In the bussling little burg of Danville, Illinois there is a new idea that has people talking...it's an idea that had its roots in your childhood but its claws in your nightmares. Its the child of a mad genius known as Blackmon..Peter Blackmon. What is this idea im prattling on about you ask? Well my friends, its a Zombie Prom and heres how it all happened........

Horrorfix: Hi Pete thanks for meeting with us.

Peter Blackmon: Not a problem happy to meet you.

HF: So lets get to this then.  How did this all come about?

PB: Well, we have been doing a kids Halloween show for three years now, with an adult party later that night at the Palmer Arena in Danville. We have had a better turn out each year and everyone seems to really enjoy it, BUT I wasn't satisfied with it just being a party, it needed to be something special. So, I set about pondering how I could spice up an already popular event. I was racking my brain and talking to some associates and we came up with the idea of a Zombie prom. Everyone was immediately excited about the whole idea.

HF: So no one was like.."a zombie what?" Or "are you high?"

PB: Oh no, quite the opposite. When I started getting a planning commitee together I was talking to the ladies and found out that one of them actually does her cardio to some kind of zombie apocalypse scenario where you are running for your life. Some people use an iPod she uses zombies...lol. Everyone I have talked to about the event has been very amped up about it.

HF: So would you say the area has a good size horror underground in your town?

PB: Yes, the groundswell for this has been unbelievable. You wouldn't believe the amount of zombie buffs there are out there. In fact we usually use Facebook as a litmus test for these kinda events and we couldnt have imagined the positive response we received.

HF: So what exactly can we expect from this Zombie Prom?

PB: Well of course there will be a king and a queen crowned. There will be two live bands playing. We will have a local very talented speed painter named John Jansky doing an original piece there. We will also have artists there to zombify people who aren’t talented enough or don’t have the time to do it themselves. We have also talked with our buddies at Horror-fix.com and if everything goes right they will be broadcasting live from the prom itself. Besides all that I like to throw huge parties and this will be no exception, this will be a blowout. We would like this to do well enough to do it every year...make it something people will want to come see and be a part of.

HF: How many people are you expecting?

PB: I would say from 300-500, its going to be pretty crazy.

HF: So now, Pete whats your favorite scary movie?

PB: Well, honestly, I really like the classics. I read a lot and like to see how people interpret the classics like Frankenstein and Dracula. I'm not a gore hound, really. The movies that really scare me though are the ones about devil possession or movies like the Amityville horror.

HF: In a smallish town you seem to take pride in doing very daring things. What motivates yoou?

PB: simply put...they let me do it. I mean with all my ideas people seem to let me have free reaign to try what I want. In fact some of the profits of this will go to the First Gig rock camp we do in town. You have to invest in your town.

HF: So what is that?

PB: We get a bunch kids together school of rock style and do an intensive multi day training with actual rockers and at the end we put on a big show at the arena where the kids play what they have learned. It was awesome. We fully anticipate the enrollment quadrupling next year. So we do events to raise money for it to keep it cheap for the kids. In fact John Jansky's painting will be auctioned to help the cause. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=301614323241451&set=a.272304109505806.64508.272241702845380&type=1&theater

HF: Pete, you have been great and we are looking forward to this more than you can imagine. Can you tell us when and where this will all go down?

PB: I sure can. Danville Illinois, Palmer Arena, 100 West Main Street. October 26. 6pm is the all ages show. 8PM starts the adult Zombie Prom and it ends at midnight.

http://palmerarena.com/arena/

HF: Thanks Pete can't wait.

PB: It's going to be great see ya there.

Tags: David S. Palmer , Danville IL, Zombie, Zombies

Well to start with, my boss like to send me stuff to read, I in turn read them, kinda how the relationship works. This time though I was pleasantly surprised with White Devil.

This comic is written by Matt Evans and Andrew Helinski and drawn by Nate Burns.  What immediatly grabbed me was the art work. It seems to be done in ink...like ink pen. Having had a little drawing experience this is a BRAVE choice. The choice though works well to draw your eye to the page. This also creates a flow to the art and gives birth to some very beautiful and very graphic scenes. The writing is tight also. To me it feels very grounded in real life while exploring very foreign, creepy territory. They also dont worry about getting right to the blood, but do a nice job leading up to the shock...this can be rare these days. Overall i like this book very much..with just a few exceptions. Remember when i said the ink was a bold choice..well it is..but it also makes it very hard to distinguish figures and scenes at times. It also makes it very difficult to make things...well the same...what i mean is eyes seem to change size faces arent always the same...yada yada yada....I may very well just be a snob. Please do not get me wrong the art is way more right than wrong and i could see myself getting used to it very quickly and enjoying the style thoroughly. Soooo... after my rambling I say this is a good read and i really would like to see more and find out where this all is going. Pick it up, I think you will like it.

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