What if a thousand zombies raided downtown Chicago? Yeah, that's what we had in mind...
Dress-up and make-up as your favorite undead and come to Chicago's first-ever zombie walk! These things have happened all over the U.S. and Canada, but never in our lovely city. We look to change that..
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Please RSVP on our Facebook event page so we have a loose idea of how many will show and can plan accordingly, and mark your calendars for the 21st of June!
We strongly encourage you to leave any suggestions or comments you may have on the boards, so we can incorporate them into our outline of the event and any subsequent meetings.
The more people the better, so invite your friends too! Invite the people you hang out with! Help us break the record of 1,125 zombies!
You can see a couple of Chad Savage's zombie paintings along with zombie works by artists like Gary Pullin, Jeff Zornow and many others at the MF Gallery in NYC - http://www.mfgallery.net - opening reception this Saturday, April 12th at 7:00 pm. Free beer for all zombies! 157 Rivington.
Win FREE passes to the Chicago screening of DIARY OF THE DEAD!
ChicagoHorror.com has been given 15 pairs of passes to a preview screening of George Romero's newest zombie movie Diary of the Dead and to celebrate, we're having a Zombie Photo Contest!
Send in a photo (or photos) of yourself in your Zombie Finest by February 12th. 15 winners will be chosen from the photos submitted and given tickets and posters for the advance screening - we can't post specifics about the screening, but are awaiting permission to post the date so you can plan around it.
Photos should be sent to savage@chicagohorror.com. All entries will be posted to this site after the 12th. Photos may either be sent as an attachment to an email, or you may send links to your pix. If you send links, MAKE SURE that they work - if your MySpace profile is set to private, sending a photo link won't work, and your entry will be deleted.
Winners will be announced on the 13th and given the specifics of the screening.
ZombiePinups.com is having its second annual Zombie Valentine online contest. From now until February 14, 2008, send in YOUR Zombie Pinup photos and win fabulous prizes. YES! FABULOUS PRIZES! ALL photos submitted between now and 2/14 will be entered in the Zombie Valentine Contest, with judging taking place the 15-20th, with winners being announced the following week. Judges will be announced at ZombiePinups.com shortly.
Entries will be judged on the quality of the zombification, and adherence to classic pinup style. Prizes will be announced shortly (we're still gathering sponsors).
We had a great night at Neo tonight! Special thanks to a fantastic, bloody good show from Maya Sinstress and Spooky Heather, our hosts Dan & Angelena, and all the lovely undead ladies who entered the contest.
Our good friends at FearWerx now have their infamous Zombie Survival Kits back in stock! I picked one of these up a couple years ago before they sold out; they're awesome. Get one before they disappear again!!
The Zombie Pinups / Living Dead Girls episode of the Dead Report is featured on the main page of http://video.yahoo.com/ today (Halloween)! Just click the "NEW" link!
ZombiePinups.com is pleased to announce 3 upcoming events (well, 4, actually) and contests for all you undead beauties out there!
First we have a Metal Maniac Monday night event at Neo Chicago's Metal Mondays with a performance by Maya Sinstress and a Zombie Pinups Contest. Visit http://www.zombiepinups.com/contests.html for details!
Weird Chicago is doing the first-ever Chicago-based Zombie Pub Crawl on Saturday, November 24th - visit http://www.weirdchicago.com for details and to buy tickets. Responses to this event were so strong and immediate that they immediately scheduled a second Zombie Pub Crawl for New Year's Eve, complete with a Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant! Keep an eye on http://www.zombiepinups.com/contests.html for updates on this event as they are solidified.
Zombie Pinups has also confirmed the Second Annual Flashback Weekend Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant. The first pageant was a raging success with fans and contestants alike; stay tuned to http://www.zombiepinups.com/contests.html and http://www.flashbackweekend.com for details as they become available.
The First Annual Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant had a HUGE turnout at Flashback Weekend this past weekend, with about 20 contestants strutting their undead stuff. Pictured below are the winners - see all the contestants in the Zombie Pinups Gallery!
One of the 5 judges for the online Valentine's Day ZPU contest never sent his choices, so while I'm at TransWorld here in Chicago I enlisted none other than Bobbie "Bloody Mary" Weiner to be our replacement 5th judge! And the WINNERS ARE:
#1 Chrystyne #2 Lauren #3 Alissa
Congratulations, ladies! I'll be in touch about your prizes in a week (I have to go to HorrorFind Weekend first!)
Tonight at Spot 6 in Chicago - the Zombie Pinups Undead Beauty Pageant! We have a stack of kick-ass prizes to award the winner, so get dolled up in you sexy zombie best and come on out!
