Seattle’s Undead Convention to Leave Seattle? Popular ZomBcon Convention Fights to Save the Convention and keep Seattle; Zombie Capital of the World. [Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - Seattle] ZomBcon International, champion of undead culture, is facing the harsh reality of its own untimely apocalypse; with a goal of fundraising $125,000 by the end of January [...]

To Our Fellow ZomBcon Community, I wanted to personally speak publicly about a very concerning matter that my team has been dealing with for the past four weeks by an “unnamed” entity that is claiming the ZOMBCON brand and company is their property, both intellectually and by company formation. I would like to finally speak [...]

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ZomBcon regrets to announce that Jon Bernthal will no longer be able to join us for the weekend. Walking Dead events will still continue with Norman Reedus. Walking Dead Pass Holders will be given an autograph voucher for another guest of their choice. We apologize for the inconvience.  Please write to infect@zombcon.com with any questions.

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If you’re headed to ZomBcon, we already know you’re our kind of guy or gal. You’re the kind of person who doesn’t have to be told to aim for the brain if a corpse tries to bite you. You can debate running versus shuffling, and see the merits of both. And you’ve probably seen a [...]

Let’s face it, when society comes crashing down and the corpses start getting up things are going to get just a little bit crazy and you’ll need the right Tools for the job. Firearms are all well and good but they have several glaring problems: 1) They need bullets and the proper kind for your [...]

Humans are a brutal species by nature and always have been; from the dawn of time when two monkeys clubbed each other over the heads with rocks, to the Roman coliseums where gladiators fought to the death for the Caesars’ pleasure, to boxing wrestling and mixed martial arts. Even after mankind is nearly erased by [...]

In case you’re just joining, I’m senior editor Marshall Popham and author No Flesh Shall Be Spared Thom Carnell and I discuss samurai flicks, horror movies and cinema in general in the continuation below from Part I: Marshall Popham: You’ve mentioned before being a big fan of the chanbara genre, particularly Kurosawa (of which I’m [...]

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2011 – CRYSTAL A BALLROOM 2:00PM “Let’s face it… How a hero looks is every bit as important as how he fights. Join Vampy Bitme and Phoenix Jones as they discuss what makes a successful costume.” From the pages of our favorite comic books, fantasy to the real life stories of survival. [...]

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ZomBcon International and BioHazard Party welcome you to the end of the world.  The Zombies have come and they’re here to stay and all that’s left to do is jump on the dance floor and party like it’s Ω99.  Kick off the first day of ZomBcon2011 in style and say goodbye to civilization. THE LAST [...]

BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE ZomBcon International is pleased to announce the FULL OFFICIAL PROGRAM SCHEDULE for ZomBcon 2011 Please note that Specialty Pass Holders have Priority Access to panels, events, and screenings.  No one is guaranteed admittance to the events as we are limited by room capacity.  Please plan to arrive 15 minutes prior to [...]

ZomBcon International is pleased to announce that Cherie Priest will be joining our already stellar line up to talk about her work and meet the fans.  She will also be participating in a pannel on Friday discussing Surviving the Apocalypse in the Pacific Northwest.  Take a look at her bio here: Cherie Priest is the author of [...]

Yeah, that’s pretty cool, right?  The first 30 people to buy Walking Dead Extra Ammo Passes get a copy of this limited edition 24×36 poster.  Read this blurb from the AMC Blog: Tim Bradstreet, the renowned comic book artist known for his work on The Punisher andBlade, is now turning his attention from vampires to zombies [...]

We knew the announcement of this year’s Guest of Honor, Rose McGowan would bring a slew of excitement and buzz  by fans. We made the announcement earlier last month about her unfortunate change of schedule, forcing her to cancel her appearance, due to a new project that was recebtly green lit earlier than first expected. [...]

My first introduction to Rotten was at my good friend Geoff Bough’s Revenant Film Festival last September where writer Mark Rahner (Seattle Times) introduced the following video. With the memories of the 2000 Florida Presidential vote recount and Bush’s subsequent election into the White House still fresh in the mind, the video would draw the [...]

ZomBcon senior editor got a chance to chat with Mark Rahner, writer of Rotten Marshall Popham: Rotten has not been at all shy when it comes to expressing its opinions on modern day politics from Terry Schivo to pedophilic priests, even Wade’s own disgruntled remarks about Hayes mirroring the same sentiments as peoples reaction to [...]

Attention Horde (Volunteers) It has been established that ZomBcon is fast approaching and WE WANT YOU VOLUNTEERS to help get Seattle prepare for the biggest Zombie Apocalypse EVER! ZomBcon returns for another great year full of Horror legends like Sid Haig, Tom Savini, Bill Moseley, and even TRUE BLOOD AND THE WALKING DEAD cast members, [...]

