Sadly, this one doesn’t sound hugely Zombie Friendly:

EL PASO- If you happen to be going to Downtown El Paso tonight, don’t get scared if you see a bunch of zombies walking around.
They’re not real. They’re taking part in a launch party organized by El Paso Comic Con, which is two weeks away. The Zombie Walk is a preview of some of the entertainment you can expect to see.

Warning signs were posted everywhere at Daxie Boy Toys comic book store in West El Paso. We were in a zombie outbreak zone. This is some of what you can expect to see at the zombie walk — the undead claiming the streets of downtown.

“We kind of came up with the idea after going to San Diego Comic Con. There was people walking through downtown, dressed up like zombies and they were attacking people all in fun,” said El Paso Comic Con Organizer Julian Lawler.

Outbreak zone? An emphasis on Zombie ‘attacks’? Warning posters? See, this is not the way to promote peaceful understanding, people.

It’s too bad I found out about this afterward or I could have dispatched El Paso Cub Reporter Andrew Leal to the scene. He’s a busy scholar/thespian so more advance warning (or any, in this case) would have been essential.

I’m not enamored by what was reported here though. We need to move past the old, unfortunate prejudices and stereotyping toward a more modern, open and inclusive sort of Zombie Walk. One with fewer ‘outbreak zones’ and more outreach.

Tags: Anti-Zombie Public Event, Zombie Public Event

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