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Survival of the Dead Special Showing

Survival-of-the-Dead

Survival of the Dead Special Showing

I’ve been a huge fan of zombie movies, have been since I was a kid. It’s cool to see so many new zombie fans in the past few years. When I first saw George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead back in the day, I was blown away. He created the modern-day incarnation of what a zombie is. More importantly, he uses these zombie outbreaks to explore the human condition. Something lacking from a lot of modern-day zombie movies.

I was very excited to hear he was working on a new zombie flick (6th), “SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD”. Unfortunately, it didn’t get a mass theater release. I was content with the knowledge I would see it, but probably not until it hit video (DVD). But on a random trip to Albuquerque, while hitting up the comic shop Astor Zombie, I can across a flyer for a 2-night special show of the movie. Yes, I would get the opportunity to see it on the big screen!

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The showing was at the Guild Cinema on July 9 and July 10, with three showing only! I made it to the final showing on Saturday. The movie was a classic B-style horror film. A few great moments that made me jump. I even got the last free poster they were giving away! – Yeah!

This blog post was originally published on my other website Comic Book Graphic Design and has now been migrated here to RSC Arts, Ralph’s Art Blog.

Free Comic Book Day Albuquerque 2010

Free Comic Book Day

For the past nine years, the comic industry and comic book shops have joined together on Free Comic Book Day. What the shops and comic companies do is give away free comics, AWESOME! It’s a great way to introduce new readers to the exciting world of comic books. This year I drove down to Albuquerque, NM to hit up a couple of the shops participating.

The first comic shop I went to was Astro Zombies. It’s a very cool comic shop located across from the University of New Mexico. They had comic book artist Aaron Campbell signing comics for free. Campbell is the comic artist for Dynamite Entertainment, Green Hornet Year One, and Sherlock Holmes. It was cool to learn from Cambell that he actually lives in Albuquerque too.

Next, I went down to Lobo Anime & Comics. A great local shop with the largest selection of new comics I’ve seen in a while. By the time I got there they had given away most of this year’s free comics, but I was lucky to score some regular great comics titles for free. SHAZAM!

Lobos was fun because there were a few guys in cosplay costumes. Some Anime characters and a few comic books. I  got a photo with a dude in a fun Wolverine costume. 7000 BC a local organization of independent comic book creators from New Mexico was there too. Signing and selling their cool zine-type indy comics.

It was fun to see both these shops filled with people talking and enjoying comics. When I owned my comic shop “Modern Age Comics” and participated in the first Free Comic Book Day, I wasn’t sure this event would last. Seeing the industry, comic shops, creators, and fans enjoying this super cool event, I know Free Comic Book Day is here to stay.

This blog post was originally published on my other website Comic Book Graphic Design and has now been migrated here to RSC Arts, Ralph’s Art Blog.