Our first wave of 2011 Programming announces the tentative schedule for Friday, October 21st, 2011. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST PROGRAM SCHEDULE (Subject to Change) 10AM –  Coffee and Brains: Actress, Judith O’Dea (Night of the Living Dead) ****PASS HOLDER EVENT ONLY**** Featured Guest: Actress Judith O’Dea 12PM – NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (PASS HOLDERS ONLY) [...]

Howdy folks! You like blood? Violence? Freaks of the psychological nature? Then come on down to ZomBcon’s Museum of Monsters and Madmen this October! ZomBcon will be hosting several exclusive in-house showings of movies you won’t want to miss. Friday October 21 will feature Rob Zombie’s The Devils Rejects. We are proud to feature the [...]

Hey everybody. We’d like to thank you all for your patience while we get the schedule together.  We are striving to provide the absolute best experience for all the fans to get the most out of the weekend and it is simply taking longer than expected.  Fear not, we will be updating the schedule early [...]

Dr. Steven Schlozman, M.D. was kind enough to stand up to an inquisition from our senior editor Marshall Popham, who is not a doctor, nor has he played one on TV. Though he has been known to make outlandish claims and threats about the consequences of sandbagging a Doctor of Journalism during periods of great [...]

The idea of zombies has become an institution over the past few years with nearly every spin on the culture in any medium available from feature-length movies to video games and most recently, television programs. Every story has it’s own reason how the dead resurrected, whether it’s explained in the course of the story or [...]

We are pleased to announce the addition of Sean Patrick Flanery to the already outstanding guest line up for ZomBcon 2011. He will join his Boondock Saints co-star Norman Redus on Saturday and Sunday at the largest pop culture convention in the PNW. Boondock Saints Fan Package to be announced next Friday. In nomine Patris [...]

As a species, humans need four basic elements to survive: food, air, water and shelter. The first 3 are easy enough but shelter against the never ending onslaught from the living dead is going to require some thought. Anyone who’s ever seen enough zombie movies knows that eventually they’ll get through whatever little barricade you’ve [...]

ZomBcon and Geekscape are teaming up for the “Ultimate Zombie Survival Fan Contest” this August that starts today, August 22. Our friends at Deep Silver and Techland are giving-away (3) Copies of “Dead Island” , the most anticipated video game of 2011. HOW DO YOU ENTER? It’s not easy, you must battle hundreds of blood-thirsty [...]

Being a zombie isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. If you’ve never had to spend what would have been your afterlife sitting in your parents’ basement drinking bottles of their expensive wine collection out of boredom hoping there’s a M*A*S*H marathon playing on the Hallmark channel and praying your parents don’t sell you [...]

GUEST SPEAKER: Michael Taillard, PhD MBA – Economist Join Dr. Taillard, an economics instructor and research experimentalist and long-time zombie movie enthusiast. His background includes designing and teaching several university classes in economics, consulting work with the American Red Cross, military economic strategy modeling for the US military, and the development of a model for [...]

Just when you thought the guest list couldn’t get any better, ZomBcon delivers the goods. Norman Reedus (Boondock Saints fame) joins cast member, Jon Bernthal this season for TV’s most anticipated show, THE WALKING DEAD. Season two will premiere the week before ZomBcon International 2011 and perfect timing for the crew to give us insight [...]

We are pleased to announce the latest addition of talent to be announced at this year’s ZomBcon International 2011 with some of today’s top authors within the undead genre. Our interest is to offer the the fans of the undead culture the best in today’s literature in one place, where you can meet the authors, [...]

ZomBcon International is pleased to bring forth the greatest names in undead culture. Last year, we featured American filmmaker, George A. Romero and cast members. This year, we bring horror fans a rare treat from across the water from Italian Director, Lucio Fulci’s ground-breaking film, “Zombie”. Blue Underground and ZomBcon International team up this October [...]

You have  patiently waited for our WALKING DEAD announcement and we are very proud to be announcing that Jon Bernthal who plays Rick Grimes partner, Shane Walsh in the popular series THE WALKING DEAD on AMC. He is just one of the cast members that will be appearing at this year’s ZomBcon International 2011 in [...]

In the beginning of time it was written that an end of days would occur; The Four Horsemen would break the sacred seals and Satan would be unleashed upon this earth to do battle with God and the powers of good. Or so they said at least. Except the Apocalypse didn’t quite pan out as [...]

