3rd Annual Dead Letter Award Nominees Announced

Mail Order Zombie is the award-winning zombie movie podcast produced and co-hosted by Derek M. Koch, aka Brother D.  Mail Order Zombie has reviewed over 280 movies since 2008.  MOZ recently announced the nominees for their 3rd annual Dead Letter Awards with Zombies & Toys in the running for Best Zombie Website!

We at Zombies & Toys are honored to have been nominated.  We work hard to bring you the latest news, exclusive content, and chances to win free zombie items.  This is all for fun and a chance to pay it forward to you, the readers, with whom we all share this common interest.  If you enjoy what we bring to you, please take a moment and vote for Zombies & Toys by following this link.

Mail Order Zombie announces the nominees for the 3rd Annual Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter Awards on February 12, 2011. Since 2009, the Dead Letter Awards have honored the previous year's best in zombie movies and media, and this year's list of nominees reflect the best in zombie entertainment from around the world. Nominated movies like La Horde (The Horde), Rammbock (Siege of the Dead) and E'gad, Zombies! join films like Zombieland, Death of the Dead and ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction in the movie categories highlight ingthe worldwide diversity of zombie cinema. In addition to film, the Dead Letter Awards also honors books, videogames, comics and zombie-specific websites, as well as individual achievement in zombie media by presenting The Shambler, a lifetime achievement award (previous Shambler recipients are George A. Romero and Tom Savini). The Fresh Meat Award is awarded to the best newcomer to the subgenre (previous Fresh Meat Award winners include Patrick Devaney, creator of the Zombie Hunters: City of the Dead television program, and Wes Young & Ryan Goff, directors of the short film Dead Exit).

The 3rd Annual Mail Order Zombie Dead Letter Awards will be announced March 10, 2011, during Mail Order Zombie #158. Bands scheduled to appear during the Dead Letter Awards ceremony include The Dead Elvi, Toxic Zombie, The Riptides, The Consortium of Genius and Buck 65.

13 Visions

My obsession of finding great new zombie artists continues!  And because I'm certain that everyone reading this blog also enjoys new zombie art, I will continue to share my discoveries.  The talented mind of Scott Cole is one of my recent discoveries.  Well, maybe not "recent".  Like most everything else with this blog, I'm about 2 months behind!  Regardless, Scott's amazing work can be found at 13 Visions.

13 Visions is where you can find Scott's art and design work. You can also check out the 13 Visions blog for more personal ramblings such as his interest in the horror genre, graphic design, audio drama, and random thoughts.  An artist and graphic designer based in Philadelphia, Scott's work has appeared in magazines, art galleries, and on that show flyer you picked up at the coffee shop. Also a writer, we can expect to see several short stories coming to publication before the end of 2010.

Encouraged by his parents, Scott has been drawing since a young age.  "My mother in particular is very artistic, though our styles couldn't be further apart. As a child I was constantly drawing monsters and skulls and creepy floating ghosts and bats.  I still have a "book" entitled "The Haunted Castle", which I co-wrote and fully illustrated with colored pencils in first grade."

I know I've mentioned Mail Order Zombie before while during one of my podcast rants.  As a quick recap, MOZ is a weekly podcast that reviews every zombie film that is released.  That description is very generic, however.  MOZ has turned into a fun community of zombie fans and features extras like convention reports and interviews.  Scott can also be found on MOZ reviewing zombie audio drama in a segment called "Dead Air".