Help Save the Undead! One Fan’s Plea to Rescue Seattle’s ZomBCon!

Fellow geeks, I want to bring to your attention something that I believe must be heard. Last October, I attended Seattle’s ZomBCon. It was a fantastic convention filled with great guests, attendees, exhibitors and hosts. It felt like I was attending San Diego Comic Con before it got all Co-Opted by people jumping on the trendy “nerd” bandwagon. It was filled with real horror fans, there because they really cared about what they were celebrating.

Still, as much fun as I had, the organizers have released two press releases in the past few days explaining some issues that have occurred. Take a read here:

http://www.zombcon.com/2012/01/the-fate-of-zombcon-international-2012-press-release/

And the founder, Ryan Reiter, posted an earlier statement here:

http://www.zombcon.com/2011/10/an-official-statement-by-zombcon-organizer-and-founder-ryan-reiter/

As you can see, an ex-partner/employee worked to sabotage this year’s event in order to capitalize with a copy cat convention in 2012. ZomBCon is a small indie-sized convention that is mostly funded by a few individuals. I don’t work for ZomBCon (and don’t even work for their media sponsor Geekscape). I was just truly blown away by how genuinely excited the people who threw it were to be there sharing their love of Zombies and Horror with fans and celebrity guests alike. I want this info to get out so that people can see it and help save a genuine horror convention.

Please pass this around to your friends and if anyone is interested in helping to keep a great convention afloat check out their donation page:

http://www.indiegogo.com/Support-ZomBcon-International