Welcome to Lazarus, a small blooming town in the Old West. Don’t expect to live long if you visit it though, the town’s under a curse. “In this town nothing stays dead for long…” Many years ago there was a tribe of Native Americans living where Lazarus now stands. Everything was peaceful until one day, [...]

LOVE FREE STUFF? WE GOT A KILLER POSTER JUST FOR YOU! Don’t have enough to do at San Diego Comic Convention already? Well, for those who are lucky enough to swing by and pick up your free poster* designed by Over the Line’s very own Nolan Harris for this special event. This beautiful one-of-a-kind poster [...]

We are very excited to be one step closer to announcing another major guest to our 2011 line-up for all you Zombie fans. Film Director Howard J. Ford as an official guest at this year’s ZomBcon International with a special panel hosted by the Night Crew’s and Fangoria’s Chris Alexander, Thom Carnell, and Sean Smithson [...]

Fango editor Chris Alexander will be amongst the celebrated guests (alongside many more announced below) at this year’s 2011 ZomBcon, running from October 21-23rd at Seattle’s Seatac Hilton! Alexander will be moderating panels with such legends as Tom Savini, Bill Moseley and Sid Haig, as well as zombie film luminaries like Lori Cardille (DAY OF [...]

The crew from ZomBcon has packed their bug-out bags and tons of promotional materials for the long adventure to San Diego this weekend. We join our media partner Geekscape to infect the masses with unique guests signings; spreading the word about ZomBcon; one of the top new fan experiences to hit the circuit celebrating fan [...]

In case you were out of town on 4th of July Weekend or nowhere near Fremont if you were in town, Seattle regained the title of Zombie Capitol of the World once more. The Fremont Red White and Dead conquered New Jersey’s 4093 zombie record of last year with 4522 zombies and 6569 attendees overall. [...]

Miss out on being a part of the World Record zombie? Here’s some footage showing the chaos of Red White and Dead What does 4000+ zombies with assorted survivors look like? Well… Want to dance like a zombie? Follow along with the video: Here’s a tour of the Red, White and Dead from entrance to [...]

We recovered more lost footage from Dr. Thompson’s foray through the undead hordes… viddy on droogs! Our Dr. Thompson runs into his doppelganger with interesting results [detailed audio is lost for the first part; our Dr. runs into a lookalike, the doppelganger wants to buy the zombie swatter off our good Doctor and he's lost [...]

[Note from the author: Dr Thompson was unfortunately bitten sometime early on Saturday morning unbeknownst to anyone, he turned sometime after dark and was seen heading towards Aurora Ave. His cameraman sent us his last known footage of his exploits captured throughout the day. Some of the audio has been transcribed to the best of [...]

Okay all you Zombies! It’s time to get into character and show the world why our ZOMBIES ROCK HARDER THAN ANY OTHER CITY in the world. Attack of the Show! (AOTS) is an American live television program shown weeknights on G4, G4 Canada[1] and Fuel TV in Australia.[2]The program is hosted by Kevin Pereira and Candace Bailey. Attack of the Show! reviews [...]

Red, White and Dead is baaaaaack for more BRAAAAAAAAAINS! We need to remind everyone that is it ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL to enter the gates on Saturday, otherwise we will likely not get the GUINNESS WORLD RECORD. ****YOU MUST ENTER THE GATES TO BE COUNTED**** We are doing PHOTO REGISTRATION year, so you no longer have to [...]

MOBILE FOOD APOCALYPSE? We all knew it would happen sooner or later…first it was Vampires infecting Washington, then Zombies attacked Fremont to walk the streets in their quest to return the Guinness Word Record back to Seattle this 4th of July weekend…but now Mobile Food Apocalypse? Yes, it happens this weekend at Red, White and [...]

OKAY, OKAY…so you have been thinking about it for months now. Your friends are in, check. You found $3 in your couch to get in, check. You’ve got your costume picked out and ready to walk your way into the history books. Heck you have even practiced the Thriller dance thanks to Youtube…but one thing [...]

The Official Seattle Zombie Walk Handbook Greetings Seattle Zombies! Eric and Cleo Zombie here, keeping all our rotting friends up to date with the zombie basics. Even if you are crusty and have been zombie walking with us for the last 5 years or a newbie to zombie walks, we hope you will find this [...]

In the spirit of uniquely Seattle events that continue to make this town distinct year after year . There is one summer event that I have come to look forward every Fourth of July weekend with a rather twisted grin. Just like a young boy on Christman eve, I get all giddy thinking of  thousands [...]

So you’re doing a zombie walk! YAAAY! Zombie walks are some of the most fun you can have while covered in blood in a public place. Now let me ask you this: While you’re at it, how would you like your undead antics to be featured in a crazy-ass zombie motion picture, written and directed [...]