I met the multi-talented actress Barbie Wilde last year at the 2008 Spooky Empire Horror Convention. Barbie has had a vast career. She has been an actress, dancer, writer, musician, TV personality, and much more. At the time I only knew her as the female cenobite from Hellbound:Hellraiser 2 (1988). Barbie was quite nice to me, but when a scream contest broke out nearby (remember we were at a horror convention) she became annoyed and said “I’m going to tear their souls apart!” I really liked her.
I’m still trying to post stuff from the 2009 Spooky Empire horror convention before the 2010 convention is upon me. I love to blog, I just have difficulties with schedules and commitments and commitments to schedules for that matter. Anyway, I met the very cool Mike Christopher last year. Mike played the Hare Krishna zombie in George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978). Even though it was a small role, it was quite memorable. The Hare Krishna zombie is even an action figure! It isn’t on my list of must have action figures (yes I have a list) but pretty sweet all the same.
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Okay, not exactly, but since I have your attention I met Clayton Hill and his wife Sharon Ceccatti at a horror convention in 2008. Clayton and Sharon were both zombies in George Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978). I found them both to be very personable and funny. It was like they communicated as a team, it was almost to cute the way they finished each others sentences. I really had a blast meeting them. I checked the IMDB before writing this post and was sad to see that Clayton Hill passed away in July 2009.
Meeting director John Landis was a memorable experience. The Spooky Empire convention is a huge party and it was obvious John Landis was having a blast. I first saw him on Friday (the first day of the con) when I was in complete zombie makeup and he was on a golf cart being chauffeured around the hotel property. He seemed thoroughly amused when I growled and pretended to lunge at him (remember I was a zombie at the time). I was able to officially meet him the final day of the convention. A really nice guy, so I got his autograph and wanted him to pose for a photo. I wanted him to hold my autograph and I wanted to move the Michael Jackson doll on his table over so I could get that in my shot as well. I guess I was a little demanding because, to my delight, he yelled out “Would you look at this! I’m being directed!”
I had the pleasure of meeting the very talented and unique artist Chandra Free at Mega-Con 2010. Her art now hangs on almost every wall in my apartment. I was just wandering through artists alley and was drawn directly to her table. It was like an invisible force pulled me over and I made no attempt to resist. Even though beforehand I told myself I was not going to buy anything else to hang on my walls. My walls were already covered with wonderful prints and posters I’ve collected from conventions, but I still walked away from Chandra’s table with 6 prints, and her new comic The God Machine. However, I love to decorate and had fun integrating Chandra’s art into my home, guess I haven’t reached maximum capacity yet. See what I’m talkin’ about and check out some of Chandra’s creations on Deviant Art.
The God Machine
A dark and funny full color graphic novel drawn and written by Chandra Free. I absolutely loved it!! Click photo below to read full synopsis from Chandra’s site.
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