Young, old, tall, small, fat, fit and some were pregnant, but what they all had in common was a love of zombies. A love so deep for films and fiction featuring the undead, they had no fear getting slathered in blood and make up. Nearly 500 Comic Con attendees gathered in the heart of San Diego for Zombie Walk 2009. The 8 block hike through the downtown gaslamp district near the convention center was put together as a way to promote the Woody Harrelson zomedy Zombieland coming to theaters in the fall. But this fact may have been lost during the walk, or stumble, through downtown.
Zombie walks are new in fandom, but like the scourge seen in films like the original George Romero classics like Night/Dawn/Day of the Living Dead, this thing is spreading faster than a day old zombie bite. Events have taken place in Seattle, San Francisco, Toronto, New York, wherever there’s enough fans to assemble.
The criteria for joining the horde seemed to be a loose one, but all walked in unison, they just may not have had the same philosophy when doing that special zombie walk. Some moved like little baby deer. Others strolled as if they’d had a few. Still others stumbled forth as if they had to make a run for the bathroom. No matter the walk, these zombiemaniacs helped bring to life a dream shared by many… to live in a world taken over by zombies. Now, if we could only see some real zombies instead of these fans. C’mon Obama, you’re telling me we can put a man on the moon, but we can’t create zombies?! Get on this!
