The Walking Dead Escape to Comic Con in San Diego in July
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We Predict: The zombie apocalypse will begin in July 2012 in San Diego, California. More precisely Mena’s tarot cards reveal the epicenter of the zombie epidemic will be San Diego’s Petco Park on July 12, 13 or 14, 2012. What sets it off will be the release, not of some virus or weaponized bacteria but of Issue #100 of The Walking Dead comic book series by Robert Kirkman.
“Our fans have been reading about it, watching it and now they get to live it with The Walking Dead Escape,” Kirkman told the media yesterday. “We are literally transforming Petco Park into the Early days of society’s collapse and San Diego is just the first city to fall.”
There are three ways to participate in this epic adventure and history making weekend celebration. Fans of The Walking Dead, Comic Con attendees/guests/volunteers and San Diego residents can be Spectators, watching the action from the sidelines and celebrating their humanity at the Escape Party or the can dive right in and become a survivor and race their way through the zombie-infested evacuation zone. Not everyone will make it. They and those infected early are the Walkers, the undead and they are after…everyone.
The Walking Dead Escape: San Diego is unlike any other obstacle course event as it expands on the storylines of the comic book series and graphic novels. Together, Survivors and Walkers will explore the beginning days of the coming zombie apocalypse as they climb, crawl and slide through The Walking Dead-themed obstacle course. Unlike Run for Your Life, this is not a race. Neither is it the shambling show delivered by popular zombie events like the Zombie Walk at the Phoenix Comic Con. No, this is the ultimate test of survival, because the end is near and the zombie plague is spreading.
Survivor registration is now open at www.thewalkingdeadescape.com. Once registered, would-be Survivors better start training or making offerings to the deity of their choice because they are going to have to be fast and lucky to reach The Walking Dead Escape decontamination zone where, hopefully, experts will determine they have not been infected.
Ultimately, it doesn’t matter whether you are a Survivor, Walker or Spectator. Everyone who participates in The Walking Dead Escape: San Diego will be amazed at the interactive displays and The Walking Dead references (Easter eggs, perhaps?) along the course. In addition, all Survivors will receive a free Walking Dead #100 variant! Sign up early, as walk-up registration may not be available during Comic Con when The Walking Dead will take over Petco Park giving fans, participants and residents a front row seat to the coming end.
We Predict: This is one Comic Con event no zombie, or zombie fan, will want to miss!
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