Zombie Pinups News & Disinformation

CHICAGO ZOMBIES ON ICE!

2008-12-08T22:43:00.001-06:00

Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008
Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm
Location: McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink Millennium Park
Street: 55 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL

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So, you're off from school, work is boring, or you can't stand the throngs of rude people in the frenzy of Holiday Shopping.

You want to get out and DO something....but what?

Well, here it is.

December 14th at 2:30 in the afternoon, Kitty Zombie will be holding the first Zombies on Ice event at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago! Kitty has teamed up with http://www.chicagozombie.com/ and others to be named soon to bring you this fun and festive event.

Now, here is the kicker... we are going to try for the Guinness Book of World Records for most zombies ice skating at one time!

There will be swag, pictures, video, and of course, lots and LOTS of zombies!

Keep in mind this is a PUBLIC rink. Therefore, no dripping/oozing blood, etc. that will dirty up the ice. If we make a mess, we will be asked to leave, and the cops will become involved. We have good rapport with the police because of the success of Zombie March Chicago this summer, so let's not mess it up!

Zombie Pinup Calendar!

2008-11-05T22:15:00.002-06:00

Over the years I've discussed the idea of doing a Zombie Pinups calendar with a number of cohorts, but it never gets done due to time/money constraints.

In the best spirit of "You Snooze, You Lose", a group of enthusiastic artists and designers in San Francisco (the birthplace of the Zombie Pinup!) took the initiative earlier this year and produced a calendar that is far superior to anything I probably would have come up with.

Inspired by one of the ZPU online contests earlier in the year, this group set out to do photos to enter the contest, then the project evolved, and we all can reap the benefits! Go to http://www.myzombiepinup.com to see the grotesquely gorgeous results. Hurry! This is a limited edition item, and they've already sold half of them!

War and Social Upheaval Cause Spikes in Zombie Movie Production

2008-11-05T17:09:00.001-06:00

There's been a huge spike in the production of zombie movies lately, and many of them seem to be inspired by war. Everything from 28 Days Later to Zombie Strippers make explicit reference to wartime, as did seminal 1968 zombie flick Night of the Living Dead. Is there really a connection between zombie movies and social unrest? IO9.com decided to do some research and find out. Check out their results HERE.

Simon Pegg Calls for a Return to Traditional Zombie Values

2008-11-05T16:40:00.001-06:00

Simon "Shaun of the Dead" Pegg argues for a return to traditional zombie values in response to the UK's zombie miniseries "Dead Set": http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/nov/04/television-simon-pegg-dead-set

Meanwhile, the USA eagerly awaits the opportunity to check out the UK's zombie miniseries "Dead Set"!

Horror Burlesque Fest @ Cobra Lounge Chicago 10/25/08

2008-10-23T21:49:00.003-05:00

SinisterVisions.com Presents

HORROR BURLESQUE FEST
Saturday, October 25 at Chicago's Cobra Lounge
235 N Ashland Ave
21+

Featuring a ZOMBIE PINUP CONTEST (Winners voted by audience applause; prizes provided by Sinister Visions inc.)

Gore & Burlesque Acts From:
Miss Maya Sinstress
Colleen D. Evil
Tina the Hoolah Diva
Miss Bee Sharp
Maria the Purple Goddess
Amiria Divine

Hosted by The Coffin Banger

October 26 is World Zombie Day!

2008-10-23T21:37:00.002-05:00

Contact: Mark Menold, Producer
(412) 953-0937
mmenold@theitsaliveshow.com

World Zombie Day Outbreak Spreads to 52 Cities October 26 event to benefit food charities worldwide Pittsburgh, PA – September 8, 2008 – World Zombie Day has gone viral, infecting 52 cities in the US, Canada, Central America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

"The number of cities signing on has far exceeded our expectations", says organizer Mark Menold, who is also producer and host of the Pittsburgh-based television program The It’s Alive Show. "The response is overwhelming. We’re going to bring in substantial food donations as well as set another world record." Pittsburgh owns the current Guinness World Record™ for largest zombie gathering of 1,028 people set last year. "This year, we are going to add all of the zombies from each city to come up with one monstrous total so that everyone can say they were part of a world record", says Menold.

World Zombie Day, being held on Sunday, October 26, features zombie walks with accompanying food drives in participating cities. The hub of World Zombie Day will be a walk at the Monroeville Mall with a food drive benefiting the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. The Mall walk – which is part of the 2008 Zombie Fest – is at the site where George Romero zombie movie Dawn of the Dead was filmed. Zombie Fest is a free, all ages public fan festival celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dawn and all things zombie and will feature vendors, author panels with award winning writers, films, celebrity guests, bands, entertainment and interactive fan activities.