- February 3, 2007 - 9PM - about 2:30AM - Spot 6, 3343 N Clark - $5.00 - Click here for $2 off coupon - 21+ w/ valid ID
The following companies/individuals have been confirmed as prize sponsors for the upcoming ZombiePinups.com contests and events - more sponsors are being confirmed. Specific prizes will be announced shortly!
First and foremost, you asked and we heard you - you can now submit your Zombie Pinup photos directly through ZombiePinups.com - just go to http://www.zombiepinups.com/zombiepinupssubmit.html and follow the instructions!
Secondly, there are already 3 (count'em! THREE!) Zombie Pinup contests confirmed for the next 6 months - 2 sooner and 1 later. Read on!
NOW! RIGHT NOW!
ZombiePinups.com is having a Zombie Valentine online contest. From now until February 14, 2007, send in YOUR Zombie Pinup photos and win fabulous prizes. YES! FABULOUS PRIZES! ALL photos submitted between now and 2/14 will be entered in the Zombie Valentine Contest, with judging taking place the 15-20th, with winners being announced the following week. And just WHO will be doing the judging? Try THIS on for size:
Mike "Beaker" Parpovich, Haunt Entrepreneur : Co-owner and Operator of Terror on the Fox Haunted House and Bad Boys Scenic Design
Entries will be judged on the quality of the zombification, and adherence to classic pinup style. Prizes will be announced shortly (we're still gathering sponsors).
EAT YOUR HEART OUT: A Zombie Tribute to Valentine's Day Spot 6, 3343 N Clark, Chicago 9:00PM - 3:00AM, 21+, $5.00
Put on by Demons and Darlings, this event will feature Chicago's best dark DJs, dancing, horror movies, drink specials and, best of all, a LIVE ZOMBIE PINUP CONTEST. That's right, all you undead Chicago hotties - come out in your best Zombie Pinup outfit/make up and win fabulous prizes (to be named shortly).
On Saturday, July 23, put on your sexiest classic pinup outfit and your most gruesome zombie make up, and compete to win the soon-to-be-coveted title of Miss Zombie Queen 2007! The Pageant will be judged by several of Flashback Weekend's Celebrity Guests (to be named) and awarded fabulous prizes (to be named) in several categories (to be named). Could we BE more vague? Stay tuned - details will be posted at http://www.flashbackweekend.com/schedule.html and http://www.zombiepinups.com as they are ironed out.
All contestants will be photographed for a special gallery at ZombiePinups.com; winners will, of course, get optimal placement.
To get an idea of what we're looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW!
A gore-tastic film season of flesh tearing, gut-wrenching zombie horrors, hand picked by author and undead expert Max Brooks, author of "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War."
Due to time constraints, ridiculous amounts of spamming, and other factors, the ZombiePinups.com Message Board has been moved to my master message board at SinisterSpooks.com, where I can better monitor it. Same rules, same message board - just new location.
If you were a member of the old board, sign up for the new one! SinisterSpooks.com is the general forum for all of my Sinister Circuit projects, including ZPU.
Photos that had been posted to the old message board have been posted in the ZPU Gallery!
"Moore's girlfriend discovered Paxton Gate, a gallery on Valencia that features Sartorial Creatures by artist Monique Motil. The animal skeletons dressed in elaborate period costumes became characters in Moore's novel: A Buddhist priest, who has learned the art of transferring souls, animates the creatures with the help of chunks of ham."
Rock on, Monique! Who knew ham held the key to revivification?
The ZPU Gallery now has its own subsection showcasing the Zombie Pinups, both known and unknown, who turned up at TransWorld's 11th Annual Haunted Attractions Show - check'em out HERE.
While you're at it, check out Dead Marilyn's wicked hot autopsy photos!
At select points during the exhibition/show, we'll have a Genuine Zombie Pinup (Darth Kitty) in attendance for fun and photo-ops!
I'll be there promoting Sinister Visions' haunted attraction art and design work, and with Scott Jackson will be previewing select artwork from the Halloween Art Exhibit for show attendees. Besides my own artwork and Scott's, we'll have Eric Pigors, Steve Gilberts, Devon Devereaux and the work of several more HAE alumnus. Booths 6326 & 6328 - if you're attending, come by and see us!
For those who can't get into the tradeshow proper (it's not open to the public - just industry), there are still plenty of spooky peripheral events happening this weekend. Visit TransWorldSocialEvents.com for some of the pre-show and evening excursions that have been planned. Or, if you just like haunted house people, come up to the Crowne Plaza Hotel bar on Thursday, Friday or Saturday night and Hang with the Haunters, as that tends to be the congregation point for the weekend (most of the haunt/Halloween exhibitors and attendess stay at the Crowne Plaza).
You can also check out the in-the-process-of-being-expanded-and-revamped-website for the Halloween Art Exhibit at HalloweenArtExhibit.com.
