Podcast creators Jim Frazier and Eric Nordhoff have announced that this fall they will be putting on their own horror/zombie convention, aptly titled "The Walker Stalker Con."
“Join us – James and Eric, from the popular Fans of The Walking Dead podcast – The Walker Stalkers. We want to put on THE BEST, most fan-centric zombie and horror-themed convention ever! We want this event to be over-the-top extreme fan-centric. You, the fans, will get great access to actors and celebrities like no other convention before at Walker Stalker Con 2013!! Be a part of something big! We will have tons of special guests, actors, filmmakers and celebrities from popular zombie, horror and sci-fi TV shows and films.”
The convention will take place November 1-3 at the Atlanta Convention Center, with the Westin at Peachtree Center acting as host hotel for the event. Guests of the Walker Stalker Con can expect the
exhibit hall to be full of make-up artists, vendors, comic book artists and much more.
While a full guest list has yet to be announced, some of the guests you can expect to see are Lauren Cohan (The Walking Dead), Judith O'Dea (Night of the Living Dead) , Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), Jose Pablo Cantillo, Tyler Chase, Adam Green (Holliston), Nick Gomez, Daniel Thomas May, Addy Miller, Vincent Ward, E. Roger Mitchell, Corrie English, Parker Wierling, Kylie Szymanski, Laura Ortiz, Larry Mainland, Joe Lynch, Sonya Thompson, William Sibley Hart and Moses J. Moseley, Mike Christopher, Leonard Lies, Travis Love, Theodus Crane, Jay Bonansinga, and Sonequa Martin-Green.
More guests are expected to be announced.
To make this Con come to (un)life, James and Eric have set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for the convention, raise awareness about the Con itself and give sponsors and fans some extra
special goodies.
-Nowal Massari