Chris Lane, Zombie Illustrator: Talk at Diesel Books, Oakland

Published on Monday, November 09, 2009
Last updated on 12:58AM, Thursday, November 12, 2009
Zombies: A record of the Year of Infection

Zombies: A record of the Year of Infection

On Nov. 5, 2009, local illustrator Chris Lane gave a talk about his new book Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection, at Diesel Bookstore, Oakland, CA. OaklandLocal zombie reporter Amy Gahran videoed the event.

Highlights include:

  • How Chris got many of his friends (more than a dozen of whom were at the event) to pose as zombie models
  • Illustrative homages to George Romero's zombie classics Night of the Living Dead and Day of the Dead
  • Special considerations for illustrating the undead (as opposed to the living or the dead)
  • Where Chris sought visual inspiration in film and online
  • His aspirations to one day illustrate a children's book

...and more!

Video features original song, "Mixed-up Zombie," by George Kelly.

About Amy Gahran
Amy Gahran is an itinerant troublemaker and info provocateur who moved to Oakland CA after spending 14 years in Boulder, CO. Her background is as a journalist, editor, and managing editor mainly covering energy, environment, and business. For the last 12 years she's been happily and gainfully self-employed, mostly helping organizations, institutions, and individuals wrap their brains around the internet. Speaking of brains, Amy is also Oakland Local's official zombie reporter.