, Ghetto, Philadelphia Here I Come!, The Visit , Comedians. He recently understudied Ian McShane and Michael McKean in The Homecoming, also Tony Award winning Ian McDiarmuid in Faith Healer. Off-Broadway:A Man of No Importance , Pigtown, A Life, A Couple of Blaguards, Gardenia, Translations [...]

One of Emge’s classmates and acting partners while in college was Ron Glass, who later became famous as a starring member of the situation comedy Barney Miller. While working as a chef in a New York City restaurant, Emge met George A. Romero, who cast him in the role for which he would be most [...]

For more than a decade Nat Jones has worked with or for nearly every major comic book publisher in the industry. He has worked on hundreds of projects with companies including Dark Horse, Image, IDW and Fox Atomic. Nat began his professional art career while he was still in high school, working with many of [...]