For more information about World Zombie Day or Zombie Fest, please visit www.theitsaliveshow.com.

Ninjas vs. Zombies Halloween Night

2008-10-23T13:53:00.003-05:00

No plans for Halloween? Anywhere near Leesburg, VA? Then get your butt over to the Tally Ho Theater for the "World Premiere Bootleg Screening" of NINJAS VS. ZOMBIES!

http://nvzmovie.com/

Black Cherry Bombshells

2008-10-23T13:27:00.001-05:00

A web comic about badass babes fighting zombies? What's not to love? The creator says "it's like Power Puff Girls and The Warriors meets Dawn of the Dead."

http://www.blackcherrybombshells.com

Zombie Shirt.Woot!

2008-10-23T00:14:00.003-05:00

Shirt.Woot.com has a fantastic zombie take on the classic Norman Rockwell painting "Gossip", wherein the rumor is replaced with the dreaded zombie virus:

Get one before they're gone! http://shirt.woot.com!

Awesome Zombie Pinup Art

2008-10-22T20:55:00.002-05:00

Artist Rob Ullman has done a great Gil Elvgren painting parody:

Find out more at http://rkullman.blogspot.com/2008/10/happy-halloween.html

Time to Evolve Again

2008-10-20T14:55:00.003-05:00

As time permits, I'm going to give ZombiePinups.com a long-overdue facelift, both because it needs it and because the site's content has evolved past the current designs.

Now that the Zombie Pinup Phenomenon has become a bit of a juggernaut, ZombiePinups.com will expand to cover ALL things related to Zombie Pinup-ness. This Halloween season we've found a ton of events, products and promotions that have nothing to do with ZombiePinups.com, but which call themselves "Zombie Pinups (or Pin-Ups, or Pin Ups)". Rather than fight this trend, we're embracing it for the cultural monstrosity that it is! We started this thing for fun, not profit, and we're going to keep it that way.

If you are involved in or know of a Zombie Pinup-esque event, product or news item, send it to savage@zombiepinups.com and, if it checks out, it'll get posted here as ZPU News!

On a side note: The eCards Link has been fixed!

Quarantine Contest!

2008-10-02T15:32:00.001-05:00

Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew’s videotape.

QUARANTINE opens nationwide on October 10th. However, we have passes to an advance screening in Chicago - send us a photo of yourself as a zombie:

Send your photo as an image attachment to an email
Send us a link to the image online (make sure it's not Friends Only!)

All photo entries will be posted to HauntedHouseChicago.com; screening pass winners will be selected at random from all entries; we will also select Grand Prize Winners from the photos - the best zombies will get prize packs with exclusive Quarantine merchandise!

TO ENTER, send your photo to savage@chicagohorror.com with the Subject Header "QUARANTINE ME!". Include your real name and preferred email address. That's it! C'mon, Chicago - show us your BRAAAAAAINS...

DEADLINE: October 8 at Noon. Winners will be notified of the time and location of the screening shortly thereafter.

DISCLAIMERS: Providing incomplete information (no name, bad email address) means you won't win anything. Please don't send us a photo if you don't want it shown to the world - that kind of defeats the purpose. Winners will be contacted directly by Quarantine's promotional company and any issues or complaints should be taken up with them - HauntedHouseChicago.com / ChicagoHorror.com / ChicagoZombie.com / ZombiePinups.com are providing this opportunity to you because we're nice and we love you, but once we deliver your info/photos to Quarantine, it's out of our hands.

Zombie Pinups at the CHFF2008

2008-09-29T20:21:00.002-05:00

Thanks to all the lovely undead ladies who turned up at the Chicago Horror Film Fest Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant! Click the photo below to check out pics!

Congratulations to our winner, Rosie the Riveted!

Questions Answered About This Weekend at the CHFF

2008-09-24T12:55:00.001-05:00

Zombie Pinup Contestants should be at the Portage Theater no later than 30 minutes prior to the event (6:30 pm); there will be no performance aspect, and there is no sign-up. We're not that formal.

Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant at the Chicago Horror Film Festival 2008!

2008-08-29T14:04:00.002-05:00

Sinister Visions Presents the Zombie Pinup Beauty Pageant, Saturday, September 27th at 7:00 p.m. at the Chicago Horror Film Festival. The CHFF will be held at Chicago's Portage Theater, 4050 N Milwaukee Ave.

The contest will be hosted by Chad Savage (unless he finds somebody better) and judged by Zombie Pinups/Fearwerx/Zombie Army Productions Diva CHRYSTYNE, Zombie Army Productions favorite zombie Kitty, and surprise judges yet to be announced!.

Zombie Pinups get in free on Saturday - Regular zombies get in for 50%!

Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects and costume. There will be a First, Second and Third Prize.

All contestants will be photographed for a special gallery at ZombiePinups.com; winners will, of course, be featured on the main page at ZombiePinups.com.

To get an idea of what we're looking for, visit the gallery at ZombiePinups.com, and start planning your character NOW!

Flashback Weekend 2008 2nd Annual Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant

2008-08-29T13:56:00.002-05:00

The Flashback Weekend 2008 2nd Annual Zombie Pinups Beauty Pageant was a huge success! Thank you everybody that participated; special thanks to host John LaFlamboy and our judges Reggie Bannister, Chrystyne, Dementia and Kitty!

Photos been posted here: http://www.zombiepinups.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=98; here are the winners!

Chicago Zombie March 2008

2008-06-22T03:50:00.001-05:00

Zombie Pinups & Halloween Art This Weekend in Chicago!

2008-05-29T13:51:00.003-05:00

HALLOWEEN IN MAY AT THE NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE GALLERY, CHICAGO

The Annual Halloween Art Exhibit in a special exhibition at Chicago’s darkest gallery now that we're Halfway to Halloween! Live Performance, Zombie Pinup Contest and more await the weekend Celebration of Halloween Art.

The Annual Halloween Art Exhibit at Gallery 1901
1901 W. Belmont Ave. (On Wolcott) in Chicago
773-281-8670
http://www.myspace.com/thenineteenhundredandone

Opening Night: Friday, May 30th
Performance by Mark Bose
Haunting beats by Pa5cal
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
21+

Saturday Night: May 31st
Zombie Pinups contest hosted by Chad Savage
Put on your sexiest classic pinup outfit and your most gruesome zombie make up, and compete to win ghastly prizes! Judging will be based on quality of make up / effects and costume. 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!
Spooky Sonics by DJ Brianne
8:00 pm - 11:30 pm
21+

Visit www.halloweenartexhibit.com & www.zombiepinups.com to find out more!

Zombie Pinups Halfway to Halloween!

2008-05-14T23:11:00.000-05:00

Halloween in May at the Nineteen Hundred & One Gallery! 1901 W. Belmont Ave (Entrance on Wolcott), Chicago.

Friday, May 30th: Dark musical performance by Mark Bose. Haunting Beats by DJ Pa5cal.

Saturday, May 31st: Chad Savage hosts a Zombie Pinup Beauty Pageant! Spooky Sonics by DJ Brianne.

Both nights 8:00 pm - 11:30 pm 21+.

The National showcase of Halloween Art continues its series of showcases this year with a very special contest and art exhibit! The Nineteen Hundred and One Gallery has been serving up some of the finest dark art exhibitions & performances in Chicago! Zombie Pinups is one of HAE associate director Chad Savage's many projects, and we knew it was eminent for a crossover with the Annual Halloween Art Exhibit, and now that time has arrived! Join us the last weekend in May when Halloween Art is in full bloom and the best dressed zombies walk away with the prizes! Guest DJ's, performances and a ghastly great time is in store for those not afraid!

TO COMPETE: Come Dressed to Kill! Retro pinup style is the order of the day, with an undead twist! For inspiration visit the gallery at http://www.zombiepinups.com!

ZOMBIE MARCH CHICAGO!

2008-04-09T02:43:00.000-05:00

So we had this wacky idea...

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!

Lots more details to follow...

www.CHICAGOZOMBIE.com

Zombie Art Attack

2008-04-07T13:13:00.000-05:00

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.

Zombie Valentine 2008 Online Contest Winners!

2008-02-19T22:25:00.002-06:00

Contest winners for the 2008 Online Zombie Valentine Contest have been chosen!

FIRST PLACE : VALERIE MILLER

SECOND PLACE : GRETCHEN BYERS

THIRD PLACE : LAURA DECAY

Congratulations, ladies! Thank you to all the lovely undead cuties who submitted photos - the full gallery is HERE!

NPR Chicago

2008-02-14T20:07:00.001-06:00

You may have heard Chrystyne and "Dan Savage" interviewed on NPR in Chicago today; "Dan" should, of course, have been "Chad". Heh.

In other news, enjoy the fine music of Jonathan Coulton - imagine this song as an email, and listen...

Win FREE passes to the Chicago screening of DIARY OF THE DEAD!

2008-02-01T16:06:00.000-06:00

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.

Questions? Email Chad at savage@chicagohorror.com!

Second Annual Zombie Valentine Contest!

2008-01-21T17:50:00.000-06:00

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).

All entries that meet ZPU's submission policies will be added to the permanent gallery at ZombiePinups.com

To enter, visit http://www.zombiepinups.com/zombiepinupssubmit.html